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Citizen Malware?
from the whoops dept
Apparently OhMyNews, the Korean site that was the first major proponent of the citizen journalism concept, got hit with a bit of malware over the weekend that could have been installed on the computers of visitors to the site. It's a reminder that things like trojans and keyloggers are increasingly sneaking their way onto computers through completely legitimate sites that have been compromised. I recently got hit with one such trojan, despite using 3 different anti-spyware apps and an anti-virus app -- not to mention not downloading random crap and generally trying to stay on known websites. It took quite a bit of effort (and some help from some smart spyware fighters) to get rid of it, as it buried itself pretty deeply. In fact, in the end, I had six different anti-spyware products running on my machine -- and only two found the trojan, and neither could remove it.
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System Restore?
On the few occasions I got infected, I found that System Restores to the day before infection cleared the problem. Did you try that?
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spyware fighters
where did you, or would you suggest someone go, to find the "smart" spyware fighters you refer to?
thanks,
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Re: spyware fighters
There are a few different places that all seem to have a similar group of folks who try to help you remove spyware from your machine with fairly detailed instructions:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/security
http://www.webuser.co.uk/forums/postlist. php/Cat/0/Board/hijackthis
http://www.geekstogo.com/
and a few other sites. If you to any of those and post a HiJackThis log, they're likely to help you out.
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Spyware targets
Mike, I'm wondering what browser and OS you were using when that happend. I don not want to start the tired old debates, I'm just curious.
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Re: Spyware targets
WinXP/Firefox.
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Mac OS X
I'm still waiting for my first piece of spyware. I have VNC installed, but that doesn't cause me any problems, it helps out. The only thing I miss is Doom III, and... wait... I have that too... Hmm... now I'm at a loss as to how I should help to make you feel better about your choices in life...
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