Malware/Virus Warning

Stealhead · 01-06-14, 05:37 PM

I recon that these scams must work well enough or they'd not bother.They most likely send out several thousand at a time and the majority do not bite but when it all just spamming out anyway it is not like it takes much effort.

I also have a feeling that many of these e-mails are coming from "zombie computers" that have already been infected and it just propagates even if the majority do not fall some will.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_spam.svg

What Skybird said is true a system Restore will not do anything to a virus in most cases unless it is a real amateur job.Usually they simply hide themselves in the system restore temporary files which means they'll come right back and the better ones will lay dormant for a few hours or days.
P.S. I love No Script.

STEED · 01-06-14, 05:53 PM

Bin it unread problem sorted.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-06-14, 09:14 PM

@Mr Quatro, yeah I got the CWEBS.com thing too on Christmas Eve. Sent a fraud report to my credit union a couple of days later.

As for e-mail scams in general, if I see one that I don't know I delete it. Its simple, but there are people who do fall for it. It saddens and angers me to no end that there are people who are greedy enough to do something like this. As for viruses and malware you can get a virus on your computer from almost anything online, one person I worked with told me that his computer had been hit with a virus... while looking at a picture of a bicycle and it toasted his computer.

swamprat69er · 01-07-14, 06:11 PM

Ever since Christmas, like two or three times a day there is a email coming to my spam folder offering me a platinum credit card. I automatically delete it, I don't even bother to see what kind of interest they are offering or credit limit. If I want a platinum credit card I will go shopping for one. That is besides all the offers of sex, etc.

Oberon · 01-07-14, 09:26 PM

Malwarebytes is a good program, I can recommend it, grab it and let it give your system a scan, it's pretty good at finding nasty stuff. The problem with viruses like the one described in the OP is, like Skybird has said, they can be very hard to fully get rid of, especially rootkits and the like, it's like a weed, you can cut the stuff above ground, but unless you pull it up by the roots, it's not going away.
Another good bit of kit is Firefox with the noscript addon installed, gives you a lot more control over what scripts run on your page, because even internet adverts can carry viruses in them now, I've been got that way a couple of times before I got noscript and Malwarebytes.
Obviously precaution is also a potent weapon, I've had a few of those Costco emails recently, but they've all fallen into my junk folder, I'll say this for Hotmail, it's got a pretty smart filter.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-07-14, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Malwarebytes is a good program, I can recommend it, grab it and let it give your system a scan, it's pretty good at finding nasty stuff. The problem with viruses like the one described in the OP is, like Skybird has said, they can be very hard to fully get rid of, especially rootkits and the like, it's like a weed, you can cut the stuff above ground, but unless you pull it up by the roots, it's not going away.
Another good bit of kit is Firefox with the noscript addon installed, gives you a lot more control over what scripts run on your page, because even internet adverts can carry viruses in them now, I've been got that way a couple of times before I got noscript and Malwarebytes.
Obviously precaution is also a potent weapon, I've had a few of those Costco emails recently, but they've all fallen into my junk folder, I'll say this for Hotmail, it's got a pretty smart filter.

Yeah Malewarebytes is what I use as my main anti-virus program and I would highly recommned it, I also use the Microsoft Security Essentials cause it has found things that Malwarebytes has missed (which isn't often I might add), but better safe then sorry.

swamprat69er · 01-07-14, 11:48 PM

i use Advanced System Care Ultimate 7 for the A-V and once a week I disable that and run Ad-Aware A-V. So far everything appears as it should.

01-06-14, 05:53 PM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Bin it unread problem sorted. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

01-06-14, 09:14 PM	#3
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	@Mr Quatro, yeah I got the CWEBS.com thing too on Christmas Eve. Sent a fraud report to my credit union a couple of days later. As for e-mail scams in general, if I see one that I don't know I delete it. Its simple, but there are people who do fall for it. It saddens and angers me to no end that there are people who are greedy enough to do something like this. As for viruses and malware you can get a virus on your computer from almost anything online, one person I worked with told me that his computer had been hit with a virus... while looking at a picture of a bicycle and it toasted his computer. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

01-07-14, 06:11 PM	#4
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Ever since Christmas, like two or three times a day there is a email coming to my spam folder offering me a platinum credit card. I automatically delete it, I don't even bother to see what kind of interest they are offering or credit limit. If I want a platinum credit card I will go shopping for one. That is besides all the offers of sex, etc. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

01-07-14, 11:48 PM	#7
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	i use Advanced System Care Ultimate 7 for the A-V and once a week I disable that and run Ad-Aware A-V. So far everything appears as it should. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

01-06-14, 05:37 PM	#1
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I recon that these scams must work well enough or they'd not bother.They most likely send out several thousand at a time and the majority do not bite but when it all just spamming out anyway it is not like it takes much effort. I also have a feeling that many of these e-mails are coming from "zombie computers" that have already been infected and it just propagates even if the majority do not fall some will. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_spam.svg What Skybird said is true a system Restore will not do anything to a virus in most cases unless it is a real amateur job.Usually they simply hide themselves in the system restore temporary files which means they'll come right back and the better ones will lay dormant for a few hours or days. P.S. I love No Script.

01-07-14, 09:26 PM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Malwarebytes is a good program, I can recommend it, grab it and let it give your system a scan, it's pretty good at finding nasty stuff. The problem with viruses like the one described in the OP is, like Skybird has said, they can be very hard to fully get rid of, especially rootkits and the like, it's like a weed, you can cut the stuff above ground, but unless you pull it up by the roots, it's not going away. Another good bit of kit is Firefox with the noscript addon installed, gives you a lot more control over what scripts run on your page, because even internet adverts can carry viruses in them now, I've been got that way a couple of times before I got noscript and Malwarebytes. Obviously precaution is also a potent weapon, I've had a few of those Costco emails recently, but they've all fallen into my junk folder, I'll say this for Hotmail, it's got a pretty smart filter.