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I've been using the AVLoader v2.1 for a while now. Lately I've noticed that my system keeps getting randomly infected even when the browser isn't opened. After installing anti-virus and Spybot, I've been hit with another infection and the AVLoader is definitely the culprit.
The infections are rather severe, multiple programs that regenerate themselves after deletion and browser and internet connection hijackers. Last time I spent over an hour to manually remove these from my system.
In addition to this, sometimes, after about 5 secs after the AVLoader launched SC, it would launch an ad on your desktop for a few seconds and then disappear.
I'm not sure what's going on with this useful utility but launching viruses and adware is not cool. Despite antivirus and anti-adware, whatever the program launched still infected my computer.
Has anyone else have a similar experience?
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OMG. Wow..
I feel so bad for telling my friend to DL this a while ago.
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Austin10833 Posts
Yep, ADV recently hijacked my computer. It would take over my desktop, replacing my background with some link to fake anti-virus software, and it would shut down my computer after 1 minute, before I could try to figure out wtf was going on.
Eventually I just restored windows to a previous point, but it was definitely ADV that did this, as I'm pretty vigilant about shit I download.
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Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
I was about to dl this yesterday. Thanks for the heads up.
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Germany2896 Posts
I guss the AdvLoader website was infected, and the small browserwindow in the launcher infects your comp.
edit: I don't see anything suspicious in the html-code. So this theory seems wrong.
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OO is this really true ?
Should i delete Adv ?
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I don't have any problems at all with ADV. I do use the ADV plugin for Chaos launcher though and haven't started ADV for quite some time now.
What is the best way to proceed now? Only use the CL plugin and never ever start ADV itself?!?
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Belgium9949 Posts
On May 11 2008 20:14 MasterOfChaos wrote:
I guss the AdvLoader website was infected, and the small browserwindow in the launcher infects your comp.
edit: I don't see anything suspicious in the html-code. So this theory seems wrong.
I've also gotten a virus threat detection for chaosupdater.exe, but I didn't believe it. Maybe false detection? Dunno. Is it safe if you use Adv through Chaos?
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On May 11 2008 20:14 MasterOfChaos wrote:
I guss the AdvLoader website was infected, and the small browserwindow in the launcher infects your comp.
edit: I don't see anything suspicious in the html-code. So this theory seems wrong.
Yea the code seems clean, just a stat counter and some google ads. I really don't know where the infection's coming from, but the initial infection comes from AdvLoader.exe as show in the screenshot. It was that process that launched the first virus.
I'd like to note that this is somewhat recent and with IE 7 installed. In the last month or so, AdvLoader has infected my system 3 times.
Several months earlier, I used it with no problems with another OS that only has IE 6. The new IE 7 could be the problem or it's just that the AdvLoader program has just recently started with the adware stuff.
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thankfullly i got a dell comp just F,something when its starting up and the factory image restore takes about ten minutes, and poof windows vista is restored and comp formated! :D (yes this is kind of a brag bcus i never knew how ez a comp cud be until i bouight this one :ahah)
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Lol. I read your post like 5 times and I don't really know what you are trying to say. T_T
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strange, my advloader is running in my systray almost 24/7 since its release. my pc seems clean. at least avast says so...
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On May 11 2008 21:38 shikhye wrote:
strange, my advloader is running in my systray almost 24/7 since its release. my pc seems clean. at least avast says so...
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Running advloader almos 24/7 and had no problems
Running full security with Eset nod32 updates every day and firewall.
Nothing wrong here ...
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I've never had any issues with ADV loader... but I don't run it 24/7. I only load it up for replay watching.
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wait if you dl advloader now it will give you virus? will it give you a virus if you had advloader before this virus came up?
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On May 11 2008 20:32 Schnake wrote:
I don't have any problems at all with ADV. I do use the ADV plugin for Chaos launcher though and haven't started ADV for quite some time now.
What is the best way to proceed now? Only use the CL plugin and never ever start ADV itself?!?
That's what I do and I've had no problems with it
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