My email account was hacked into due to a hidden trojan - It can happen to you!!!!

[stealthify]

That is exactly what i run atm. I hate how MWB expires though.

The trick is to never accept the trial. I believe you can keep clicking cancel/continue every time it comes up, and it won't start the timer (unless they've changed it).

[green-lantern]

LOL... the only Pr0n I watch is what Doc posts in the members area!!!

Yeah me too

[IPD]

been using kapersky for 2+ years now. much better than that POS bit-defender.

[Lugnut]

I have a hacking happening now for the game Guild Wars 2 where they actually have my login and password for this game, but the game itself is setup by Guild Wars to where I have to approve the I.P.address login through my email before they can actually access the game .. IDK for certain when they got the password, but after some quick research I read the games server was hacked at one point, so Im assuming thats when they got it .. Basically to change the login and password I have to get on the game which at this time cannot happen as Im away on business so at the minute I'm on stuck to that end .. Nothing else of mine was hacked and although all my internet stuff has different passwords and all I went ahead and changed all my internet stuff anyways through a different computer .. This one actually .. So anyway, I watch them login from about 15 different cities in China over the last month or so .. And in the meantime I've educated myself enough to learn how I can trace it back for a bit through the login attempt info to a server, but thats as far as I have gotten/gone with it .. The point of all this is I was wondering if anyone has any words for what I can do to get more info on them or is it a waste of time even trying .. I would love to just trace it and send them a email .. And maybe a picture of my nutsack or something .. Nothing more for say since I know it is just a dead end ..

[DrGonzo]

In that case I would simply remove the HDD and connect it to another machine and run combofix, superantispyware and at-least 2 other good virus scanners over it.

I'm not very trusting of virus scanners. They are all reactive and not proactive, Meaning they can only defend against what they know about. If a new virus/trojan gets created and distributed, No Antivirus software will be able to prevent it until they know about it and have updated their definitions to look out for it. Some Anti-virus companies have algorithms and certain things they check for, but those things are easily coded around. In my case the trojan came in on a known file from a trusted download site "CNET.com". The initial scan when I downloaded it did not catch it and no alerts went off when I installed it. I'm thinking that the Avast did not have the trojan in it's definitions when I first got it. Eventually it made it into the anti-virus definitions and my full system scan caught it.

When I get a virus/trojan I always do a full system clean. I can't take the chance that there is some residue code sitting out there that I don't know about. In my line of work I deal with too many outside systems that I can't take the chance of a security breach due to a damn trojan.

So... with that said what is the best anti spyware and malware crap to get? Im no geek, so im just waiting...

Buy a Mac!!

[IPD]

Buy a Mac!!

roflmfao

[Jimvr4]

I got hit by FBI Ransomware a few months ago. I had clicked on a site to watch a "video" and it immediately took over my computer, locking the screen and activating the webcam. The message said the FBI was after me for viewing illegal content and wanted me to click a link to go and pay $200 to make it go away.

Rebooting did not help so I restored the whole computer from a backup. I'm a computer geek too so I have a NAS with 3TB and I use Acronis to run daily backups of my windows and data partitions. The only trouble I had was restoring the correct partitions. It turns out W7 may use a 100MB boot partition (depending on whether it is a new or upgrade installation) and I had to regenerate this portion after accidently removing it.

AFAIK Norton and MacAfee aren't able to detect this one either. It was a good decision to minimize the windows partition since it restores alot quicker.

[DrGonzo]

In that case I would simply remove the HDD and connect it to another machine and run combofix, superantispyware and at-least 2 other good virus scanners over it.

So... with that said what is the best anti spyware and malware crap to get? Im no geek, so im just waiting...

I got hit by FBI Ransomware a few months ago. I had clicked on a site to watch a "video" and it immediately took over my computer, locking the screen and activating the webcam. The message said the FBI was after me for viewing illegal content and wanted me to click a link to go and pay $200 to make it go away.

Rebooting did not help so I restored the whole computer from a backup. I'm a computer geek too so I have a NAS with 3TB and I use Acronis to run daily backups of my windows and data partitions. The only trouble I had was restoring the correct partitions. It turns out W7 may use a 100MB boot partition (depending on whether it is a new or upgrade installation) and I had to regenerate this portion after accidently removing it.

AFAIK Norton and MacAfee aren't able to detect this one either. It was a good decision to minimize the windows partition since it restores alot quicker.

I had the same issue with the Win7 partition also. It for some reason installed the boot partition on D:\ and the rest of the OS on C:\. MBR was on C:\ pointing to D:\. Took me an hour to figure that shit out....LOL

[HilbillyHomeboy]

From CNet? Wow.

I use MS security essentials, spybot, and ccleaner. I used to use avast, great program.

Jeremy

[Alan92RTTT]

AVG, Spybot, Firefox with adblock