Computer virus warning @ www.audioheritage.org

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Originally Posted by Altec Best

FYI Ron AVG and Malwarebytes won't detect this on a scan,they become inacessible and load before windows does in the MBR ,it is a rootkit/bootkit therefore you need a specific Rootkit detector !!!!!! TDSSKiller,GMER,RUnhooker,etc....

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I think I am good, AVG has an anti-root kit feature, I just checked it; and it warned me that it blocked it(well, I hope it did block it since it did warned me :|).

I am also using Opera browser. If I had using MS IE, I think my chances of getting the root kit would go up, for reasons explained on my previous post.

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Originally Posted by Ronald Lee

I think I am good, AVG has an anti-root kit feature, I just checked it; and it warned me that it blocked it(well, I hope it did block it since it did warned me :|).

I am also using Opera browser. If I had using MS IE, I think my chances of getting the root kit would go up, for reasons explained on my previous post.

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Well if your google searches start to get redireted then you know you got the FLU !!! :Big smile:

> LHF is now clear of that virus .

> John , the details of the fix are within this thread .

> Ann Cantelow is the person who has fixed the problem ( cleaned out the bad code ) .

> FWIW, I do use IE8 ( along with Norton ), therefore I'll be monitoring my own computer for a while, to see if it's picked up this malware .

cheers <. EarlK

Cool, the problem is fixed. I no longer get that malware message.

BTW: I did make a backup of my registry and generated a new check point just in case I got infected.

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Originally Posted by Ronald Lee

I am also using Opera browser.

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Ditto. Keeps the Trojans and other ruffians out.

...that's just yet another reason I bought my Mac. :)

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Originally Posted by Earl K

> LHF is now clear of that virus .

> John , the details of the fix are within this thread .

> Ann Cantelow is the person who has fixed the problem ( cleaned out the bad code ) .

> FWIW, I do use IE8 ( along with Norton ), therefore I'll be monitoring my own computer for a while, to see if it's picked up this malware .

cheers <. EarlK

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I just went to the site and no more warning message. Glad to see it's all fixed--they've got a nice forum over there and a great library too......

[QUOTE=Earl K;1826817]> LHF is now clear of that virus .

> John , the details of the fix are within this thread .

> Ann Cantelow is the person who has fixed the problem ( cleaned out the bad code ) .

> FWIW, I do use IE8 ( along with Norton ), therefore I'll be monitoring my own computer for a while, to see if it's picked up this malware .

cheers <. EarlK[/QUOTE

Thank You Earl !

FWIW I'm still using IE7 with McAfee Security Suite.I tried to update to IE 8,9,Firefox,Safari,Chrome, and none of them seem to run right all except IE7 my original browser that came with my HP Vista laptop .The one that worked the best and longest before issues arise was Firefox.But IE7 just seems to run with the least amount of problems by far on my Vista Home Premium SP2 machine.I'll be looking for a serious upgrade in the near future though as it is almost 5 years old.An eternity in the computing world.The Mac laptop is looking very nice !!!!

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Originally Posted by Steve Mac

...that's just yet another reason I bought my Mac. :)

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And here I thought it was because stealing is wrong :-P

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Originally Posted by Altec Best

FYI Ron AVG and Malwarebytes won't detect this on a scan,they become inacessible and load before windows does in the MBR ,it is a rootkit/bootkit therefore you need a specific Rootkit detector !!!!!! TDSSKiller,GMER,etc....

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OK, I do an Avast! full scan every night that includes rootkits with nothing found, use up-to-date Firefox and yet to notice any odd behavior even though I still have the one tab open to the Altec library, but still haven't re-booted; so is it something I need to worry about when I do a re-boot and if so, then what? Or must I do something before I re-boot?

GM