I was working onthis at work and cut and paste it here as an FYI regarding Anti-virus and malware products, regarding the April Fools Worm.
AVG is good and it's free, I also run the Malwarebytes simultaniously, we use it at work and it catches a lot that our Anti-virus suite does not (Kaspersky, which is highly rated).
On another note:
We did a lot of research into the April Fools virus and it appears to be quite a serious worm. It is one of the newest pieces of malware and utilizes a lot of design features to ensure that once it is installed, it stays installed. The software registers hundreds of domain names each day and then selectively activates these domains to provide an update source for the worm. This allows it to continue updating itself because the source of update is always changing. Currently Kaspersky does not have a specific fix to this threat, however they have cracked the algorithm for which domain names the worm is registering and which are likely to become active providing at least a little protection. The main threat of this virus is its mysterious inactivity. It will not become active till April Fool’s Day and its effects have yet to be revealed.
Microsoft released a patch back in late October/early November that was intended to fix the flaw in remote services that allows Conficker A, B or C(the technical name for this worm) to operate. Since it was a critical security update, most computers should have it. There are those, however, who I am sure do not have all of the latest updates. It is important that every computer is updated to the fullest extent.
On another note, I was running an update at home for SuperAntiSpyware and I noticed they added in protection for new variants of the VUNDO Trojan. I am trying to figure out a way to schedule automated runs similar to what I did for Malewarebytes, but I have yet to find a method. Still it may be a good idea to consider the widespread implementation of this spyware software to be used in combination with Malwarebytes and your anti-virus suite. It may seem a little crazy on spyware, but for most severe infections I have encountered in the past, it has always taken both Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware to get rid of them.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.free-av.com/
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"The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence."
I once caught a virus from a Global Conflict thread link. Someone here once posted a link to a BF2 video they made of an FAV driving off the roof of the high building in Karkand. When I went to the link, I was prompted to download a video codec to view the movie file. You can guess how pissed off I became after being duped. I cannot remember who posted it...but I keep having this deja vu it was Goggles for some reason..Sup wrote:I don't need an AV. Just be careful what site you visit and what you download.
Moral of the threadjack is....Even this bloody site can be hostile if you let your guard down.
If your are up to date on everything, you dont need to have an active AV. But you should feel comfortable about cleaning up the mess should you get nailed..Sup wrote:I don't need an AV. Just be careful what site you visit and what you download.
Banner ads have been the latest craze for infecting people. Also they have been putting up domains for 2 weeks to flood search results to get people to visit.
Yeah I have automatic updates on my primary gaming rig, HTPC, laptop-no AV.Ash2Dust wrote:If your are up to date on everything, you dont need to have an active AV. But you should feel comfortable about cleaning up the mess should you get nailed..Sup wrote:I don't need an AV. Just be careful what site you visit and what you download.
Banner ads have been the latest craze for infecting people. Also they have been putting up domains for 2 weeks to flood search results to get people to visit.
Charger its possible its not related to that link at all, you may have caught something earlier and everytime you click a link it will take you somewhere you didn't wanted to go or ask you to download things you didn't wanted to download.
I don't run any AV software on my computers at home at all, and never have any problems with any malware. Like .Sup said, it really just comes down to staying safe ... and being able to recognize badies when you see them. I occasionally get put on the task of cleaning up viruses, and Malwarebytes would be my recommendation all the way.
I vaguely remember the video you refer to, Charger, though I doubt it was me that made it. The jeeps on rooftops was way back when they first introduced the vehicle drop feature in a patch, and people were dropping them all over the place in order to get into the turrets and "pwn". Though I remember seeing video demonstration of how to use a glitch to clip into the very inside of buildings in Karkand! You had to drive the jeep off a rooftop and directly into a narrow alley, into a wall of a closeby second building. Crazy times, especially when you saw it happen on a public ranked server
If it was me that linked the video, then I sincerely apologize for it
I vaguely remember the video you refer to, Charger, though I doubt it was me that made it. The jeeps on rooftops was way back when they first introduced the vehicle drop feature in a patch, and people were dropping them all over the place in order to get into the turrets and "pwn". Though I remember seeing video demonstration of how to use a glitch to clip into the very inside of buildings in Karkand! You had to drive the jeep off a rooftop and directly into a narrow alley, into a wall of a closeby second building. Crazy times, especially when you saw it happen on a public ranked server
If it was me that linked the video, then I sincerely apologize for it
It wouldn't have been the poster's fault regardless, Goggles. I think it was external to the hosted video site. I thought you may have been the driver of the FAV. You ended up being my internet scapegoat, unfairly at that.Goggles wrote: If it was me that linked the video, then I sincerely apologize for it
And for .Sup ----> You mean that it's possible some of the raunchy porn I regularly enjoy could have been the originator? I knew I shouldn't have trusted "Fun on the farm" .com
Bad Goggles!Charger wrote:When I went to the link, I was prompted to download a video codec to view the movie file. You can guess how pissed off I became after being duped. I cannot remember who posted it...but I keep having this deja vu it was Goggles for some reason.
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My secondary computer which was running problem free for 6 years and fully updated, caught something nasty recently, now I have to do some serious work to get it back. It won't even boot, my only option at this point is to get a second HD and load the OS on it, etc...
Nothing can be trusted. MalwareBYTES found a worm on my gaming rig, I am uber safe with that, its fully updated and firewalled, I don't go to any websites or have any e-mail programs. I run a full AV suite in the background, and MalwareBYTES and SuperAntiSPYWare regularly, it still got through.
Nothing can be trusted. MalwareBYTES found a worm on my gaming rig, I am uber safe with that, its fully updated and firewalled, I don't go to any websites or have any e-mail programs. I run a full AV suite in the background, and MalwareBYTES and SuperAntiSPYWare regularly, it still got through.
"The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence."
