vundo and virtumonde, merry christmas

So the Windows firewall isn't very effective on its own I take it?
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It's certainly better than nothing, but its' effectiveness is limited to inbound traffic only, nothing outbound.
 
Well, we'll see how it goes with all this installed for a while.

Thanks a ton for all your great help!


Results of screen317's Security Check version 0.99.1
Windows XP Service Pack 3
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Antivirus/Firewall Check:
Windows Firewall Disabled!
Avira AntiVir Premium
Outpost Firewall 2009
Antivirus up to date!
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Anti-malware/Other Utilities Check:
Out of date Spybot installed!
WinPatrol 2009
MVPS Hosts File
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4
SpywareBlaster 4.2
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Secunia PSI
Java(TM) 6 Update 17
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03
Adobe Flash Player 10
Adobe Reader 9.2
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Process Check:
objlist.exe by Laurent
WinPatrol winpatrol.exe
Avira Antivir avgnt.exe
Avira Antivir avguard.exe
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DNS Vulnerability Check:
GREAT! (Not vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning)

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Not sure why that spybot 1.4 showed up after I upgraded to the latest 1.6.2.46 or whatever it is and not before, but in any case the latest is installed.
 
ngus22 said:
Not sure why that spybot 1.4 showed up after I upgraded to the latest 1.6.2.46 or whatever it is and not before, but in any case the latest is installed.
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Yes, I was going to ask you about that. Did you completely uninstall the older version? Before installing the new?

Also, you can uninstall the old Java runtime:

Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03

You have the latest which is good (Java(TM) 6 Update 17) but old versions can still lead to vulnerabilities, and take up space.
 
I didn't unistall the old, but there only seems to be one folder/exectable file there. The Add/Delete programs also shows both the new one and 1.4, but they both show as the same exact size, date last used, etc.

I'll get rid of that old java
 
ngus22 said:
I didn't unistall the old, but there only seems to be one folder/exectable file there. The Add/Delete programs also shows both the new one and 1.4, but they both show as the same exact size, date last used, etc.
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I would uninstall the old version via Add or Remove Programs. I'm not sure why they are being reported that way by Windows. Worst case scenario is that you would need to re-install the new version. It's not a big deal but for me I like to keep things "clean".
 
Well, I had to uninstall both and start fresh with Spybot, but that's done now. I think we're pretty clean now.

Results of screen317's Security Check version 0.99.1
Windows XP Service Pack 3
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Antivirus/Firewall Check:
Windows Firewall Disabled!
Avira AntiVir Premium
Outpost Firewall 2009
Antivirus up to date!
``````````````````````````````
Anti-malware/Other Utilities Check:
WinPatrol 2009
MVPS Hosts File
SpywareBlaster 4.2
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Secunia PSI
Java(TM) 6 Update 17
Adobe Flash Player 10
Adobe Reader 9.2
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Process Check:
objlist.exe by Laurent
WinPatrol winpatrol.exe
Avira Antivir avgnt.exe
Avira Antivir avguard.exe
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DNS Vulnerability Check:
GREAT! (Not vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning)

`````````End of Log```````````


There have been a couple new problems with IE opening some sites, like MSN and Yahoo, unless I deactivate Avira's WebGuard online protection, but it's not consistent. We'll see how it goes from here.
 
ngus22 said:
There have been a couple new problems with IE opening some sites, like MSN and Yahoo, unless I deactivate Avira's WebGuard online protection, but it's not consistent. We'll see how it goes from here.
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Did a little research on it but don't run the Premium version myself. I've seen some others with the same issue and it could be a number of things. I would suggest you post over at the Avira forums if the issue continues.

http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Board&boardID=131

Good luck and regards,
Dave
 
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