Dr. Virus

[Mudderoy]

I got hit by one of those little pesky bastard programs where you are minding your own business reading a web page then this dumb assed program runs trying to trick you into installing something.

I can usually get out of it, but this one was really bad. Finally I had to run task manager and kill firefox.

I thought you guys might like to know about this trick. Right click on the taskbar, select task manager.

Goto the "Processes" tab, check the "Show processes from all users"

Click on the words "Image Name" to sort the processes in alphabetical order, then look for your browser. iexplorer.exe, firefox.exe, etc. Click on it and then click on the "End Process" button lower right.

Sucks to have to do this, but it sucks worse to get infected by these ****ers that can't go get a real job.

[4.3LXJ]

I agree. Windows is entirely too hackable and too much temptation for those people who have no life. I can think of wonderful things that would discourage them if I could catch them.

[Primo]

man that sucks!!! Im glad you cought it tho!
I use AVG internet security, a computer geek friend of mine says it is the best defence against these pecker heads He is kindof a hacker but he dosen't do crap like that so I trusted him. So far I have seen it catch tons of crap it always tells me when it finds something it's pretty cool you should check it out www.avg.com

[Mudderoy]

I agree. Windows is entirely too hackable and too much temptation for those people who have no life. I can think of wonderful things that would discourage them if I could catch them.

Just so you don't get a false sense of security, they are all entirely too hackable. Hackers just go after the one's in the majority.

[BlueXJ]

Thanks for the tip Muddy!!

[muddeprived]

I ran into something like this on my sister's computer. The program automatically installed itself and it eliminated any ways of removing it. I couldn't do it in the control panel, and i couldn't manual remove it. I couldn't shut it down or open it's folder. It had complete control over my computer, trying to force me into using the program. I had to do the system restore on xp, go back a week, and re-do everything. What a pain that was.

[Mudderoy]

Here's another live one to watch out for...

A message sent from "DHL Express Services" <[email protected]> to
muckleroy
contained Email.Trojan-108 and has not been accepted for delivery.

My anti-spam thingy caught it on the server, so this is all I got, but notice who it is from. lol

[TXstiGUY]

I just start swearing and throw shit then I hit ctrl alt dlt a 100 times . Then I blame my wife for looking up garbage :chuck:

[2000XJ]

I know this may sound naive, but I have actually had better luck without any virus protection software than when I have had it. I have been virus free for 4 years now.

Is it possible that viruses are more prone to attacking machines with virus protection on them?

[muddeprived]

I know this may sound naive, but I have actually had better luck without any virus protection software than when I have had it. I have been virus free for 4 years now.

Is it possible that viruses are more prone to attacking machines with virus protection on them?

Not exactly. It's mainly what the user browses on the internet. Some websites contain hidden viruses and programs that you don't see, like porn, file sharing sites, etc. Some people don't visit these type of sites and never get viruses. Emails also contain viruses but if you don't receive forwarded emails and stuff then you shouldn't get hit by a virus. I ran four years of college with no virus protection.

Virus protection software is like Fuel System Cleaner. Using it keeps your computer/jeep clean, but with proper care and clean gas/programs, you don't really NEED to use it.

[2000XJ]

Gotcha.... good info.

[Mudderoy]

I know this may sound naive, but I have actually had better luck without any virus protection software than when I have had it. I have been virus free for 4 years now.

Is it possible that viruses are more prone to attacking machines with virus protection on them?

I would jump over to trendmicro.com and do the online virus scan. Housecall I think is what they call it. You might be surprised what you find.

I worked on a friends computer that did have anti-virus protection and her computer had over 120+ infections.

I loaded AVG from grisoft. I scanned via trendmicro, and McAfee's online scan to find all those viruses.

Anti-virus don't attract viruses to computers, computers connected to the Internet attract the viruses. I have read that an unprotected Windows based computer will receive several attacks within the first few hours it is attached to the Internet.

[Mudderoy]

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[Mudderoy]

Your MAC isn't as safe as you think... :sad0147:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2454/3771840897_3a7d2dbc06.jpg (http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/black-hat-hacker-reveals-your-macs-not-safe-you-think)

[Mudderoy]

It's taken me a little while to figure it out, but I think I have.

JAVA was being used to attack my computer. Shockwave specifically. The attack seemed to be coming from one of the many Flash things that are displayed on my computer screen. I believe it may have been an adsense ad. I noticed the problem when the home page here would hang trying to load the ustream panel.

I went into my Control Panel > Java "console" to clear the cache. That's when I noticed the update button and hit it. My version of Java was from 2009!!!!

I updated Java to the most recent version.

Make sure you update Windows, and Java!

[bluedragon436]

I got my Java updating every 25th of the month... But I still went and checked to make sure it is updated to the current version just in case.. I can't afford, nor do I want to deal with another down computer..

[ice_cold]

Malwarebytes is another good little off site program to run. As to Trend Micros, house call...love it...run it in safe mode..nobody can hide then...

[TeXJ]

You can turn off scripting in i know Firefox. that will also help ya out.

For all the security buffs out there, there is a really good pod cast called Security Now. get it!