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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Charyb-0 on July 22, 2013, 06:04:35 PM
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1. When was the last time you were infected by malware?
2. What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
3. If you know, how did you become infected?
4. With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
Every couple of days I see the UPS/FedEx email show up in my junk folder and know better than to click on the link. The sender never has an authentic UPS or FedEx email address. At times, avast! will block a malicious site. Other than this, I rarely ever run into malware.
For me, I really need to put forth an effort to become infected by intentionally visiting malicious websites and running risky executables. Even then my security setup blocks these attempts.
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Hello, I currently am dealing with malware, but I'm unsure of its origin and we haven't figured out exactly what it is just yet. I'm pretty adamant about PC security so I usually only have to remove a few tracking cookies from time to time. I know better than to click links in chain mail messages and had different aspects of security (avast! Antivirus, MBAM, SAS, etc.) installed and updated prior to my infection. In retrospect, I just wish that I would've utilized portable compilers vs. downloading and installing them locally; I could be wrong, but I have a hunch that they played a part...
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1. about a year ago i think
2. Trojan Ransome.... russian version
3. did a mistake when uploading samples, managed to run the file instead of uploading :-\
4. when i download them.... every day ;)
Every couple of days I see the UPS/FedEx email show up in my junk folder and know better than to click on the link. The sender never has an authentic UPS or FedEx email address. At times, avast! will block a malicious site. Other than this, I rarely ever run into malware.
you should send the zip attachment to avast lab. ;)
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Unintentionally .. Never.
Intentionally multiple times :)
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1. When was the last time you were infected by malware?
Never.
2. What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
See my first answer. :)
3. If you know, how did you become infected?
See my first answer again. :)
4. With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
To insert an infected USB stick but my Avast is always on guard.
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Got to be close to 20 years ago, long before I had internet access. When my system (DOS 5, IIRC) wouldn't work properly, I took it into the shop. A couple of days later they told me "a virus" (they didn't identify it to me) had physically damaged the bios and mobo -- they replaced both, considerably upgraded, dirt-cheap, maybe $20-25.
Back in those days the most common transmission was via infected floppies, which is probably how I acquired whatever.
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1) February 2010
2) Trojan (Can't remember the name/type.)
3) Visiting an innocent(?) website.
4) Visiting innocent(?) websites.
I "was" using AVG when I got the infection. AVG failed to block it, but did catch it during a scan.
My son told me about avast. Decided to give avast a test run. avast has saved my computer
numerous times since then. It seems as if avast keeps blocking malware/infections. 8)
Been happily infection free using avast for three and a half years. 8)
Guess which a/v I use? 8)
My son still uses avast. 8)
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10 years ago when I changed over from Norton to avast! and avast! got rid of all the infections Norton missed.
That was also many OS ago. :)
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1: Never
2: Number 1
3:Also see Number 1
4: Visiting malicious Websites or open nasty Mails
Before i used Avast, i had AVG, before i had my own Computer we had Norton, but the computer of my Grandpa got infected
with 3 Trojans, then we switched to Avg, as AVG was slowing down my system i switched to Avast, the others are still using AVG and my
Uncle uses Malwarebytes Pro with AVG.
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Last real malware decided me to come here, install avast! av and join the avast! support forums, that is 8 years ago now.
Last time I was tricked with bundled BHO crap- or junkware from a non-malicious download site was a couple of weeks ago.
The uninvited hijacker also disabled the Google Chrome update profile settings in the registry, so I had to reset that in the registry.
Only use direct downloads now, as zipped bundles can come under the detection radar, and crap is often only cleansed by AdwCleaner and the likes
and sometimes not even fully disabled.
For cleansing tools go to anti-malware forum site download links, they are scanned not to contain these "extras".
I can understand that the developer of freeware software also has to pay the bills or wants to buy some decent marmalade to spread on his toast,
but pester users with bundled browser hijackers that border on being malcode and hard to uninstall is causing these to be once bitten twice shy,
polonus
P.S. All those in the UK, congrats with the birth of the royal baby boy - hippity hip hooray!!
Damian
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Never, no matter what security program I was using. I used Norton for 10 years without a problem, then Comodo, then Avast for almost 2 years, and now back to Comodo.
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Hi Dch48,
Know that you take well-founded decisions. What did you decide to return to Comodo?
Well I am very satisfied with the avast! Webshield and Networkshield as such.
I had no real file infections of course (also have NoScript and RP in the browser),
but I get an average of some 59 shield detections from scanning malware sites
to add to avast detection oversight each month.
This all because of my website scanning activities here
(third party scanning and cold reconnaissance only) -
not that dramatic really,
because when avast finds a piece of script even without real payload
it already will start to hoot the sirens.
In the aftermath I always do a complete scan of all of the browser folder
to take out the remainders of these flagged incidents.
With some scanning I use Malzilla that will cleanse all because it is sandboxed.
Well when if it furthers the avast! course, it is well worth it and I see no problem there ;)
polonus
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1. When was the last time you were infected by malware?
First time was in 97-98. The next and last time was in 2006-2007.
2. What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
The first time I got all that you can imagine. Worms, viruses, trojans. My Win95 was a mess. 5-7 mins boots. the cursor would go everywhere but where I wanted. Could not write anything, or go to any website. The last time was an autorun inf that Avast! got most of it.
3. If you know, how did you become infected?
The first time. Norton expired and I did not know better. The last time I connected a drive for some music or pictures.
4. With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
Now, it would be just browsing unknown sites or connecting someone else's flash, phone, EHDD.
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On this computer? Actually never to be honest..
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I was never infected when I had my new laptop with W8 lucky for me with Avast Free and CIS as well
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I never really had an infection as such,but I did have Norton AV that was taking over my PC. I have never seen anything so hard to get rid of.Avast is the way to go install and forget.
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Last time I was infected was about 4 years ago, my own stupid fault by downloading a TRex song via Limewire and AVG didn't even make a peep ::)
I cant remember what it was but the Tech was unable to do anything to clean it so I enabled factory reset and installed Avast 4 :)
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1. When was the last time you were infected by malware?
2. What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
3. If you know, how did you become infected?
4. With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
1. Around 1990.
2. Yankee Doodle (MS-DOS Virus, it played the song).
3. With a 5,25″ floppy.
4. Inattention.
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Hi Dch48,
Know that you take well-founded decisions. What did you decide to return to Comodo?
I started with the free version of Avast but upgraded to AIS mainly because I was doing online banking and shopping and wanted the added protection of the Safe Zone. It was getting close to renewal time for my 3 license AIS and they wanted more than double what I had originally paid when I upgraded from free. Then I read about v6 of Comodo and saw that they had added a feature called the Virtual Kiosk which is pretty much identical to the SafeZone except that you can use any browser you want in it. They also had greatly reduced and almost completely eliminated the alert popups that had annoyed me and made me leave Comodo in the past. CIS is now even more silent than AIS mainly because you don't get any alerts for known safe things, not even firewall alerts, and the HIPS component is actually now disabled by default and not needed.
I am retired and my small Social Security check is my only income. Avast free doesn't give me all I want and AIS is too expensive when I can get the same or possibly even better protection from Comodo and it's completely free. I didn't leave Avast for any other reason than the financial one. I will say however that I don't like the direction that v8 is going with the addition of the software updater, browser cleaner, and other things that I find superfluous in a security product. The WebRep was bad enough and I never used it. I also moved away from AMS on my Android tablet because it did not support the Dolphin browser and the product I'm using now integrates with it nicely. I tried Comodo's mobile product and didn't like it at all.
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Avast free doesn't give me all I want
Sorry but that's a ridiculous excuse.
I've been using the free version of avast! for 10 years and have never had an infection.
If you're using Comodo's product then you should be concentrating on helping their customers.
They need more help than the avast users..... (IMHO)
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Avast free doesn't give me all I want
Sorry but that's a ridiculous excuse.
I've been using the free version of avast! for 10 years and have never had an infection.
If you're using Comodo's product then you should be concentrating on helping their customers.
They need more help than the avast users..... (IMHO)
Well that is only your opinion and in my opinion, a mistaken one. Comodo offers rock solid protection.
What is ridiculous in wanting an option to completely isolate your online activity while banking or shopping? This is something that the free Avast does not offer. Hence, it does not give me everything I want.
I only come to these forums now for the updates and information threads. I stay out of the threads about the actual products since I'm not using them any more. I never intended to advertise anything else or explain why I left Avast, but, I was asked.
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- When was the last time you were infected by malware?
I think it was about 4 years ago.
- What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
Virtumonde, a file infector, It infected my C: Drive and killed my OS the way I could not repair it and also infected most of .exe files in my external hard drive that I had accessed while I've been infected.
- If you know, how did you become infected?
Pirate stuff...
- With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
I cannot tell for myself because it's many years I did not deal with malwares, but for my customers It's different based on which kind of users/groups we are talking, removable medias (Flash Drives), Social Media driven scams leading into installing junk stuff, pirate tools and many more...
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- When was the last time you were infected by malware?
about two years ago.
- What was the name of it and what effect did it have?
It was a rogue antimalware. I forgot the name since I reformat my laptop once a year.
- If you know, how did you become infected?
I tried to infect my laptop just to see if avast works.
- With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware?
Curiosity.
Infected sites are automatically blocked by avast and the browser. Malware from external media are blocked by mcshield and avast.
Only I can decide to infect my laptop or not.
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1. When was the last time you were infected by malware? 6/2/2013
2. What was the name of it and what effect did it have? Rootkit-Gen. Attempted to infect explorer.exe
3. If you know, how did you become infected? Me and my friend were exchanging an exe file. Avast detected it has a Keymaker file.
4. With your experience, what is the most common method for you to run into malware? Skype :(
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Avast free doesn't give me all I want
Sorry but that's a ridiculous excuse.
I've been using the free version of avast! for 10 years and have never had an infection.
If you're using Comodo's product then you should be concentrating on helping their customers.
They need more help than the avast users..... (IMHO)
+1 It seems as the Comodo forums have more complaints/issues than avast! :)
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Probably about 12 years ago. Downloaded a crack for Norton Internet Security.
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Probably about 12 years ago. Downloaded a crack for Norton Internet Security.
That means you deserved the infection. :(
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Probably about 12 years ago. Downloaded a crack for Norton Internet Security.
That means you deserved the infection. :(
Duh..................... ::) This is how we learn things. After that I started playing with various security products and learned the ins and outs of everything. Had Avast 4 (Media Player) for a long time. Had NIS and KIS for years. Had Avira and Comodo Firewall. I have tried everything. The title of the thread is "When was the last time you were infected and how?". So there is no need to comments on how you got infected and or why you should not do certain things. Not all cracks, keygens, etc are malware. But most cracks only work for a few weeks till your license key gets blacklisted. In the end its not worth it.
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You must have been rather young and inexperienced then. Users learn nothing from cracks, for cracks is the poor man's substitute for reverse engineering. With cracks as you experienced you do not know what is coming in the "slipstream", so to say. Analyzing with file code analyzers and resource hackertools for instance is where users learn how code is being put together, not from cracks and circumventions. Then these issues are exclusively for educational purposes, all other use is looked upon as illegit.....
polonus
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Infected approximately 11.5 years ago
Replicating worm, can't remember the name or the circumstances. I was using Symantec Internet Security at the time.
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You must have been rather young and inexperienced then. Users learn nothing from cracks, for cracks is the poor man's substitute for reverse engineering. With cracks as you experienced you do not know what is coming in the "slipstream", so to say. Analyzing with file code analyzers and resource hackertools for instance is where users learn how code is being put together, not from cracks and circumventions. Then these issues are exclusively for educational purposes, all other use is looked upon as illegit.....
polonus
I posted as a reply to the subject tittle of this thread. I do not need to know the does and don'ts of cracks and keygens. This isn't about blaming people or criticizing them for how they got infected. Thanks. We learn from our mistakes. Isn't this what life is about.
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Greetings everyone,
My response to this post title:
1. Last infected in early 2012.
2. Infected by: Sirefef Trojan, Gen
3. Method of infection: still unknown. Suspect it occurred while online.
My computer displayed no symptoms. At the time I had been offline for about 5 minutes and performed one of my several, daily anti-malware scans with SAS, which subsequently detected the Sirefef Trojan. Either the trojan itself, or perhaps during the disinfection process by SAS, the ipsec.sys file was removed, thus preventing Internet access & hence, obtaining help here in the Forums. Had to take the computer to a repair shop to resolve issue; Cost: $123.00 (USD). (Didn't have a 2nd computer on hand to use).
Security software in use at the time: Avast (free), Outpost Firewall Pro, MBAM Pro (real-time scanning enabled), Spywareblaster, SAS (on-demand).
Also, at that time I was not yet using Firefox w/ NoScript as I do now. Was still using IE. Computer OS in use at the time was a Win XP Pro, SP3.
Regards,
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Me,back in 2004 when I had a old PC running winxp and was clueless user back then,got infected with strange piece of malware back then,it turned all the processes in taskmanager to realevent.exe hogging 100%CPU and somehow if I killed the process called realshed.exe it used to kill the malware and turn everything back to normal.Dont know where I got it from,was running Norton back in then LOL :o Cleaned the machine later that year with Ad-aware,that is the time I began learning about viruses and I got rid of that machine in 2010 and got this laptop and started running avast on it,clean since 2010 and happy go lucky ;D