andsome Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Just occasionally I am getting funny messages, see below. The content and pages and sites vary, but the basic theme is the same. I have submitted a Hijack this scan to a security site and the log was clean. Is this a recent MS update causing this? To date I have always clicked no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Doubleclick is one of those pestilential advertising services which "improves your Internet experience" or some such mealy mouthed euphemism. PCA uses it.I have Noscript installed on Firefox - that deals with it. I don't think there is an IE equivalent but you should be able to block it in your firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Doubleclick is one of those pestilential advertising services which "improves your Internet experience" or some such mealy mouthed euphemism. PCA uses it.I have Noscript installed on Firefox - that deals with it. I don't think there is an IE equivalent but you should be able to block it in your firewall.Thanks. This is only one of several pages and sites that come up in these messages. If and when it happens again I will do a screen shot of it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Have you seen this andsome from file.net? It seems very suspicious to me - how can ieframe.dll be a trusted site? Have you checked your Trusted Sites list recently? You could try deleting it and see what happens. Please keep us informed. Some sites have ways of inserting themselves into the Trusted Sites list without approval. I don't know of any anti-malware that's got on to this yet.I read that Google is in the process of buying up Double Click. I hope they are not going to unleash that pest on us, they will soon lose a lot of users if they do. :0Also are you using IE8 Beta? Apparantly it's been identified as a vulnerability there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 While starting Windows live one care this morning I got another warning, this time the name was 'about:blank'. Nothing untoward in Trusted sites. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 about blank is an absolute devil - do a Google and get rid of it as fast as you can, andsome.I got it a long time ago (when things weren't as advanced, spyware wise). I ended up re-installing Windows. It took over the whole machine in stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 about blank is an absolute devil - do a Google and get rid of it as fast as you can, andsome.I got it a long time ago (when things weren't as advanced, spyware wise). I ended up re-installing Windows. It took over the whole machine in stages.Will do. Thanks. :DP.S. Had a search and there are many programs out there not recommended. One that was recommended was Spybot S & D, which I have not used for some time now. I will give it a whirl when Windows live one care has finished. At least it has not hijacked my home page, that is protected by SUPERAntiSpyware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Hopefully all is well now. Spybot S & D found AD Revolver, Click blank, Double click, Fast click and Media plex. This is in addition to the 14 found bt A Squared, and sven found by SUPERANTiSpyware. I don't have a clue where they all appeared from. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Seems odd, getting all of these, andsome. Is there something you haven't installed on your new hard drive - Spywareblaster or something like that so that these things can now get through unhindered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Seems odd, getting all of these, andsome. Is there something you haven't installed on your new hard drive - Spywareblaster or something like that so that these things can now get through unhindered?That's probably the result from not having Windows Defender installed. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 It also shows the importance of having specialist anti-malware utilities installed and scanning with them regularly. As well as the ones mentioned, Ad-aware is also an excellent guardian. The generic anti-virus and firewall programmes (like AVG, NOD32, etc) just cannot cope on their own with the craftyness of modern crapware distributors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Seems odd, getting all of these, andsome. Is there something you haven't installed on your new hard drive - Spywareblaster or something like that so that these things can now get through unhindered?I am mystified. After my installation on the new hard drive, I did not even switch on the cable modem until I had installed my AV and three Anti Malware programs. I had also installed Site advisor. I have searched for and visited several sites to download wallpaper shots, but these all showed up green in Site advisor. Everything seems to be fine now. I wonder if they came in as part of an e mail. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Have you played any CDs? They can also be sources of adware and crapware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Seems odd, getting all of these, andsome. Is there something you haven't installed on your new hard drive - Spywareblaster or something like that so that these things can now get through unhindered?That's probably the result from not having Windows Defender installed. :lol:I think he's ignoring you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Have you played any CDs? They can also be sources of adware and crapware.Only installation C'D's several years old, or ones that I have made myself.Seems odd, getting all of these, andsome. Is there something you haven't installed on your new hard drive - Spywareblaster or something like that so that these things can now get through unhindered?That's probably the result from not having Windows Defender installed. :lol: I think he's ignoring youNo point in going over old ground again. As I said recently, it could not even find two Trojans which SUPERANTiSpyware and A Squared had already found. So I see little point in using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hmm, I've just cleaned up a laptop today, using SAS, 33 malware items found, followed up with an AVG scan, a further 3 generic downloaders found, all downloaded whilst AVG SAS and windows defender were running, Now it has had a scan with a fresh install of avast, I don't somehow envisage much change of the use in the laptop, bebo, my space etc, so we'll see how it fares now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hmm, I've just cleaned up a laptop today, using SAS, 33 malware items found, followed up with an AVG scan, a further 3 generic downloaders found, all downloaded whilst AVG SAS and windows defender were running.Malware & crapware distributers seem to be 2 steps ahead of the anti-malware people all the time. One way to defend ourselve from this stuff is to have more layers of protection. Ant-virus, firewall & anti-spyware is no longer enough. We must have protection for our systems and browsers as well, since many of these nasties come simply from visiting a site, without knowingly downloading anything. Utilities that provide this include WinPatrol, Threatfire and Spybot S&D (as well as Defender).Regarding CDs/DVDs (even installation CDs/DVDs with trusted programs and music CDs), in my experience it's best to disable autoplay (using TweakUI from MS) and scan the disk with an anti-virus and anti-malware utility before running it for the first time. And sometimes when we click that harmless looking "accept" box for a new programme, without realising it we're "accepting" the maker's crapware as well.Also, good as it is, we can't always rely on McAfee SiteAdvisor because there's always a delay before the rating is changed to a warning. This is because they rely very much on people reporting bad sites to them, which also takes time.Sometimes it can feel like I'm getting paranoid having to do all this just to use my computer, but I just remind myself that there are people who really are out to foist their crap on us!I hope the anti-malware developers read this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Also have a look at this report from NetWorkWorld about the prevalence of "drive-by" malware (malware that comes from advertisements via the browser). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Very sobering g. It does appear that I was very unlucky. I am glad to say that everything is fine now. I really cannot see that any of my C'D's are infected though as they have all been used umpteen times before. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have often wondered whether typing crap on the keyboard can infect the computer. I do it a lot - which is why I have Windows Defender installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have often wondered whether typing crap on the keyboard can infect the computer.... so long as you only type it. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have often wondered whether typing crap on the keyboard can infect the computer. I do it a lot - which is why I have Windows Defender installedYou also have Crap installed then? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I have often wondered whether typing crap on the keyboard can infect the computer. I do it a lot - which is why I have Windows Defender installedYou also have Crap installed then? :D The mind boggles!! This reminds me of people who claim that they have crap on the television. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I also have a problem with my video recorder - the crap that plays is mid bogglingly disgraceful...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 The computer is now clear of bugs as far as all scan show. Today there is another of these messages, but NOT mentioning an obscure site. Can anyone throw any light on this please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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