Kapersky Finds Vulnerabilities
I did a free scan with the new Kapersky Security. It found no malware but found these 'vulnerabilities' Are these of any importance, or should I just ignore this stuff? 1. C:\Program Files...
View ArticleDNS Changer virus alert
"DNSChanger Malware set to knock thousands off Internet on Monday" http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=68169&cid=6 Spookily reminds me of a recent discussion in ACF between my...
View ArticleWhat's the best rotation of AV programs for Windows 7? Bestfreewares? Best paid?
These AV programs have lots of overlap and no clear winner, save perhaps the paid versions of Norton. With that in mind, what's the best free rotation? Or even paid rotation for AV? That is, two forms...
View ArticleVirus or Bad Hard Drive ??
Trying to help a friend long distance. After viewing an email and then trying to re-open same email (1st bad sign) computer locked up. On reboot, came up with a black screen with only icons for My...
View ArticleTrendMicro Titanium AV 2012 Sleep Problem
My subscription to Kaspersky came to an end, and since KAV was a resource hog, I thought I would try another AV for a year and bought TreandMicro Titanium AV 2012. Now the sleep mode on my system...
View ArticleShould I buy Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus+ 2012? For internet security?
After careful consideration in another thread, I concluded that the only way I would get a virus (or malware) is through some Java script in a rogue website that I accidentally visit and click on some...
View ArticleSuddenly getting hundres of svchost.exe connections
Suddenly getting 400 - 500 plus svchost.exe connections per Comodo firewall. What could this be indicative of? Currently running a scan with Malwarebytes, MSE and Superantispyware. Getting a lot of...
View ArticleFacebook: Did I Just Get Phished?
Got this email: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Peter F Cresswell <confirm@fatbelly.com> Subject: Peter, you have 1 friend request From:...
View ArticleLet's walk through this virus source code, shall we?
The poster that goes by "Dustin" in this group posted the below. Don't know where he got it, probably cut and paste from somewhere, but I'd thought it could be a good exercise to go through it, line by...
View ArticlePing RAY RaY.asm modified
Hi again Ray. Here's the same Ray.asm program with slight modifications. segment code start: mov ax,data mov ds,ax mov ax,stack mov ss,ax mov sp,stacktop mov dx,hello mov ah,9 int 0x21 mov ah,0x3c mov...
View ArticleHow does a malware effect a program and get loaded by Windows?
From another thread. I create a new thread since it's hard to read the oldone. How do you create a virus to effect or infect a .exe file, and have the .exe file get loaded without compromising the...
View ArticleWhere can I download the latest viruses?
I want to try out the latest viruses and see if they are any good. Most of them are boring and lack creativity. There has got to be some virus authors who can show some skill. The old viruses from the...
View ArticleUnpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted inattacks
I don't see where in Macro$haft's advisory they mention the vulnerability (or lack thereof) of any particular version of Internet Exploiter. All I see mentioned is "Microsoft XML Core Services" 3,4 and...
View ArticleHow do anonymous VPN work? Simple words, but not too simple. Aproposed answer...
A anonymous VPN program, how does it work? I program so don't be too simple, but here's what I envision after reading the below: 1. after you install the anonymizer software, your browser can, if...
View ArticleCan a .GIF contain a virus?
Can a .GIF contain a virus? I was sent an email from someone I do not know. There was no text in it, just two .GIF files. The message ID number (using arin.net) was invalid. My email software does not...
View ArticleWindow XP: Removing Aleureon-B@mbr?
I'm in the process of trying to fix up an old Dell Inspiron B130 laptop for somebody. First thing I did was replace the expired McAfee virus protection with the freebie version of Avast. On the first...
View ArticleKAV "Kaspersky Anti-Virus" Causes Blue Screen "no_more_irp_stack_locations"
I recently downloaded a copy of KAV Pro. After installing the product, the installer asks me to reboot my machine, so I do…and on the next boot, I get a blue screen error that reads...
View ArticleToolwiz Time Freeze
Someone might want to comment on this tools ability to protect your system from virus and Trojans? I'm not expert in this area enough to do so. Toolwiz Time Freeze http://www.toolwiz.com/ They have...
View ArticleNirsoft.net's Mail passview utility - trojan or not?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html The author states that some programs detect a false trojan in it. Avast certainly did. 9/10/2006 5:49:22 PM 1660 Sign of "Win32:MailPassView [Tool]" has been...
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