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

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Yeah same thing just happened to me. You say spywaredoctor is the way to go? I've tried Adaware and it's just not cutting it

[seticat.livejournal.com]

I've totally ditched Mininove at all. I hunt with Isohunt and avoid anything pointing to Mininova. When I got hit a bit back, I found a combo of Anti-Malware and Spyware Doctor [from PC Tools] were the only things that totally cleared stuff. AVG wouldn't touch it. neither would Spybot or Ad-Aware.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I don't use torrents, but I'm spreading the word as best I can. Ugh, so annoying! I hope it hasn't done any damage to your computer.

[ifyouweremine.livejournal.com]

Aw crap, I'm sorry that happened to you, hon! #huggles#

Is a streaming video version of the episode alright? (http://www.surfthechannel.com/episode/343/143077.html)

If not I know there are some reliable downloads already up at SPN comms, I could grab a link to one for you if you needed.

[amalthia]

did I ever share the link to EZTV?

p.s.

[amalthia]

Sorry about the virus. :( and yeah I think our projector computer got something very similar but what I think happened was some new kind of trick they use to trick people into downloading the virus when you visit a website. It basically overlays an invisible link? At least that's what happened to EZTV and they had to get strong security because no one could see the link to the virus download? I'm not explaining so well but that's how I understood it. :(

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

Sorry to intrude, I saw the warning up at Starrylizard's (and just in time too!) since there's more than one torrent listed at Mininova for the episode, could you be more specific as to which one infected you? And it happened when you finished the download and it asked you to get an "extra" codec?

[sherryillk.livejournal.com]

Do you have a Demonoid account? A private tracker might be the way to go if only for the community that warns of this stuff...

I hardly ever use Mininova... It's always looked a bit sketchy to me.

[daneffew.livejournal.com]

Have you tried a couple of LJ communities that have downloads instead of torrents.

Dramatic_Eps and TVShare. They have downloads from everything on the different sites such as Megaupload sendspace etc. I think easier and quicker that torrents.

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Mininova had been down for a while, now. I only hunt at isohunt, and avoid mininova as hell.
Also, they are trying to go legal, allowing legal downloading. You could use torrents to download them, using a new tech: Hyper MP (http://hypermpgroup.blogspot.com/). This thing is an exe file! which contains a player with the movie or episode and adds.
I, myself, wouldn't download an .exe file even if my mother send i to me, so...
Anyhow, I'm really sorry about nasty bugs

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

Trendmicro.com is also lovely for cleaning out everything, not just malware. Viruses, worms, trojan viruses...everything.

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

You could try grabbing the databases on a different computer and manually installing them - I dunno how AVG does this kind of thing, unfortunately. I use avast. I also don't know if that will work. Um. Techsupportforum.com is my current redirect when I'm offering tech help.

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

I use ISOHunt, and it's generally kept the compy safe.