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]

Do you already have Spywaredoctor downloaded?

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have the program but not the specific databases - the smart update keeps getting shut out when it tries to download.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, even having cleaned it with Spyware Doctor, I still can't contact the mininova site, and AVG is turned off.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What about running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware?

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Yep, that did it - got it under control enough that I could get Spyware Doctor up and running. Thank you so much, you have no idea how aggravated I was getting. Were you able to get yours cleaned out?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It looks like. But I'm not able to go to the mininova.org web site. The message I get is:

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again.

So something is still wrong. Are you able to go to mininova?

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Hmm, nope, I can't get their either. I hadn't even thought to check because I'm still irrationally angry at the whole site in general. The Spyware Doc is still running though, so maybe it'll find whatever this is? I'm going to go searching around and see what other sites I'm not connecting to.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's done something.

anniehow has more helpful tools here: http://anniehow.livejournal.com/59665.html

They found other viruses but nothing has solved the fact that we can't get to mininova.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Are you able to download from other file-sharing sites? Because I've just discovered that while I was able to download last night's SGA ep (which was marked as a .doc file, maybe that makes a difference) I can't download from a private server, from Megaupload, nor can I upload to YouSendIt or Mediafire.