zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:00pm PT
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OK now for some remediation. Though it is advised by some not to run this unless instructed to by an expert, I would download and run ComboFix.
Do not download it from anyone other than bleepingcomputer and follow the instructions carefully. It can take a while and it can require multiple runs.
Did I say it's free?
This is what eradicated the ugly rootkit mentioned above but it does a nice cleanup job in toto (not the dog).
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/
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locker
Social climber
state of Kumbaya...
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:04pm PT
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zBrown...
Though I opened the link...
so far no problems that I am aware of...
Seems that my FREE virus crap MAY have worked as I got an audible and written warning that "Malware has been detected and blocked" right after opening it...
EDITED:
If anyone want's to know or is curious, I am using the free version of AVAST (as suggested by Steve W)...
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:13pm PT
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email hacking, as far as I've read, is usually fairly benign. I've opened a few, but I usually delete them without opening. The ones I've seen are easily identified by having an improbable linkup between the sender and the topic.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:16pm PT
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My machine has malwarebytes and hitman pro. Wrong in earlier stmt about avast. Running malwarebytes in safe mode right now. Maybe my machine is not compromised and only email and facebook were. I do not use the same password on email and other places. Just Wonder how this happens.
Does this just sometimes happen? Or did I likely do something to allow it?
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:16pm PT
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Also never saw a weird link. Not sure where it came from.
My keyboard has been a bit possessed but I thought I just needed a new one. I go thru them pretty regularly.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:19pm PT
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Thanks for the suggestions. Will see what I can do...
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:20pm PT
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i was hacked once using a photo sharing site- photo bucket, and while you have that account open- using it, others can enter that account by going through the properties of any pic youve posted on forums from that site. And can add a virus..
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:24pm PT
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Does this just sometimes happen?
that's been my experience. just change your passwords for email, and fb.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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But I have already started working Crimps!!
Noooooooooooo!
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I asked her about how she started her remarkable journey. "It was pretty easy. I filled out a short form and applied for a Work-At-Home-Digital. There is some maintenance fee, so it's not really free, but it was under $50. I received access to the system and within four weeks I was making over $5,000 a month. It's really simple, I am not a computer whiz, but I can use the internet. I post links that are given to me, I don't even have to sell anything. They are constantly recruiting people to post links, you should try it."
You don't have to be a job seeker to benefit from this free kit, but it is certainly an ideal alternative to working full-time. "I still search for full-time jobs but to be honest I'm earning more money than any of the jobs I have applied for anyway. I have a few friends that are doing exactly the same thing as me. Some of them are making over $600 a day. Really the sky is the limit, if you put in the efffort."With the recession in full swing and jobs hard to find, working from home is certainly the way of the
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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My Yahoo and then Skype got hacked very recently and I'm an apple guy who'se usually cognizant of what not to click
Send blank emails out to a bunch of people on my behalf and talked to Taiwan using up my skype credit
Could have been worse and hope it doesn't get worse
peace
karl
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:28pm PT
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photos, games, sites streaming music or video, the dread porn, anything that's sending something to your machine
i've used malwarebytes before it's good
GMER is good too
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:38pm PT
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Thanks for the heads up Crimp! FWIW I got an email from you with a link at 11:12am PCT, so whoever it is was still at it then...
Cheers.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:44pm PT
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Hack. Still hearing from those who are getting emails. Guess I can't stop that. Doh.
Just last night I signed up for instant view on Netflix and listened to Pandora radio for the first time this week. Bad ideas?
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:45pm PT
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havent had any issues with either Crimpie. Netflix is secure..
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:50pm PT
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One thing I do is work with my emails logged in and open. Sounds like that is a bad idea, no?
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
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from what the last COMP GEEK i talked to told me, its usually coming from something you go to like a vid, link, etc. If you get to those via email~~?
its ALL over my noggin Crimpie.. I know i felt totally VIOLATED though..In 74- if you would have told me a machine could violate me through space and wires, , i would have laughed.
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:58pm PT
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It's very possibly nothing you did. Your return address might have been found among a friend's contacts, and the virus is spoofing emails "from" you.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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Callie
I use avast on my Microsoft 7 computer. Never had any problems with
being hacked or infected since I've had it. But I'm no longer on FB,
and don't get netflix. . .
I hope you get it fixed without too much pain!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:12pm PT
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How come nobody ever hacks me? What, am I chopped liver?
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