Whilst searching the forums some virus called thezirius has been getting in

YAWN!

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=645667#post645667

Try this invaluable advice!

Then try:
a) Installing an anti-virus application'
b) Stop surfing for pr0n

Quote from Bladerunner :

YAWN!

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=645667#post645667

Try this invaluable advice!

Haha classic.

But seriously you won't get a virus from just browsing the forums. To be honest with you I havn't run anti-virus for ages now but I can guarantee you that I don't have any viruses - they're actually pretty hard to pick up from everyday browsing. The issues really only start when people use warez/pr0n sites etc.

*sigh*

In all my years of PC using i've only ever had two Virus' and both were thanks to my own stupidity.

If you got a Virus on THIS forum using a search feature chances are you already had one, tbh. Get a decent browser, some AV software, and do LOTS of Scans in safe mode.

i have been using Ad ware 2007, Spybot search and destroy, avg anti-rootkit, avg anti-virus, avg anti-spyware, nod32, avast, norton internet secruity 2006 and regrun

Quote from shaun463 :

i have been using Ad ware 2007, Spybot search and destroy, avg anti-rootkit, avg anti-virus, avg anti-spyware, nod32, avast, norton internet secruity 2006 and regrun

All at once? Overkill mate!

Quote from Bladerunner :

All at once? Overkill mate!

And it still didn't work!

Quote from shaun463 :

i have been using Ad ware 2007, Spybot search and destroy, avg anti-rootkit, avg anti-virus, avg anti-spyware, nod32, avast, norton internet secruity 2006 and regrun

Then i think you better ditch Windows and start again, just use Ad-Aware and NOD32 and stop looking at so much pr0n with IE6.

Quote from Jakg :

Then i think you better ditch Windows and start again, just use Ad-Aware and NOD32 and stop looking at so much pr0n with IE6.

Exactly the same i have no virusses becaus lets be honest i didn't watch any pr0n in the last years (to much lost count like a decade ago)

Quote from Jakg :

stop looking at so much pr0n with IE6.

He's supposed to be 9. That would be REALLY early.

I ONLY GO ON LFSFORUM.NET AND RSCFORUMS anyways regrun reanimator got rid of it

I HATE IE6 AND DO NOT USE IT

Quote from shaun463 :

I ONLY GO ON LFSFORUM.NET AND RSCFORUMS

I go on millions of different forums, Digg etc and i haven't had a virus in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages though...

Something your doing is wrong...

My great contribution

Quote from shaun463 :

i have been using Ad ware 2007, Spybot search and destroy, avg anti-rootkit, avg anti-virus, avg anti-spyware, nod32, avast, norton internet secruity 2006 and regrun

if you ran all this, and still managed to get a virus going on your system, that means
1) you can't read the warning messages from your AV software
2) you really wanted to get a virus
3) you never actually found out that there are updates available for AV software
4) you should try two handed browsing for a change

Quote from squidhead :

4) you should try two handed browsing for a change

At NINE YEARS OLD???
/me thinks only thing he takes hand from keyboard for is picking his nose!

Quote from Bladerunner :

Then try:
a) Installing an anti-virus application'
b) Stop surfing for pr0n

c) Don't do b), just use Firefox for it like the rest of us on daily updated sites which are completely free of virusses and spyware

And if you handle it smart enough, you can do C and pick your nose at the same time.

Quote from Bladerunner :

At NINE YEARS OLD???
/me thinks only thing he takes hand from keyboard for is picking his nose!

Didn't know he was nine...

well then,either
1) he IS picking his nose
OR
2) kids theese days grow up so fast

Quote from sgt.flippy :

c) Don't do b), just use Firefox for it like the rest of us on daily updated sites which are completely free of virusses and spyware

And if you handle it smart enough, you can do C and pick your nose at the same time.

I believe D comes after C....not B.

Quote from MINIz guy :

I believe D comes after C....not B.

Nah...he was right in what he is trying to say, just missing punctuation makes it look wrong.

What he means is:
C) Do not do "Item B"; Use a different browser instead.

Quote from Bladerunner :

YAWN!

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=645667#post645667

Try this invaluable advice!

Then try:
a) Installing an anti-virus application'
b) Stop surfing for pr0n

LuLZZZ x]]]

Quote from Bladerunner :

Nah...he was right in what he is trying to say, just missing punctuation makes it look wrong.

What he means is:
C) Do not do "Item B"; Use a different browser instead.

I thought it was pretty clear, oh well, thanks for clearing it up

Quote from squidhead :

if you ran all this, and still managed to get a virus going on your system, that means
1) you can't read the warning messages from your AV software
2) you really wanted to get a virus

Or, much simpler, people (most computer users) are very ignorant about viruses and malware, no matter how sophisticated and snob they think they are. For instance, someone may have installed software after someone else told him "Google is your best friend"... You know, sometimes Google is your worst enemy.

Here:

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sit ... ient_type=FF&aff_id=0

As you can see, it's promoted through spammy mail, which is nowadays one of the most common vehicles of self-inflicted pain. Since all the anti-malware he uses is unable to locate or eradicate what he got, it's probable that there's a Browser Helper Object in Explorer that makes pop-ups appear. It may not be malware, just adware, and it may have been installed accepting some kind of legal agreement. There's a limit for antispywares: in most cases for legal reasons they cannot eradicate something that was voluntarily (although somewhat unconsciously) installed by a user. If this is the case the software is legitimate although questionable; there might be a voice in Add/Remove Programs, but I wouldn't use it first since if it was really malware (and not simply adware) it could do more harm than good. But I'd check for interesting entries in Add/Remove Programs and report for Search Assistants and similar.

HiJackThis can show this BHO and related files and help uninstall it. There are some caveats, though.
1) You must identify correctly the BHO to eradicate, and you must be careful since a blind usage of HijackThis could limit or cripple the functionality of a computer.
2) If the malware/adware is protected by a rootkit or by some form of antiuninstall it may be much more difficult to eradicate it since it would keep reinstalling.
3) If the hosts file has been modified it must be returned to the original state deleting additional lines.


There's much more than this, of course. Just one hint: CAREFUL. You must know what you are doing, and that's very different from thinking you know what you're doing. In case you don't, refrain from action, offer relevant information and seek for advice in the right places and from the right persons.

The only thing protecting my computer is windows firewall and AVG. I know there are hackers about, but I seriously don't know why they would want to hack my computer. Other than that, virusses, when I get one, it's usually solved pretty quickly. Otherwise I have to format, but that happend long ago (two computers ago really ). So meh, I just try to know where I'm going, what I download and such..

Quote from sgt.flippy :

but I seriously don't know why they would want to hack my computer.

Because your computer is connected to the Internet, and as such is a valuable resource: it can offer bandwidth, an smtp engine installation to convey spam via botnets, space for file servers.

And because you are a valuable resource: a computer can offer advertised searches via adware, it can contain relevant personal and financial information that can be translated into real money that you'd lose in a way or another.

And it really doesn't matter who you are since the criminals willing to exploit vulnerabilities act on a mass scale: if you have no valuable resources there will be someone else who has them.

Take, for instance, spam: a tiny minority of users answers to spam, but that tiny minority has to be computed on a mass scale, so that tiny minority amounts to a lot of people, and then to a lot of money.

Quote from shaun463 :

norton internet secruity

This program is worse than any virus you might get.

Quote from Jakg :

Then i think you better ditch Windows and start again....

That must be the worst advice you've ever given. Too many n00bs reformat and resintall Windows for no reason at all... like when they have a virus.

Viruses are almost always simple to kill. Starting from scratch is an absolute last resort.