antimalware doctor.
jay12
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i need to remove it now. it's so annoying. am running a scan for viruses etc. on norton 360. will that remove it?
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probaly not cleanly no.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-r ... are-doctor
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No. Norton 360 is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Use Hitman Pro http://www.surfright.nl/en then get rid of Norton and put Microsoft Security Essentials on.0
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Microsoft Security Essentials is the bomb.
If anyone knows how to take care of your OS, MS do. I think they, like everyone else in the world, got sick and tired of idiots like Symantec messing it up for years.
(PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place
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I had a some horrid malware last night, basically help every application to ransom and would only let my browsers see one page which they put there. stressed me out for a few minutes before I entered safe mode and bitch slapped that f*cker off the netbook
What used to work for the more tricky malware (not sure it will anymore) was these steps:
1. download and install CCleaner and superantispyware (the one with the bug icon in the tray)
2. boot into safe mode and run CCleaner then scan the whole PC with superantispyware.
Hopefully as the malware usually are dormant in safe-mode they can be removed.0 -
chedabob wrote:No. Norton 360 is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Use Hitman Pro http://www.surfright.nl/en then get rid of Norton and put Microsoft Security Essentials on.
+ Potato.0 -
Kiblams wrote:I had a some horrid malware last night, basically help every application to ransom and would only let my browsers see one page which they put there. stressed me out for a few minutes before I entered safe mode and ***** slapped that f*cker off the netbook
What used to work for the more tricky malware (not sure it will anymore) was these steps:
1. download and install CCleaner and superantispyware (the one with the bug icon in the tray)
2. boot into safe mode and run CCleaner then scan the whole PC with superantispyware.
Hopefully as the malware usually are dormant in safe-mode they can be removed.
^^This man knows the truth.
I have a handy little Linux USB drive which can be used to get rid of the most stubbornest of things from people's machines.0 -
superantispyware is still the best malware cleaner for doing a proper job of cleaning up a windows system.
those instructs using malwarebytes should shift it though unless you've got multiple infections.0 -
i didn't though. the piece of $hit randomly came up and i thiught i was getting hacked :shock:yeehaamcgee wrote:Microsoft Security Essentials is the bomb.
If anyone knows how to take care of your OS, MS do. I think they, like everyone else in the world, got sick and tired of idiots like Symantec messing it up for years.
(PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place0 -
My infection last night cam from either fickr or imageshack as someone in the "your mountainbikes" section linked to pics of their bike, got the usual java6 loading screen and then some dialogue box that I didn't read (thinking it was a Sun Java6 failed to load message)
Next thing I know nothing will load and an annoying balloon message above the taskbar kindly informed me that every app on my machine (including task manager and my VPN sorftware I needed for work in the morning) is infected and out to kill me unless I pay them money to get rid of the virus
My own fault for not running antispyware and impatiently clicking like a maniac anything getting in the way of looking at bike-porn 0 -
That'll be Imageshack. The place is like a diseased whore. They don't seem to want to do anything about it either.0
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Kiblams wrote:got the usual java6 loading screen and then some dialogue box that I didn't read (thinking it was a Sun Java6 failed to load message)
Probably the one asking you permission to run the application If you're using Internet Explorer, these drive-by attacks are where the spyware comes from. 0 -
I should know better, I used to spend most of my working life removing this stuff from peoples PCs or teaching others to get rid.
Oh how far we fall :roll:0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place
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Bullcrap. There is virtually no way it would get there without your explicit permission these days.jay12 wrote:
i didn't though. the piece of $hit randomly came up and i thiught i was getting hacked :shock:yeehaamcgee wrote:(PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place
Unless you're still on XP, or one of those braindead folk who turn the alerts off.
But you're not one of them, are you?
Are you? :shock:0 -
no i'm notyeehaamcgee wrote:
Bullcrap. There is virtually no way it would get there without your explicit permission these days.jay12 wrote:
i didn't though. the piece of $hit randomly came up and i thiught i was getting hacked :shock:yeehaamcgee wrote:(PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place
Unless you're still on XP, or one of those braindead folk who turn the alerts off.
But you're not one of them, are you?
Are you? :shock:
how did it get there though?0 -
any person who has access to the machine going clickety click click0
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yeehaamcgee wrote:
Bullcrap. There is virtually no way it would get there without your explicit permission these days.jay12 wrote:
i didn't though. the piece of $hit randomly came up and i thiught i was getting hacked :shock:yeehaamcgee wrote:(PS, I blame you fully for installing such a daft thing as anti-malware doctor in the first place
Unless you're still on XP, or one of those braindead folk who turn the alerts off.
But you're not one of them, are you?
Are you? :shock:
There's been a few Internet Explorer exploits that can get past IE Protected Mode and DEP. No alerts or anything.0 -
A few yes. They are very rare these days though. Exceedingly rare.
Anybody who believes any system is 100% secure is a muppet, frankly, but things have come a long way.0 -
chedabob wrote:There's been a few Internet Explorer exploits that can get past IE Protected Mode and DEP. No alerts or anything.
Blame ActiveX. When the Java standard was finalised, there was firm agreement that Java Code and scripts would not be able to run any form of executable file.
Microsoft were unhappy with this as their OS GUI was moving towards being a browser based platform whilst IE would be the springboard for dynamic updates and add on's.
MS then started developing ActiveX which is exploitable due to the fact that it can run executable files or be caught out by subscripts containing executable code.
Some of the early exploits were things like CWL and "Adult Toolbar"
This is the reason a lot of corporates standardise on Firefox as a browser
Things have improved a lot but there's always someone who will find a workaround and exploit it by tempting pubescent kiddies like Jay12 with midget porn and horny MILF links0 -
Actually, Firefox has it's own share of problems. And it's arguable that the majority of big companies have standardised on IE - mostly because of GPO control, and interaction with sharepoint.0
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yeehaamcgee wrote:Well, THEEEEEEEERE's your problem.
I know I know, but I have an engraved distrust of IE even though they have separated it from the OS these days, and it's nice and fast.0 -
it's still a fucking abortion to use0
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Ironically, IE is probably the most bulletproof these days. Go figure.Kiblams wrote:yeehaamcgee wrote:Well, THEEEEEEEERE's your problem.
I know I know, but I have an engraved distrust of IE even though they have separated it from the OS these days, and it's nice and fast.0 -
Using safari, i bet im going to get flucked over completely now that ive admitted that
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