kpatzMY HEAD A SPLODEPremium
join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH | I wonder if "Antivirus 2008" has any connection with this... This seems to be the infection du jour lately. I almost got bitten with it myself, but fortunately I was using Firefox and I killed it before it was able to download anything.
I think home routers should be equipped with built-in bot traffic detection code. When a machine gets "botted", the router shuts down traffic to that machine until it's cleaned.
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| said by kpatz:This seems to be the infection du jour lately. I almost got bitten with it myself, but fortunately I was using Firefox and I killed it before it was able to download anything. I think home routers should be equipped with built-in bot traffic detection code. When a machine gets "botted", the router shuts down traffic to that machine until it's cleaned. That is that Vundo crap that I just cleaned off another machine. 
Such a pain to clean off. |
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 CjaicemanPremium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
kudos:2
 ·Comcast Business..
| The latest version of Antivirus 2008 that I have been cleaning off people's computers also has rootkits. They are a major PITA to clean, unless you know how.
In the last 3 weeks, out of 11 computers that had Antivirus 2008, 8 of them had the same rootkit, which no anti-virus or anti-spyware will get, you have to do it manually. |
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| said by Cjaiceman:The latest version of Antivirus 2008 that I have been cleaning off people's computers also has rootkits. They are a major PITA to clean, unless you know how. In the last 3 weeks, out of 11 computers that had Antivirus 2008, 8 of them had the same rootkit, which no anti-virus or anti-spyware will get, you have to do it manually. What do you look for since I have to clean another one of those in a couple of days. |
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 Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:21
 ·Frontier Communi..
·Verizon Online DSL
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I've had to clean loads of these infections out of local PCs. It's been a pretty quick spreading Malware program since the beginning of this year from where I can see. I've probably already made enough money to buy myself a GeForce GTX 280 for my gaming computer removing this malware program. Of course, that's given the fact that I trade in my GeForce 8800 Ultra. |
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said by moonpuppy:That is that Vundo crap that I just cleaned off another machine. Such a pain to clean off. If it's Vundo or nail.exe I tell people not to waste their time. Back up as read only and wipe the OS. Start anew, maybe then their browsing habits will change. |
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 IT GuyOw, My BallsPremium
join:2004-07-29
Las Cruces, NM
·Comcast
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Don't get me started on this one!!! I had to clean this off of a client's computer and it was a major pain. To make matters worse, he thought the messages popping up on his screen were legitimate and ended up ordering their 'product'. Needless to say, I urged him to contact his credit card company and ask them to stop payment on that transaction. He didn't seem to understand the full nature of giving his credit card info to an unscrupulous, thieving company. I was tempted to contact my state Attorney General's office about it, but figured my efforts would be in vein without the cooperation of my client. Oh well..
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Anti-Virus 2008, the popup you get IS a virus. Give it permission to install on your PC and it will, inviting all kinds of nasty relatives over to move in.
Frank |
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