Malware Prevention & Security

First post I saw c't Offline Update on this page https://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/PC_Security and was just wondering what it is? Is it abit like autopatcher?

OK, I checked out one of our Visitors requests at our for an an evaluation of his product. Said he had a new security software company in RU. Flags went off right away, but I checked out the site and downloaded OSAM Auto Manager. Interesting product, upon Installing it things were going well, then Comodo firewall flagged a request for direct access to my Keyboard, ohhh, I din't like that and said " deny access" this is a great example of why Comodo Firewall Pro is an excellent product. the product Install continued , no bad effect from saying "NO access" , then it asked for Direct access to the hard-drive, well many programs need that like disk management and defraggers, …

Recently I've been considering adding SUPERAntiSpyware to the PC Maintenance guide and into the distributed packages in LunarDownloader. Should this be included, Windows Defender most likely will be removed and replaced by SAS. I would like to hear thoughts and opinions on this choice. :)

My computer updated Firefox and Zone Alarm in the same day. Was previously having to shut down ZA to get on internet. Now everything is screwed up. Tried dial-a-fix which says Error -2147023824 encountered while trying to register Windows\system32\wuaueng.dll - Also my computer will not shut down now. Absolutely NO internet. Word messes up and lots of applications seem to get hung. I am trying to research problems one by one. I am retired and taking classes to learn more about fixing my computer-still in learning stage and trying to put all info received in my poor muddled brain together. Any advice is welcome!

SUPERAntispyware Professional did not catch it or prevent it either did my Nod 32. MBAM found it and removed it easily. So my question then is this should I go back to using Avira PREMIUM which I have a paid key for, would that be better protection against Rootkits. Any insight into this would be most appreciated . EDITED; I was just at both the Eset and Avira Websites and it seems only the Avira Antivirus actually states anywhere it has antirootkit protection. So back to using Avira Premium.

HI everyone,I just joined , I do remote computer service everyday all over the world, my first suggestion for the serious tech is Unhackme" 4.8 version, make sure you realize it shows some good entries in its scan results upon booting up, use the " ask others" button for a rating of good or bad before you remove it if your not sure.

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Hi. I felt so fortunate the other day when I ran across this Lunarsoft Wiki page: https://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/PC_Cleanup You had come to so many of the same conclusions that I had come to for getting rid of malware: http://members.aol.com/catholicanew/helpse...yremoval001.htm I hadn't heard of RogueRemover FREE until I read the above Lunarsoft page, and I installed it today and think it's a neat little program. You may already know that Malwarebytes.org no longer updates RogueRemover FREE, but just in case, I wanted to pass on to you what Marcin at Malwarebytes confirmed via e-mail to me: I e-mailed Marcin: Could you please tell me if the following is …

It seems the latest results are out and the best AV is a german AV. I've never heard of it actually. Link: Virus Bulletin

this is found at http://www.download.com and http://www.orbitech.org/ developed by some high school students. it had a review in recent issue of PC World.I have not tried it but they claim its scan is fast and it found items that spysweeper missed and its free and offers choice of being on demand scanner or real time protection. It also at the site lets you look at the gui interface looks sharp but I was wondering if anyone of you Tech Wizards looked into it yet and have an opinion

Here is a good add on for Firefox that will give you an additional layer of security when you surf the Web. Link to WOT add on, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/se...&cat=1%2C72 and here is Link to WOT HomePage for additional information regarding this add on, http://www.mywot.com/

Here is a site that shows the current state of Virus threats , http://www.virus-radar.com/index_enu.html

Is it just me or do they seem to be really slow with signature updates seems Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is more on top of this critical issue and facet of security.

I've going to be testing out a bundle of firewalls, and I have a nice list already together. If you can think of any additions, please let me know and provide a download link and I will test it. Trial versions are fine. Agnitum Outpost Free - Download Agnitum Outpost Pro - Download Comodo Firewall Pro - Download ZoneAlarm Free - Download ZoneAlarm Pro - Download eTrust Firewall - Have on CD, free from Microsoft Look 'n' Stop - Download PCTools Firewall Plus - Download Winpooch - Download McAfee Firewall Trial - Download* Norton Firewall Trial - Download* pktfilter - Download** Ashampoo Free - Download* Ashampoo Pro Trial - Download* Jetico Freeware Firewall - Download…

Yes indeed this super program eliminated one Trojan and two wallpaper hijackers today. What a great tool this is, I opened no files no emails or attachments no downloads whatsoever and visited my normal sites as always this morning. must have been a drive by thing. but im clean now did all my scans and rebooted safe mode and scanned again clean as a whistle Tarun's LunarDownloader is the best I'm glad I use it. (Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is included )

a friend had to reformat his dad's pc it infected all win 32 files hes clean now cause of reformat these are the two or maybe its three infections w32.Myzor.FK@yf , spyware/trojan.win32@mx and trojan/w32@spyware.exe he himself never saw anything like it he said it was actually using the scanner of nod 32 against itself. i do not have much it was emailed to me. so if anyone can share any facts on this virus hes clean now and i advised him to put in firewall he was riunning windows xp firewall and told him to get malwarebytes as well with protection module but ever hear of this thing i got no response from malwarebytes forums oh yeah i advised him spywareblaster also oh …

i had bad virus in PC it fried my keyboard, turned off my firewall without my knowing it did. My friend who owns It company came over and helped me He said this is happening a lot, i DECIDED TO GET NEW KEYBOARD ANYWAY GOT A Logitech WAVE keyboard it is far better then my cheap Dell one was . i will not be on the internet much anymore this does it for me. all the protection with security and it cost me good money today. and before you ask this. these are the APPS i had protecting PC at the time Malwarebytes with protection module working. Avira Antivirus Personal Edition Premium. Commodo Firewall. Also as secondary scanners A-Square free, Ad- Aware, and Spybot Search and …

hi guyz(=) i have onecare defender wont override it. Which do i chuz? plz.

I don't think that people really mind having malware on their computers. When you point out that they have a virus or spyware, they're like "oh, okay". If you tell them to get a antivirus, they're like whatever, or "maybe later". When you clean their computer and inform them that they had 1473 instances of malware, they're like "ok". They don't seem to care. I remember the last time I got a malware infection on my computer. I clenched my fist and cussed like a drunken sailor. :)

For all of you who use avast, have you ever noticed the jrog? Example: 21.03.2008 11:22:21 package: LatestPartInfo: jrog = jrog-32 avast, it's the Jolly Roger! :)

My computer Says that Symantec found a Spybot Worm thing named W32.Spybot.Worm - rBot.exe one month ago.. Symantec on my other computer found it too, it came from limewire.exe or something, i haven't used limewire in a million years.. so it must be from some old hard drive I had around. Here is some pictures of what I am talking about: Any help is appreciated, I am pretty scared as I have a lot of important passwords and things that I do on my PC.. really seeking urgent help, thank you all. Sorry If I leave out information, I am really stressed out right now and don't really know what to do, if you need any more info just ask me for it and I'll provide.

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I managed to get this infection last night. These sickos who have nothing better to do then mess up everybodies Pc should be sent to the depths of Hell. But the superb scanning ability of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware crushed it like a bug wirth extreme prejudice.

This was a way for users to get Windows Updates through Firefox. I visited the site earlier today and they lagged behind and have ceased updating, etc. Did anyone ever use them? I know they were under fire for the fact there was "virus code" on their website.

Hi Tarun I was doing a web search when I received a message from spybot that the registry has changed - ITBARLayout -hex11,00,00,40,00................. Allow or deny. I denied it but it keeps poping up. I did a google search and I suddenly received a warning from Antivirus 2008 that I had virus's on my system. No matter what I did I could not get rid of this. It did a scan and then said if I wanted to remove these viruses I need to register at a fee! This really p...ssd me off as I feel I am being pushed into something I don't want! Do you know anything about ITBARLayout or AntiVirus 2008. It keeps popping onto my screen whithout any prompting from me. How d…