Rootkit.KInject is a sexy new virus. Let's talk about notable viruses we have recently encountered

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nail: Jul 15, 2005

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 16:31

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 01:48

nail: Jul 15, 2005

Midelne posted:

And taskman.exe is an Internet virus! All those people telling you to run the "task manager" must be responsible for the infection!

Security Center's warning about virus protection is my favorite part

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 18:59

nail: Jul 15, 2005

Suspicious posted:

If NOD32 is dropping the ball, which is the SH/SC goto antivirus now?

avast!, Avira, Antivir, AVG (in order of my personal preference). Someone linked this site in another thread, it's great for making your own pick based on hard numbers from extensive testing.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 19:24

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brc64 posted:

I've been liking VIPRE Enterprise in my tests, but the decision makers don't want to invest a new product (that's less expensive, easier to manage and would make us more money), so we're stuck with a product that's only compatible with Windows Server 2008 if you use the beta. Yay!

Oh yeah, I was only thinking of personal stuff. For enterprise, unfortunately I've only ever seen Norton or Trend. (Neither of those is worth a drat)

Also, VIPRE doesn't start with A, so it doesn't count :v:

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 20:43

nail: Jul 15, 2005

GREAT BOOK OF DICK posted:

Another recommendation for GMER, but it's a little more advanced. Solutions like Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware are fairly simplistic and almost anyone can operate them. GMER is good at showing you some really nasty poo poo (if it's there.)

How does GMER compare to Process Explorer? Looking at the screenshots it seems similar, although it's hard to tell because I can't read Polish or whatever that is.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 21:54

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ShizCakes posted:

ProcEXP doesn't show hidden services or other things like that

If you mean things that hide in svchost or whatever, yes it does. Maybe not to the same extent? And they do have to be running, going by what BillWh0re says maybe they don't with GMER? Also Process Explorer can't highlight "bad guys", it doesn't differentiate at all. Next time I need something like this I'll give it a go (if I remember!), just want to know what to expect.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2008 23:10

nail: Jul 15, 2005

second part to hell

edit here's a cool (albeit old) article with probably-related details

nail fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Dec 30, 2008

# ¿ Dec 30, 2008 22:18

nail: Jul 15, 2005

BigKOfJustice posted:

I never had a virus since 1991 on an Amiga.

Until last week when, out of the blue, via no prompt or action on my own, avast flips out with 2-3 error messsages, crashes, followed by the firewall crashing and IE launching and firing up all sorts of ads.

Well in that case you would have known there was a problem without antivirus software; and since your antivirus software crashed instead of fixing the problem, it's obviously pointless anyway.

No, I am not being serious.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2009 21:08

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EnFuego468 posted:

The only thing we were able to do is backup and reimage all machines.

And wipe flash drives, I take it? Haha, how did people react to that one?
edit: Also, don't be surprised to see the issue persist as flash drives (I assume) continue to be used between home computers and the office.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2009 20:04

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 01:48

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GREAT BOOK OF DICK posted:

I think this infection pissed my boss off so much, he called TrendMicro and cancelled our licensing. Looks like we're switching to Kaspersky!

I wish more bosses were like yours.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2009 04:34

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