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| Thread ID: 108004 | 2010-03-10 09:34:00 | How do you get infected with "Personal Security" and the likes? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 865703 | 2010-03-11 01:44:00 | I just removed Personal Security from one yesterday, and then shortly after posting that I get an email from my grandfather asking for help with it. Malwarebytes sorted him, with over 600 infections, I think it did a good job :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 865704 | 2010-03-11 06:39:00 | Probably with a file sharing program But using P2P programs does not automatically mean you will get a virus, you have to be silly enough to download a virus first. If you see something like "GTA4 FULL VERSION CRACKED.EXE" and it's 55KB it's obviously a virus. The real game is about 14GB or so. |
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| 865705 | 2010-03-11 06:43:00 | I know that. Most are silly / stupid enough to download / run an exe file with a virus in it. I havent come across a system yet where its infected and a P2P program hasnt been on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 865706 | 2010-03-11 08:03:00 | If you see something like "GTA4 FULL VERSION CRACKED.EXE" and it's 55KB it's obviously a virus. The real game is about 14GB or so. You think if you download a large file you're safe? They can pack the virus or whatever into the real file too you know. |
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| 865707 | 2010-03-11 08:14:00 | You think if you download a large file you're safe? They can pack the virus or whatever into the real file too you know. You're missing the point.....its got nothing to do with how big or small the file is, its the fact that a 55KB file is probably not the real game but a virus)The name is supposed to attract n00bs).... And I disagree that P2P sharing causes the majority of viruses, IMO its just the websites you visit and *questionable* things you do on the internet that leads to....:eek: And scareware ads. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 865708 | 2010-03-11 08:51:00 | You think if you download a large file you're safe? They can pack the virus or whatever into the real file too you know. Of course I know that - For example I have seen No-CD cracks which are not the real executable file, but are in fact a self-extracting archive which contains the real executable and a virus as well. I'm sure you know as well as I do that there are many more ways than that though... |
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