Nasty Virus

**WileECyte** · 12-23-09, 03:51 PM

If you don't keep your browser plugins up-to-date, you'll get nailed by just browsing a website with malicious code. Adobe is absolutely atrocious about their products not auto-updating. Couple that with swiss-cheese like security... it's always a quick/easy attack vector.

I use Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (PSI) from www.secunia.com. It scans your computer weekly and looks for out-of-date/unpatched software. Great product to do the job most vendors won't...

**Viktor_Olin** · 12-23-09, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by WileECyte

If you don't keep your browser plugins up-to-date, you'll get nailed by just browsing a website with malicious code. Adobe is absolutely atrocious about their products not auto-updating. Couple that with swiss-cheese like security... it's always a quick/easy attack vector.

I use Secunia's Personal Software Inspector (PSI) from www.secunia.com. It scans your computer weekly and looks for out-of-date/unpatched software. Great product to do the job most vendors won't...

+1.

**Sly** · 12-24-09, 09:13 AM

When you do the Malwarebyte scan make sure your in safe mode. If you are in normal model malware is in use and cannot be deleted.

**WileECyte** · 12-24-09, 10:13 AM

If the PC will boot into safe mode. My in-laws' PC would blue screen if you went into safe mode.

**HeavyG** · 12-24-09, 10:20 AM

Have you tried doing a system restore from an earlier saved restore point?

**Arreo** · 12-24-09, 10:24 AM

It sounds to me like you may have had your DNS servers hijacked...

Can you open a command prompt and type in "ipconfig /all" and tell us what the "Connection specific DNS suffix" and "DNS Servers" are?

**~~Cyanide~~** · 12-24-09, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Arreo

It sounds to me like you may have had your DNS servers hijacked...

Can you open a command prompt and type in "ipconfig /all" and tell us what the "Connection specific DNS suffix" and "DNS Servers" are?

Is it safe to post that?

**HeavyG** · 12-24-09, 10:38 AM

Would switching to Google DNS or Open DNS help?

The only reason I ask is because I read there are some DNSs from ISPs that have a ton of security vulnerabilities.

**~~Cyanide~~** · 12-24-09, 10:41 AM

Is it safe to post my "Connection specific DNS suffix" and "DNS Servers" IP shit in here though?

**Arreo** · 12-24-09, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by cyaNide

Is it safe to post my "Connection specific DNS suffix" and "DNS Servers" IP shit in here though?

Cyanide, it's safe to post, especially since if my guess is correct it is going to be some malware filled server in Russia somewhere....

It isn't your IP address though, which is the only sort of insecure thing that you could post.