Virus Discussion

[nate o]

Hmm. Well I jsut had over 2347 files infected in my computer with trojans aha. Heres the story.

After i quit playing runescape I started playing Diablo II. So I went to go find some hacks and stuff for some. And I found 1 that was to good to be true. But even if it was a virus. I was very sure that my virus scanner could handle it. So I downloaded it. And what do you know. It was hidden very very well. So. I spent about a week deleteing all the files. They were spreaded out from my WinRAR files all the way to my Windows files. It was madness. Finaly i deleted all the bad files. Everyone of them that you clicked on, it would open up a little icon on my toolbar. Called xpupdate. They named it that so you would think it wasn't a virus and make you think it was more like a small update. WHen you hover'd your mouse over it it would say "Your computer is infected" to make you think it was your virus scanner telling you that. I figured out that it was a few trojans in my pc. (Most virus's are) and it was trying to send out my credit card and stuff. So i said thats gotta go. And it took me a whole week to get everyone of them little backdoor files out. After I deleted the files my free space jumped from 69% all the way to 83%.


This thread it to explain about all your previous virus's and what the've did to your pc.

 

[1337_Byte]

Did you scan before you ran it? lol

 

[MotoSped2011]

that sucks, i hate getting viruses from hacks and stuff

 

[Masterfaizy]

Lol. You got poonded. Always use virustotal.com before doing ANYTHING

 

[Skateboard]

I know you have a pc because macs would never have this problem, when you buy your next os system think about buying a mac. No virues or spyware, (for the people that will post saying there is they are wrong there is not one that can get into a mac.)

 

[Damien0124]

I know you have a pc because macs would never have this problem, when you buy your next os system think about buying a mac. No virues or spyware, (for the people that will post saying there is they are wrong there is not one that can get into a mac.)

lemme correct this: there is not one that want to get into a mac

 

[theprof22]

all u got was spyware i think. i had this sort of problem before where a couple try icons would pop up saying i had a virus and were telling me to pay for there program to delete it. ye its hell trying to get rid of them lol

 

[Mr. Pin]

Use Linux , no h4xx0rs or virii.

 

[maz]

yea linux owns and its free

 

Meh. I had a trojan and it made me lose all my files. :| Deleted windows ftw

 

[!unreal]

Whenever I download something I scan it straight away because im always downloading stuff and fucking noobs put viruses in them. They dont gain anything from it, they are idiots who get a kick out of people getting really pissed off lol.

 

[Annex]

Use Linux , no h4xx0rs or virii.

Not true, I published the source code to a virus, and if theres no hackers, how are linux dedicated servers rooted? Stop using your generic pro linux bullshit and learn the real facts.

 

[OldFinn]

Scan before you run in future.. :S

 

[Daily]

Heh, back in the day, when I knew NOTHING (I didn't even have a firewall), I had a bad virus that autokilled explorer.exe and brought you to a new gay porn website every few seconds.

 

[Immortality]

Heh, back in the day, when I knew NOTHING (I didn't even have a firewall), I had a bad virus that autokilled explorer.exe and brought you to a new gay porn website every few seconds.

Haha, I've had some pretty bad viruses but nothing like that.

 

[dpunk]

Heh, back in the day, when I knew NOTHING (I didn't even have a firewall), I had a bad virus that autokilled explorer.exe and brought you to a new gay porn website every few seconds.

Wow. Was it called "thiswillrapeyourcomputerintheasswithoutvaseline.exe" or something?

 

[billabong69]

Every time I get a virus (which rarely happens) I just back up my files and format the hard drive.

 

[Shmoe14]

use linux

 

[!unreal]

Every time I get a virus (which rarely happens) I just back up my files and format the hard drive.

you could do that but that takes a while because you would have to reinstall your os every time which is anoying.

 

[x⁹]

I know you have a pc because macs would never have this problem, when you buy your next os system think about buying a mac. No virues or spyware, (for the people that will post saying there is they are wrong there is not one that can get into a mac.)

How wrong you are. There are plenty of viruses, worms and trojans for OS X. There was recently a massive security scare because a massive vulnerability was found in fully patched OS X systems. The virus spread like wildfire because most OS X users are too stupid to use anit-virus programs because they think they are untouchable.

The most secure OS is Linux, but it's also far from impenetrable.
Common sense is a better defense than any OS security features or anti-virus programs.

Want proof that OS X isn't immune to viruses?
http://www.macrumors.com/2006/02/16/mac-os-x-virus-trojan-summary/
That's just one virus from 2006.