Oh, what a lovely infestation I have.

[icarus]

Oh, wonderful. I tried downloading the latest SPN episode from mininova.org and got a virus infected file instead.

Threat name: Trojan.Downloader.NUS and, worse yet, Adware.Maxifiles
Threat level: somewhere between Kristallnacht and nuclear holocaust

Bonus? Looks like it blocks me from going to the mininova.org web page. I can't warn anyone. Except you, of course.

Currently cleaning it out with Spywaredoctor. Next I run AVG.



ETA: Spywaredoctor caught it, cleaned it. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware found more. I still can't access mininova, however.

Annihow has more info for all of us. This particular problem disabled AVG, so she has masterful ways and tools to scan and disinfect your computer.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Are you able to access mininova? I think other people can. I suspect this is a feature of the virus I got, to make it so you can't access the site and warn. (How did they do this?)

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Yup, I just did it, so, yes, it is you.
And I bet you are right, they are trying to avoid you alert them. There are quite a lot of virus which can do that, but usually, they block your access to places where you can run an AV software on-line.
But it is not really difficult, only a pair of lines of extra coding.