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| Thread ID: 114363 | 2010-11-30 01:58:00 | Virus Alert | SolMiester (139) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1157465 | 2010-11-30 10:35:00 | Well true but most people are too stupid to use them, dont use virus scanners to scan whatever. And end up getting infected. Then wonder why their computers are screwed | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1157466 | 2010-12-01 01:05:00 | Don't you just love the way they say "If you say any bad words they will not help us" Up till now I have always thought virus's and trojans were a bit of a joke and that they never seemed to do much, and when you did get one, one of the trojan removal programs etc always got rid of them. And people used to say that they could damage your hardware But encrypting ones hard drive is very nasty. And its a great little money earner, so I expect to see lots of these. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1157467 | 2010-12-01 01:24:00 | And people used to say that they could damage your hardware Ahhh short memories, there was virus that wiped the bios CHIP(more or less), leaving the MB unusable (only certain types of mb's were at risk) Also another put a hardware level pass on the HD. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1157468 | 2010-12-01 01:38:00 | Not if you've got an EEPROM programmer :) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1157469 | 2010-12-01 01:45:00 | Yeah gone are the days of the Casino Virus that would hose your FAT, then make you play slots to see if the virus would restore it. Encrypting the files could be a slightly more sinister (better?) approach because once the files are encrypted, presumably it'll be removing the older file and overwriting it either with the newly encrypted file, or with the next file that comes along. Thus, recovery is nigh on impossible :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1157470 | 2010-12-01 01:46:00 | Not if you've got an EEPROM programmer :) or just hotswap working bios chip, then reflash :nerd: or course this was a bit hard when the chips soldered in |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1157471 | 2010-12-01 02:33:00 | Yeah gone are the days of the Casino Virus that would hose your FAT, then make you play slots to see if the virus would restore it. Encrypting the files could be a slightly more sinister (better?) approach because once the files are encrypted, presumably it'll be removing the older file and overwriting it either with the newly encrypted file, or with the next file that comes along. Thus, recovery is nigh on impossible :DMaybe if we ask nicely, they will re-initiate the slots thing... hand of poker maybe, winner takes all. You win, they send you the key, you lose - kiss your $120 goodbye |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1157472 | 2010-12-01 03:24:00 | or just hotswap working bios chip, then reflash :nerd: or course this was a bit hard when the chips soldered in Hot-Flashing is fun :D Still need to learn how to use my hot air rework properly.... Unless you mean a DIP32 in plated through-holes. That would be interesting. I believe you need a desoldering gun for that. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1157473 | 2010-12-01 21:30:00 | Kaspersky are working on a fix for this virus.Untill then the only fix is to format. | Pancake (6359) | ||
| 1157474 | 2010-12-01 21:39:00 | I hope all the other av companies are as well ! | Digby (677) | ||
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