[H] Info about current Computer virus, worms etc

Patriot.dlk

Sweden5462 Posts

June 16 2009 10:40 GMT

Im trying to find a good article or source on recently exposed or old-but-still-dangerous threats.

It's researching for personal interests and if I can find enough stuff im writing a guide(not for contest I know it's over).

If you know any (preferable big) threats please post about it Thanks in advance

Bonus link below (informative test to it's purpose is to teach how phishing looks like)

www.sonicwall.com/phishing/

The_Australian

Australia458 Posts

June 16 2009 11:48 GMT

i think you can check out the database of known viruses from programs like AVG or Adaware. sorry i'm sure sure how to access those things, so its a bit useless. its a good idea for a guide though. common symptoms would be cool to include too.

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

June 16 2009 15:26 GMT

I went fishing yesterday.
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As far as I know, the dangerous threats can usually be stopped by most basic antiviruses. I simply run two antiviruses, and antispyware, and it has worked out for me. Generally, I think most viruses should be the main focus, and how to prevent them should be a lot more prevalent in the guide, rather that old threats, seeing as most of them are fixed in a similar manner.

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

June 16 2009 15:33 GMT

The only dangerous virus around now is Vundo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vundo

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

June 16 2009 23:45 GMT

Some firewalls or antivirus software may also be disabled by the virus leaving the system even more vulnerable. Especially, it disables Norton AntiVirus and in turn uses it to spread the infection. Norton will show prompts to enable phishing filter, all by itself. Upon pressing OK, it will try to connect to real-av.org and try to download more malware.

fucking lmao, people pay for this shit. hahahahahahahha

Entering safe mode after attempting to use HijackThis results in a true blue screen of death, which cannot be recovered from without either restoring the deleted safe mode registry keys, or a reinstall of Windows.

ouch

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