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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: Driver73 on February 07, 2011, 06:08:07 PM

Title: Virus from News Vault page.
Post by: Driver73 on February 07, 2011, 06:08:07 PM

Hi, I visited the News Vault page at
hXXp://www.thenewsvault.com/ and received
a nasty virus that hijacks the system and shows
spam popups for antivirus.net. I use firefox and
a licensed copy of avast internet security that is
auto updated and current. The virus auto loads
the minute you click on a link that leads to what
appears to be a picture host called nudes inc.
These are the links for the celeb images.
Any help on why I am not secure and what this
virus is would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Driver ???

Title: Re: Virus from News Vault page.
Post by: DavidR on February 07, 2011, 06:42:30 PM

Please 'modify' your post change the URL from http to hXXp or www to wXw, to break the link and avoid accidental exposure to suspect sites, thanks.

Title: Re: Virus from News Vault page.
Post by: Driver73 on February 07, 2011, 06:53:02 PM

Sorry, I didn't know the board had active links.
My bad.

Thanks,

Driver. :-[

Title: Re: Virus from News Vault page.
Post by: argus on February 07, 2011, 07:42:43 PM

Download DDS and save it to your Desktop from here:
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/dds.scr

Double click dds.scr to run the tool.

    * When done, DDS will open two (2) logs:
         1. DDS.txt
         2. Attach.txt

Save both reports to your desktop. Post DDS.txt back to topic.