Topic: malware (Read 613 times)

Thanks for the heads up. Almost to 4 hours  Been wanting to join the fellas on the speculation board.

If you've been infected with malware which has obtained administrator level privileges (on any operating system) the only way to be sure is to nuke (format) the hard drive entirely, and reinstall.

Where does it say he was browsing as admin? I expect he's got it set to automatically run java applets and one hijacked the browser. That doesn't require admin, if it did you would have to have those permissions just to browse...

To the OP, anything you have typed into your browser since this happened you should consider compromised. If a UAC notice came up and you put in you're password consider the entire machine compromised and do everything I suggested above.

try combofix
its one of the best utilities

Why are running as admin surfing the web on MS Windows anyway? NEVER do that AND don't go to sketchy web sites and you probably don't need AV at all. But then I use it and I'm careful--no admin privileges and no surf to the dark side.

Good luck!

Of course the very best thing to do would be stop using windows

http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.linuxmint.com/

Usually when that happens it has just got control of the browser. By giving it permission to run, you let it start its own processes which is where things get considerably more serious. It pretends to be a antivirus scanner, because you panic and click yes.

Best thing to do if it happens again is kill the browser immediately. Check the task manager and kill anything saying java or plugin.
Then, if you want to be uber safe fresh install the OS. The less overkill thing to do would be if you have a second browser installed use that, if not then another computer and a usb drive to get some software -
Download something like CCleaner and wipe all browser history.
AVG Free or another decent antivirus, install and run a full scan.
Ad-Aware and run a full scan.
PC Tools Spyware Doctor and again scan.

Between all of them they will find almost anything that’s there. The sort of people smart enough to write anything they couldnt detect would much rather seize control of 1'000's of pc's and use them as a botnet than manually search each one for a couple of bitcoins or your card details.

After an all-clear i would still remove and reinstall whatever browser you use. Then remove Ad-Adware and PC-Tools. They can slow you down quite a bit.

You won't get an infection from a massive site like twitter, but you could from somewhere big if someone managed to inject something into the ad's.

The best you can about it is back up your wallet and encrypt it. You can either reformat your pc or use and antivirus. The free avg is pretty good at the task.

Ok cool.... so in a bit im going back to previous version of windows before update and hopefully that malware scan tool should run.

Its impossible to get malware from just browsing someones twitter right? (no links clicked or anything installed).

Moved all my coins off to safety but randomly.... browser shut down, home page was changed(wtf) and something popped up saying its found malware - and i should click to run.... something called linksy? or link something.... anyway i didnt click it but it looked legit

Its not 50 posts

Its 5 and 4 hours online.

Unless you know what the malware is I can't really help.

AVG free is perfectly good.
But the best protection is common sense. Dont open an email or follow a dodgy link and you will be fine. 99% of infections have to ask for your permission to install themselves.
The biggest security hole in any computer is the user!

is AVG free edition a decent anti virus to generally protect as good as any anti virus though or what?

Malware is the biggest pain in the ass. The best bet is manual removal for particular kinds of malware. It seems like well thought out malware is designed to dodge most antivirus software. Probably best to have one computer for business and another for web surfing. I know I didn't answer your question. I'm just trying to hit 50 posts to get out of the newbie world. haha

hey guys im wanting to check over my computer, i found/tried downloading this:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx

but its says please use a version compatible with your system is that cause windows just updated? (running windows 7)

what do you suggest for malware scan and removing if needed?