Fake anti virus, scamware prompts are running rampant in the internet. Recently, just before the holidays the NY Times was hit with this ad via a third party advertisers.
So I was wondering if any of you are experiencing this here and only here?
Tennis forum, Lacrosse forum, Skiing forum, MMA forum, and snowbloarding forum all are reporting this. Just a couple at each site.
We have two staff members and myself at MMA forum that have had the problem for over a month now.
Tech came on there last week for 2.5 hrs and the ad, if it is indeed here, never got to them. So, that tells them, and me that the odds of the ad being there is slim, although, it doesnt mean it's not here either.
One thing that has me leaning towards the ad not being there is we have not seen threads from posters, the posters that are here often telling us they are getting this ad. So that is the main reason for this thread, to see if any of you are having problems here.
For those that dont know what I am talking about, the ad loads up in the window you are in at MMA forum and gives the user the impression that their system has a ton of trojans and viruses and spyware and they want you to download their software. DO NOT DO THAT! THEY GAIN CONTROL OF YOUR COMPUTER.
Anyway the ad is no intrusive that it wont let you backs, in fact, the only options it gives you is to either download the software or close the browser window.
Anyway we need to know if you are getting his here? Also is it only here? For those of you that go to other forums in the sports network, do you experience it in any of those forums?
What tech needs from you is the following when reporting this to us:
1. Screenshots whenever possible
2. Current page URL
3. Browser version
4. OS version
5. Any other pertinent information
6. geographical location.
Also we encourage you to do what you can with your system first.
In my case I went from trend micro to bit defender in anti virus. The software found a lot of problems, that in itself surprised me because trend micro is a top knotch company. I changed spyware software from windows defender to malwarebytes and super anti spyware, both are free, both are very good. Both found some spyware on the very first scan, but not the fake exe.
what you're describing sounds like "scare"-ware. it's all over the net and tends to trick you into thinking your system is infected with viruses via pop-ups and ads. "personal av" or "personal antivirus" is a very common one that fools alot of surfers.
if you fall for the scare tactics and get infected then you should go to download.com and install "malwarebytes anti-malware". it's free and you would just need to update the engine and run a full scan afterwards. whatever antivirus software you use should be manually updated also. i always turn off the system restore feature, and boot the infected system into "safe mode" and run full scans using my anti-virus program and malwarebytes anti-malware.
gets rid of everything everytime
these are instructions for pc's, but mac's pretty much work the same way. and before some nitwit says "mac's don't get viruses"........ask the wizard of oz for a brain so you won't be so gullible!
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they're not shot......floyd just made them look that way
what you're describing sounds like "scare"-ware. it's all over the net and tends to trick you into thinking your system is infected with viruses via pop-ups and ads. "personal av" or "personal antivirus" is a very common one that fools alot of surfers.
if you fall for the scare tactics and get infected then you should go to download.com and install "malwarebytes anti-malware". it's free and you would just need to update the engine and run a full scan afterwards. whatever antivirus software you use should be manually updated also. i always turn off the system restore feature, and boot the infected system into "safe mode" and run full scans using my anti-virus program and malwarebytes anti-malware.
gets rid of everything everytime
these are instructions for pc's, but mac's pretty much work the same way. and before some nitwit says "mac's don't get viruses"........ask the wizard of oz for a brain so you won't be so gullible!
ok thanks, in my instance, I did indeed have a rogue trojan in my system. After days of exausted effort I found it.
I havent gotten it since. So does that mean the spyware is not here? No, but I lean towards that conclusion. Why? Many, many more people would have stepped forward over the last month and a half, imo. Not only here, but in the network.
So what should we do about this?
This is what I did last Thursday night to find my trojan.
I did everything it said to do. After going into what windows you are using(I am still using xp}once I got to run malwarebytes scan, I found it. I think in my instance the rogue programs was in my registry, but could have been java based because I had my java uninstalled as requested. Also, I run both SAS and malwarebytes daily and neither one of them found it until java was uninstalled. I later installed the new version of Java.
I think the Rogue program hides itself as a real running program.
So try this...it takes time, but you may find it.
In the mean time, I want to know when you get the ad and how often. My instance it was only at MMA forum and I was getting it once a day.
ok thanks, in my instance, I did indeed have a rogue trojan in my system. After days of exausted effort I found it.
I havent gotten it since. So does that mean the spyware is not here? No, but I lean towards that conclusion. Why? Many, many more people would have stepped forward over the last month and a half, imo. Not only here, but in the network.
So what should we do about this?
This is what I did last Thursday night to find my trojan.
I did everything it said to do. After going into what windows you are using(I am still using xp}once I got to run malwarebytes scan, I found it. I think in my instance the rogue programs was in my registry, but could have been java based because I had my java uninstalled as requested. Also, I run both SAS and malwarebytes daily and neither one of them found it until java was uninstalled. I later installed the new version of Java.
I think the Rogue program hides itself as a real running program.
So try this...it takes time, but you may find it.
In the mean time, I want to know when you get the ad and how often. My instance it was only at MMA forum and I was getting it once a day.
trojans usually latch on to a process that your system runs automatically(like explorer.exe). that's the main reason why it's best to update the virus/malware definitions then boot into safe mode and run the scans. safe mode uses only the bare processes, and the scans are better able to remove them successfully when run in this mode. unfortunately you can get rid of the malware/trojan, but it can write itself in your registry like you stated. malwarebytes should still pick it up when that happens, so you can usually take down the registry path and simply remove it manually. just be happy you didn't get the trojan, that stops you from being able to boot into safe mode.....now that's is a serious pain in the a$$ to get rid of.
to ensure a system i'm cleaning is in fact clean i just re-run scans in safe mode using 2 to 3 different programs. combination of spybot and malwarebytes does the job for me along with my installed av program
as far as the ads that got you in trouble..... first, just ignore any warning you may get about you're system being infected unless it comes from your installed programs. second, try not to click on the warning messages, and close the pop-up using alt+f4. that's the short cut key to close an active window in windows. once i started following this i never got infected again
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they're not shot......floyd just made them look that way
trojans usually latch on to a process that your system runs automatically(like explorer.exe). that's the main reason why it's best to update the virus/malware definitions then boot into safe mode and run the scans. safe mode uses only the bare processes, and the scans are better able to remove them successfully when run in this mode. unfortunately you can get rid of the malware/trojan, but it can write itself in your registry like you stated. malwarebytes should still pick it up when that happens, so you can usually take down the registry path and simply remove it manually. just be happy you didn't get the trojan, that stops you from being able to boot into safe mode.....now that's is a serious pain in the a$$ to get rid of.
to ensure a system i'm cleaning is in fact clean i just re-run scans in safe mode using 2 to 3 different programs. combination of spybot and malwarebytes does the job for me along with my installed av program
as far as the ads that got you in trouble..... first, just ignore any warning you may get about you're system being infected unless it comes from your installed programs. second, try not to click on the warning messages, and close the pop-up using alt+f4. that's the short cut key to close an active window in windows. once i started following this i never got infected again
I tried that and it didnt work. It wasnt until I deleted Java, then doing the steps mentioned above that I found it. And of course I added the lastest Java once the Rogue trojan was removed.
I thought about going into registry and try to find it manually, but the program has so many names it goes by!
Good advice, I never clicked it on.
Recently I changed AV from bit defender to Microsoft Essentials and it seems to be doing fine.
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