Craigsters Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I went to the pirate bay org earlier on today and then boom all of a sudden this XP Antispyware 2010 program started to run and looked like a Microsoft program and then boom a bunch of trojans it either claimed it detected or installed itself and offered to remove it for a cost!.. Read up more on it here link http://www.myantispyware.com/2010/02/22/ho...virus-pro-2010/ picture of the nasty buggers program, note the program browser malwarebytes isn't XP Antispyware 2010 program the program, it was the best image at google image showing this XP Antispyware 2010 program, malwarebytes is a good program and safe!.. http://www.myantispyware.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mbam-500x379.jpg here's the nasty buggers program, but inside of malwarebytes program is what started happening once it got on your PC!.. http://i46.tinypic.com/famywz.jpg note I did a PC Restore by Symantec to get rid of the XP Antispyware 2010 hijacker program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Now you see why I recommend not downloading from a pirate site. You never know what you are going to get along with the stolen software you think you are getting. That is a particularly nasty trojan. What they are trying to do is to get you to pay them for a bogus antispyware program to supposedly remove the spyware they put on. It really doesn't get rid of it even if you pay. It just deactivates the part that pops up demanding ransome, while still sending your info to the criminals. One of the things it does is disable any real antispyware & Antivirus it finds and then try to emulate their actually working. The best way I have found to clean these out is to use a boot CD with a real copy of CCleaner and MalwareBytes on it. Boot using the boot CD, run the real malwarebytes twice. Then run CCleaner. One of the tricks the bogus program uses is to install an entry in the Windows registry that renames a hidden file that reactivates the trojan after it has been cleaned. Then rehides itself. By running the real MalwareBytes twice it is supposed to get that hidden file. Then running the ccleaner wipes out the registry entry that allows it to reinfect. After a few days, run with the boot CD again to be sure it is really gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigsters Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Guy in my building got this XP Antispyware 2010 program and really missed up his PC and he's ready to buy a new PC because he can't solve the problem with his current desktop PC which is a couple of years old, he say's he'll pay up to a hundred to get rid of his PC issues, but if the computer repair store or people ask for more then a hundred he'll trash his desktop and buy a new one!.. He's a amateur when it comes to Pc's, he only uses it to play miss pacman and to do sports poll's to do with hockey, he's costantly downloaded screen savers and wallpapers, which is a no no, those site are notorious for trojans and other programs that can screw up your PC!.. I'm a novice when it comes to Pc's and can only help with what I know, and can be talked through over the phone with PC tech's with trouble shutting my PC!.. All's I know is PC restore by Symantec has saved me more then once from bad programs and trojans etc!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csgators Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Boot into safe mode w/networking, download and run ComboFix...should clear it up. I am an IT guy and see this all the time. Now I know at least one site they are getting it from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysus Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 comboFix bluudy rocks! saved me loads of work and data loss :) but you dont just get it from piaretbay, i even assume or am quite sure piratebay doesnt know bout it...i had it installed when i was reading cracked.com lol (humorous web magazine)... seems like some of these mobsters found a way into "legit" (lol) advertisements as to your friend crashing his pc... just use the windows cd and reinstall everything (boot from the CD) or use a recovery tool if its one of these dell or sony lamers... a call to your pc manufacturer with someone telling how to do it shouldnt cost the world ;)thats maybe 1h work of following on screen orders and your back to normal... no need to throw it away -.-thats basicly a foolproof method to get rid of them if you dont have the patience or knowledge to deal with an individual malware only very few virii actually damage your hardware as it doesnt profit the so called "hacker" (they could theoreticall overclock your cpu, ram, gfx card and so on or reset the hdds size so the read arm tries to move outside its physical boundings... was an old 80ties hack lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csgators Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 @jaysus Yeah they get into almost everything, usually its someone downloading free screensavers, wallpapers, icons or of course porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devdrago12 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I got this EXACT same virus! I got it deleted, but it can do some permenant damage to your comp. (I literally just got this friday.) My friend was on a video site, while I was downloading a mod. ("desert theme") During this the virus happened, and ever scince every time I go to most places in the game that aren't near an "entrance" to a building the game bugs. I.E. doesn't let me do action commands like opening containers, chashes on pip-boy leave, and won't let you press "esc". Thus you have to purposefully crsh to leave the game. I might have to re-install. I came on here looking for a fix ironically enough, lol. Thx, and hope this helps you in regards to the up-coming FO3 bugs. (fingers-crossed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysus Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 @gatorsthats what i used to know too, dont click on blinking stuff that promises you free 100% real dates tonight for example... if it seems to good to be true its fake ;) (never let friends who dont know such common sense ever never ever touch your pc while you take a shower -.-)anyway those new advertisements which directly access your computer either by sound, video, flash and so on simply install the stuff themselves and with those ad agencies which basicly have no control over their content anymore we get flooded with nasty stuff that just acts on its own simply by looking at a page which 1yr back would still have been safe :((i use cracked.com as it seems to use the same providers as nexus) i simply dont understand why those in charge aka isps, content providers etc dont do poo to stop it, they do their best to murder simple pirates but people who steal, break into and destroy our property, hence that of the masses are let free to roam... one should think there is still some responsibility 'round but as it seems those that go for pirates the hardest give the least about their actual customers... that makes me sad as it simply drives more people to piracy sites which are often free of ads at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devdrago12 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 @gatorsthats what i used to know too, dont click on blinking stuff that promises you free 100% real dates tonight for example... if it seems to good to be true its fake ;) (never let friends who dont know such common sense ever never ever touch your pc while you take a shower -.-)anyway those new advertisements which directly access your computer either by sound, video, flash and so on simply install the stuff themselves and with those ad agencies which basicly have no control over their content anymore we get flooded with nasty stuff that just acts on its own simply by looking at a page which 1yr back would still have been safe :((i use cracked.com as it seems to use the same providers as nexus) i simply dont understand why those in charge aka isps, content providers etc dont do poo to stop it, they do their best to murder simple pirates but people who steal, break into and destroy our property, hence that of the masses are let free to roam... one should think there is still some responsibility 'round but as it seems those that go for pirates the hardest give the least about their actual customers... that makes me sad as it simply drives more people to piracy sites which are often free of ads at all That's the irony unfortunately. However, if a advertisement kicks sound on we can't control it can infect our computers with viruses?!? That's almost like the landmine of the internet..... *hears advertisement* /scramble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysus Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 its not about the sounds, the sound is just an example... the more sophisticated these ads get and the better our browsers can deal with it the more possibilities there are to actually do somin without you noticing it like installing malware...in flash you can pack a bunch of codes that do more than display an image, but flash in just an example too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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