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

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so, but I do believe crackers are gonna make a fest with the .exe files. And, as people are aware they are putting some of this new tech to be tested, is easy to got something nasty instead you were looking for.
I stop using AVG after the last week fiasco, when an update deleted Window System files. I'm using a free Avira (http://www.free-av.de/), which is acting really cool so far.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely in the market for new virus protection.

AVG's been fixed, but I still have Trend Micro running from last night. That's probably bad, isn't it? To have two anti-virus programs running at the same time?

Interestingly, I'm still not able to access the mininova site.

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Yeah, two anti-virus are most likely to collide...
Weird thing you cant access to Mininova, though. Maybe the site is down? Maybe they are trying to get rid from malware?

[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.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, two anti-virus are most likely to collide...

Ha. My brother once had these tropical fish called "betas." They were beautiful, but you could only have one because they'd instantly go after a rival fish.

Yep. That's how two anti-virus programs act. They try to remove each other.

I'm getting rid of the 30-day trial of Trend Micro for now, and then I'm going to research virus protection software.

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Yes, my dad had them, too =D
Damn territorial, but, oh, so pretty =D
Mmm... I'm using a very good AV at work, I can't remember now which one, but I'll let you know as soon as my mushy brain is back on business

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's why adore LogMeIn!
The AV is Clam (http://www.clamav.net/)!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Will it work on XP?

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have it instaled in my pc at work, and it has XP