Author Topic: Worst Virus ever! (Read 1298 times)

Kev The Galaxybender · « **on:** July 13, 2008, 10:54:52 AM »

It caused me to have to format my PC. I tried removing it all day yesterday and I couldn't. It sucked big time

watch out for the antivirus xp 2008 virus, that's what i had. I was looking for a plug in that allows me to play .bgm file and i thought i found one on rappidshare, but it was this stupid virus instead. Be careful what you guys download off rappidshare

BLue BoMBeR · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2008, 11:59:12 AM »

yeah... thats the virus i've got the anti virus 2008 pro... it shows britney spears stuffs

i bought norton anti virus but didnt really do well [nothing].. i waste my money and left me reformatting the pc.... i hate to say this but.... i was searching for GIF creator and i've searched sumotorrent... and downloaded it.... i got it... dang!!

and importantly do not put infected files in a flash drives or anything.... it will multiply... i putted my flash drive to one of my friend to copy the mugen...

the same happens the virus leak into his PC... i just shut my trap so he couldnt blame me.... he blame his twin brothers instead... but leave me reformatting he's pc

shinra358 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:05:48 PM »

Unless its some kind of world wide epidimic, every virus can be gotten rid of without reformatting. ya just gotta know what your doing.

Kev The Galaxybender · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:12:06 PM »

even if your virus scanner cleans it, it multiplies itself. And when I tried to format while in windows, it would not let me. It makes your computer thinks it's running a newer version of windows so you can format while in windows so I had to go into my bios and have my PC boot from the disc drive.

And the virus locks out your system restore so you can't go back and undo it.

It's a nasty little virus.

nick09 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:17:07 PM »

Heh happened to me. I had a different spyware so I decided to hit F8(where the normal windows and recovery(locked my the viruse) is), select Safe Mode with Networking, downloaded Ubuntu, burn to DVD(I could of used a CD but did not have any available), tried it before I installed it, I liked it, installed it, and I have been happy ever since.

Virus free ever since a few months ago given that there is really only a rare few viruses active for linux and every hardware on the computer was supported right off the bat. I use wine to run my windows programs such as fighter factory with a few minor bugs but it was only cosmetic when you looked at sprites in a sff file in fighter factory.

All my files were on a external Hard drive.

shinra358 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:35:50 PM »

also if you cant seem to get rid of it they have specific tools at symantec, ccleaner does a good job, hackjackthis does a good job, cleaning out ur browser does a good job, and if it tells you at the symantec tool site that you will have to delete some files manually too, then you must do as they say. doing all of this with the helper of your norton and/or windows defender should get the job done completely. and i know u didnt do all that so...thats why i said you have to know what ur doing. ive had many virus/spyware attempts. im no cpu wizard nor have i got outside experience but i do know that my cpu is really clean. btw with all that, stop going to porn sites or clicking on ads

. thats the only way u get viruses besides fake emails. for the torrents, everyone knows to scan before opening/playing..... andif your internet is temporarily off while you do all of this, it would add to the ejection of the intruder.

Kev The Galaxybender · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2008, 12:57:24 PM »

the virus didn't even let me access any tools. I messed around with it for 6 hours, I couldn't even get online to get the tools to handle the issue so a reformat was easier. Fixed everything and I have my PC backed up on another HDD and DVD's so it wasn't a big hassle.

And whats the deal with the porn??

, I have no trouble with porn ever because i rarely look at it, but I was looking for some tools so I could play .BGM files and bam this thing was on there.

All the porn in the wold wouldn't cause this stupid mess.

Guess I should have listened to the MS prompt asking the files wasn't digitally signed or something. Next time I'll take notice

shinra358 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:04:09 PM »

that dosent mean if its not digitally signed its bad. but you could look for reviews next time or even take a gander at the file size. or even scan the exe...

nick09 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:07:07 PM »

I know a person who checks the size of the torrents he is downloading he wont get it if its too big or too small before he starts the torrent.

shinra358 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:09:49 PM »

well viruses arent in the torrent itself. a torrent is just a gateway to the information. viruses can only be gotten if you open the file up (not the rar archive but whats inside the rar file).

nick09 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:11:11 PM »

What I mean he checks what he will get after downloading the stuff.

Kev The Galaxybender · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2008, 01:13:34 PM »

Quote from: shinra358 on July 13, 2008, 01:04:09 PM

that dosent mean if its not digitally signed its bad. but you could look for reviews next time or even take a gander at the file size. or even scan the exe...

I know that, because there are files that I download that aren't signed that are fine, but I know exactly what those files are, but this was a foreign file so I should have just payed more attention when MS threw up the red flag. And I was getting the unknown file off rappidshare so I should have been even more cautious.

♦ßlôödÑinjå♦ · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:16:21 PM »

That why Mozilla FireFox 3 scans the files your downloading to avoid things like this from happening.

juelz aka wolfi · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:23:59 PM »

tru what bludninja sed

best advice

get more add ons for moz 3 (security and protection category)
ask other peeps for safe websites
use gud antivirus softwares (i got norton 360)
use internet cafe to get the stuff u really want (its best to be sayf coz its a hassle at the end)
back up everything u got externally
scan all the time

peace

shinra358 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:27:21 PM »

scan all the time is kinda harsh....cuz it takes 3 hrs for mine scans to be completed. if you have good protection, it will catch it each time it moves. and for your security software, it actually backs the viruses up (quaranteen). so you will have to go to that section and still manually delete it. and when u do it you must also turn off system restore so that the cpu doesnt bring it back when u do a restore

Gaijin · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:35:47 PM »

if u can kill the source of the virus then u have won. if u dont want it to spread take out your internet connection when battling a virus cuz in order for most if not all viruses to keep spreading they tend to download viruses from virus sites and thats how they mulitply. go to the local drive C then go to windows then system32 and find drivers then inside drivers go to etc then look for a file that says hosts open it as notepad and then tell me what u see. copy and paste it on here

.:K.I.N.G:. · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:36:17 PM »

you think this is the worst virus cus you couldn't remove it?
how about a virus that destroyer your hd partition table and removes your partitions with everything on them including your windows partition giving you the xp blue screen error and when you restart your pc you find that your hd is exactly like when you bought it and the next thing you know is you are starting from the beginning

nick09 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2008, 03:42:55 PM »

Which is a good reason why to backup your files.

Kev The Galaxybender · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2008, 05:20:14 PM »

Quote from: ♦ßlôödÑinjå♦ on July 13, 2008, 03:16:21 PM

That why Mozilla FireFox 3 scans the files your downloading to avoid things like this from happening.

I have Firefox 3, when I downloaded the file off rappidshare, firefox 3 didn't scan it.

Kev The Galaxybender · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2008, 05:22:25 PM »

Quote from: Mr.47 on July 13, 2008, 03:36:17 PM

you think this is the worst virus cus you couldn't remove it?
how about a virus that destroyer your hd partition table and removes your partitions with everything on them including your windows partition giving you the xp blue screen error and when you restart your pc you find that your hd is exactly like when you bought it and the next thing you know is you are starting from the beginning

I'm exaggerating when I said "worst virus ever" I just said that because this one was pissin me off. Believe me, I've seen worse viruses and I know worse viruses are out there.

BLue BoMBeR · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2008, 05:51:12 PM »

vista always have blue screen.... problem...

nick09 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2008, 05:57:40 PM »

Windows may be very popular but the product is bad to say the least.

Cyclysm · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2008, 06:07:07 PM »

Quote from: nick09 on July 13, 2008, 05:57:40 PM

Windows may be very popular but the product is bad to say the least.

It's truly exaggerated

it's a hell of a lot better than linux and mac

IMO

nick09 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2008, 06:15:16 PM »

Quote from: cyclysm on July 13, 2008, 06:07:07 PM

Quote from: nick09 on July 13, 2008, 05:57:40 PM
Windows may be very popular but the product is bad to say the least.

It's truly exaggerated

it's a hell of a lot better than linux and mac IMO

By bad I meant security wise.

Cyclysm · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2008, 06:26:48 PM »

Quote from: nick09 on July 13, 2008, 06:15:16 PM

Quote from: cyclysm on July 13, 2008, 06:07:07 PM
Quote from: nick09 on July 13, 2008, 05:57:40 PM
Windows may be very popular but the product is bad to say the least.

It's truly exaggerated

it's a hell of a lot better than linux and mac IMO

By bad I meant security wise.

Security wise it's not so hot.... One reason Mac and Linux are so invulnerable to viruses is because they have a smaller install base, which means less people have one...
A lot of people don't spend the time to create viruses for macs and linux operating systems...because they know it will only effect a few people

I am gad,the last time I got a virus was like in 2001 ,that's because I was a noob at teh internets at the time

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