WARNING: NEW WIDELY UNDETECTABLE VIRUS

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:06 am

They have one that's called xp 2009..........lmao must be an updated version........my younger brother had got it and had to basically reformat his computer to get rid of it as it also copies itself onto the restore.

kanabanoid · Post by **kanabanoid** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:00 am

it is and only way i know of to stop it is to have a paid for virus scanner if not you will have to know how to look for and remove it from your reg

Salmiakkikossu · Post by **Salmiakkikossu** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:24 am

kanabanoid wrote:it is and only way i know of to stop it is to have a paid for virus scanner if not you will have to know how to look for and remove it from your reg

So horribly untrue. Both AVG and Avast are excellent alternatives to Norton/Mcafee and their ilk. In Avast's casts, it's just plain better software.

It's a myth that paid AV software is better than free AV software, when test after test often shows that the opposite is true.

Anyway, my reason for the bump was for a reason much more serious than any simple virus. If you're getting your DNS through a poisoned server, you will not reach the proper links and there will be NO signs on your computer of why...not a virus and not anything in your HOSTS file. Just raising awareness.

kanabanoid · Post by **kanabanoid** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:48 am

as i said you will have to know how to look for and remove the files from your reg. it is ither that or reinstall FYI AVG does not remove the 2009 version. i do not know about avast. but i do know about detecting and removing DNS virus or rather browser highjacking software. xp2009 hides in spoolsv.exe spooler sub system app and infact removal is actualy not hard. you must disable system restore first or any atempts will get you no were for on reboot it is back. the point is that it is not a myth. the trouble is that so few ppl.. update as they should that or they get the free versions ,wich are all but usless. even if the scanning service can't get rid of the infection. a good one will tell you where it is. and with little knowhow and a bit or research you can remove it yourself. or just reinstall if you wish to go that route.

P.S. had i known that you were having trouble, or rather your brother i could have totaly helped with that one, reformating blows ; (

Salmiakkikossu · Post by **Salmiakkikossu** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:25 am

Not to contradict kanabanoid, who is pretty much right.

All I'm saying is there's a separate, "new" DNS issue going around that is an exploit that affects DNS servers. These servers will then feed client machines (ie, yours and mine) bad DNS redirects to hostile sites...they will not make any changes to your computer and nothing will be detected because there is no local virus. It's a side-effect of the relatively lax security in DHCP. That's all I necro'd the thread to say.

SirBeast · Post by **SirBeast** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:42 pm

Sorry but Avast slowed my system down to almost slower than a hot turd trying to roll up a snowy hill

kanabanoid · Post by **kanabanoid** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:31 pm

LMFAO !!!

Archangel · Post by **Archangel** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:47 pm

SirBeast wrote:Sorry but Avast slowed my system down to almost slower than a hot turd trying to roll up a snowy hill

Must be a slow system to begin with....I'm running it and have no problems. You can tailor the services.

Salmiakkikossu · Post by **Salmiakkikossu** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:25 pm

Archangel wrote:
SirBeast wrote:Sorry but Avast slowed my system down to almost slower than a hot turd trying to roll up a snowy hill
Must be a slow system to begin with....I'm running it and have no problems. You can tailor the services.

Agreed.
Avast is NOTICABLY less process heavy than almost all of its competitors. There isn't even a comparison when you're looking at Norton and McAfee and their ilk.

Post by **BaronVonRotterdam** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:11 pm

Salmiakkikossu wrote:
Archangel wrote:
SirBeast wrote:Sorry but Avast slowed my system down to almost slower than a hot turd trying to roll up a snowy hill
Must be a slow system to begin with....I'm running it and have no problems. You can tailor the services.
Agreed.
Avast is NOTICABLY less process heavy than almost all of its competitors. There isn't even a comparison when you're looking at Norton and McAfee and their ilk.

I love Zone Alarm. It does the job and does it well.