Have you been infected with Virtumonde?

Have you been infected with Virtumonde?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 65.6%

  • No

    Votes: 11 34.4%
  • Total voters
    32
I see. I don't feel like continuing this torrent conversation because it's hijacking the main point of this thread : ).

Just a side note: You give and get. If you limit your upload, you'll slow down your download.
 
I installed a program that contained a copy of virtumonde, and then allowed it past teatimer.

Then swore lots and lots.
 
I haven't been infected by Virtumonde yet on my WinME ( It was a free system given to me ), XP Home nor Pro systems but then I have hpHosts, MVPS HOSTS files, Windows Defender and WinPatrol installed.

I use avast! Home anti virus and Spybot S&D resident and I run its scan every time there is s definition update.
 
The best thing to make your computer safe and view programs is Virtual PC. You can use/install programs on Virtual PC, and your real PC does not have any changes. It's really useful. Only I hate about using Virtual PC is that you must set some settings which can be confusing. I use innotek VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/.

Note: If you have shares between Virtual PC and real PC, and Virtual PC is infected, the infection can infect real PC.
 
If you run for example a worm in Virtual PC, the worm can thru shared folders infect a real PC by copying the file to shared folder.
About running OS, you can run Vista (as Virtual OS) on XP.
 
So it would be 50, 50 risky to attempt to test and play with malware on a VPC?

So I can use Vista as a VPC and just close the session like it never happened?
 
Only if you are using shared folders between Virtual PC and real PC.

You can run Vista on VPC and use it. When you close the session, the real OS (XP) doesn't have any changes affected by VPC.
 
Just one last question, would you say it's "okay" to run VPC for fun and see the functions of Vista.

Say like you've never had a Vista before and all you see were screenshots from the Internet.
 
If you want to see some features of it, and you have setup for Vista, you can install it on VPC, but you shouldn't activate Vista because you can use Vista without activation for 30 days.

There is something good/bad (depends). When Vista becomes expired on VPC, you can reinstall Vista by installing Vista on new virtual drive. And you can use it again for 30 days.
 
So are you saying that I need the... setup CD?

Oh, I see. I thought VPC came with it, then I was thinking... it can't be that small?
 
You need Vista Installation DVD. There is no way to get free Vista with VPC (the size of VPC setup + Vista setup = +3 GB!).
 
Just find it odd, how people (*cough Computer educated and knowledgeable people/idiots), who are still downloading cracked versions of Vista Ultimate.

Thanks for the explanation Tom.
 
Here's my way of using the cracks and keygens. I have winrar installed and when I rightclick on a keygen.exe file and it allows me to extract the file then it's probably virus inside. So go ahead and extract the file to any name and it creates a folder by that name. I did that with the last keygen.exe file I was going to use and inside was 2 .exe files. One named keygen.exe and the 2nd just file.exe wich was the virus. I deleted file.exe and used the keygen.exe only and it works.
Cheeerrrzzzzz
 
Fairplayer said:
Here's my way of using the cracks and keygens. I have winrar installed and when I rightclick on a keygen.exe file and it allows me to extract the file then it's probably virus inside. So go ahead and extract the file to any name and it creates a folder by that name. I did that with the last keygen.exe file I was going to use and inside was 2 .exe files. One named keygen.exe and the 2nd just file.exe wich was the virus. I deleted file.exe and used the keygen.exe only and it works.
Cheeerrrzzzzz
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thanks, i will try that.:police: just kidding, why register here only to post that crap
 
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Keygens can contain trojans. AVG has detected one keygen as Generic Trojan, but I have another keygen which is completely same, but it's used for other program. The strange is that the AVG didn't found anything in that keygen. Both keygens were from same "company/author".
 
antiviruses detects some keygens and say that it detected trojans in them even if it isnt a trojan in the keygen, so some people get sick of it and doesnt care anymore and are downloading and using keygens and patched programs anyway. some antiviruses should be called antipiracysoftware, it isnt their job to do this.:lip:

avg is a joke if you ask me. it couldnt even tell if the entries from spybot and spywareblaster in the registry were legitimate, i dont know if it detects the entries now anymore but i will still avoid using it.
 
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Hello,

FYI for all members, from the malware removal forum:
http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=25290&postcount=4

Note:
We do not support the use of illegal Pirated/Warez/Cracked software.

Helping a person who insists on using such software, could be construed in the eyes of the law to be aiding and abetting a crime. Therefore you will be asked to remove any cracked programs and in the case of your operating system, to obtain a valid licensed copy.
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Regards.
 
tashi: did i say that i was using keygens and such? i dont know what you mean. i hope you dont sue me for doing that. i have used keygens and such in the past but the past is the past.

(i dont know if it is called sue)

but using filesharing programs isnt illegal, even if it isnt so good to do it all the times.
 
Hi blues,

No just a general FYI for the topic. ;) We see a lot of infections caused by people downloading such.

Tom.K said:
but I have another keygen which is completely same, but it's used for other program.
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Cheers.
 
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