Antivirus 08 Virus

[fifakings]

Has any1 suffered the antivirus 08 virus that seems to be going round at the minute, seems to be a pop up and then installs itself on your machine.

[unkownartist]

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nope....if i get anything liek that i just format and fdisk

somethings windows 98 is still good for

[|Thrax|]

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one of my clients just got it the other day.
horrendus.

I just reimaged his laptop.
fuck it.

edit: this one?

http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/xp-antivirus-2008-removal-instructions-xp-antivirus-2008/spyware-removal

lmfao, read some of the comments from people.

THAT is why people get spyware, because they are idiots!

[Homskillet]

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What does it do...?

[Jenks]

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mac

[unkownartist]

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mac

i,m eagerly awaiting the day when mac users are complaining about the same things, it will come my freind

[Jenks]

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i,m eagerly awaiting the day when mac users are complaining about the same things, it will come my freind

you're going to be waiting a looooooooooong time.

[lilsensa]

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mac

Yup...I don't know why anyone would choose an operating system with such gaps in security like Windows...

[Kamal]

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lmfao, read some of the comments from people.

THAT is why people get spyware, because they are idiots!

On 4-18-08 I bought this program. I can’t find it any where on my computer to run it. What should I do?

Hi. I paid on line XP Antivirus 2008 on 05/23/2008 at 10:30AM.
My address is 120west 122th street New York 10026 Apt 6A.
I did not get any XP Antivirus 2008 yet.
Thank you

[|Thrax|]

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i,m eagerly awaiting the day when mac users are complaining about the same things, it will come my freind

yes, wait a looong time.

Mac vs. PC.

"Help I clicked on something and it instalked inself, oh shit wtf"

Mac User " What's an EXE? *belly laughs*"

People dont understand that the UNIX file system isnt full of shit, and you cant just run some random shitty program and have it embed itself in the OS.

you'd have to have a serious rootkit for that to happen.

[spyros]

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i got this shit!!! i downloaded something of a torrent site and as soon as i installed it avast popped up with sirens and a message, saying that it found a virus and then i had to choose from the options "delete" or "move to chest". every time i was choosing something the same message was popping up asking for the same thing. after a while another message popped up with a "antivirus 2008" logo and asked me if i wanted to delete some spyware it had found while all this time avast was going crazy!!! i thought it was a bit dodgy name for an antivirus program plus i couldnt remember installling it before.. as its not shown on the add remove programs, i looked on google and i found some information on how to remove it!! i ended it from the task manager, i deleted it from program files, from the start menu from registry... from anywhere i could find it! after i restarted my laptop everything was fucked up!!! files in different locations,different wallpaper on my desktop, even on the internet i was clicking from my bookmarks to a page and it was taking me to a different page!!! oh man i was proper pissed off!! good thing was that this was a new laptop so i didnt have installed loads of programs yet, so i formatted windows and put them again!!! never had another virus before so i dont know how nasty virus this is compared to others! it fucked up everything though!!

[neoee]

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you're going to be waiting a looooooooooong time.

There is actually more security vulnerabilities in Mac than in XP or Vista, they are just not as frequently exploited. Think about it, a malcode writer be interested in targeting a *smaller* audience? If you are trying to steal passwords, credit card numbers or run a botnet it's just silly to go after the OS with relatively few users.

A/V is useless now a days. We submit at least 3 samples to an A/V vendors almost daily that they are not detecting. Code is being distributed on a per system basis, modified enough so that A/V signatures won't detect it.

If you want real protection scrap the A/V and go with application whitelisting. I run Faronics Anti-Executable. When you first install it, it inventories your system and only allows those exe already present to run. If you want to install something new, you turn it off and install then turn Anti-Executable on again. Not only will you be more protected but you will free up system resources that A/V is currently taking up. You could run both if you want though.

[neoee]

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People dont understand that the UNIX file system isnt full of shit, and you cant just run some random shitty program and have it embed itself in the OS.

you'd have to have a serious rootkit for that to happen.

You do realize the first rootkit ever seen was on a Unix system, right (it was the replacement of the ls command)? Rootkits themselves do nothing other than hide stuff. In most cases hide a running process.

Running an exe is not the only way to get compromised. There are driver level vulnerabilities which allow root access. The following was demonstrated at BlackHat a couple years ago:

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/apple_patches_w.html

Sorry to burst your bubble but, Mac Lovers, having a Mac does not make you invincible.

[rainman]

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my fav:

if you god dam mother fuckers dont stay of my computer you will die .rember anthrices .you will get it stay the hell a way from me ass holes and i mean ever fuclking word i say you have no right to get on my computer ever fucking time i go on line and you will pay one way or another got bitches

[|Thrax|]

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You do realize the first rootkit ever seen was on a Unix system, right (it was the replacement of the ls command)? Rootkits themselves do nothing other than hide stuff. In most cases hide a running process.

Running an exe is not the only way to get compromised. There are driver level vulnerabilities which allow root access. The following was demonstrated at BlackHat a couple years ago:

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/apple_patches_w.html

Sorry to burst your bubble but, Mac Lovers, having a Mac does not make you invincible.

I know this, i'm a Windows admin too.
There are more levels of file based and security protection available to you. It's just not Inherently sloppy, like Windows.

Windows is getting better for sure, we troubleshoot far more hardware than software at Sony now.