Just found a potential Virus

[Speed55]

I don't know the name of it, but i know how it works. 

I'm pretty sure this is the one my brother got  on his computer a few months back, and a friend of mine got a few weeks ago.

I was searching google for an image and a pop up appeared stating something along the lines of your computer needs to be scanned for virus protection.. It doesn't matter if you press accept, or cancel, as soon as you left click on that image, you will get the virus.

As soon as it's installed, you get a biohazard background picture, warning of a virus.  It shuts down the ability to open task manager, and other commands, and attaches to a bunch of files on your computer. It constantly opens internet explorer, linking to download pages for virus software.

I tried right clicking on the task bar, but you can't close it from there.  I had to click - start - shut down -restart.

I don't know if this is old news, but it's a real PITA to remove, so this is a heads up on how to avoid it.

[BaldEagl]

I spotted that one one day too.  I closed it from task manager right away.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Browsing with IE is always a bad idea.

[Speed55]

Probably.. but i blame you for almost getting me into trouble, i was trying to find more pictures of that finnish babe. 

[Fulmar]

Finland is pretty close to Russia, and I never visit sites that are something like www.internet.ru

[Speed55]

Thanks, i'll stay away from the .ru sites

[Denholm]

Well, typically you press the "X" of the browser, not the ad.

[BaldEagl]

Well, typically you press the "X" of the browser, not the ad.

They will sometimes open without a full browser.  IIRC that's why I went into task manager to close this one.  Actually, I might have right clicked it in the task bar to close it.  Still, the reason is the same.

[Denholm]

Ah. Forgot about those. In that case Alt + F4 comes in handy.

[Krusty]

In your MSIE internet options go in and UNCHECK the ability for scripts or windows to alter/remove the frame on their window, or to move the browswer position, or to do any number of stuff it shouldn't. Take the time to really sit and look at those options and think "Why the heck would any NON-malicious page/application want to use this?" then disable that function.

[Dragon]

I had to remove that thing from my fathers comp a few months ago, have to start in safe mode and then hunt for and delete all the pieces of that sucker.  Took a few hours, but finally got them all.


Note to self, ask dad what picture he was looking for.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

No matter what you do to IE it will always be inherently unsafe due to its design. I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot long pole.

[Denholm]

I read an article once from a person who was hired to locate security leaks in a company's network system. He had four days to crack into the network and see what type of access he could gain to the company's files.

In the article he mentions, "So, now it was time to use my favorite cracking friend, Internet Explorer." He went on to explain how it could execute commands on remote servers causing them to open malicious files etc... Anyways, my point is that IE is, and will always be un-secure.

[Krusty]

In default configurations, sure. However, if you take the time to actually go through the pages after pages of settings, you can seriously button it up and still maintain respectable functionality, as I have.

It just takes effort, so much like the Ki84, nobody is going to spend 5 minutes to figure it out and instead are going to call it crap.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fanboy, I just think that lately it gets a bad rap.

[Vulcan]

In the article he mentions, "So, now it was time to use my favorite cracking friend, Internet Explorer." He went on to explain how it could execute commands on remote servers causing them to open malicious files etc... Anyways, my point is that IE is, and will always be un-secure.

Ummm re-read what you just wrote