WARNING! Malware attacks on this site!

[jamiejc]

yea assuming you don't blindly allow ssh or other dameons then yea unix is deff more secure

more control and secure even when there's an exploit for some kind of dameon, it's usually patched before other OSs would due to the lnumber of distrubutions and the open source nature meaning loads of people work on fixes

[karlpowell]

looks like a java window tries to download , this then istall 2 infected files called cBbFkFg06300 , all i did was run test manager and stop the prosses from running then delete the 2 files.

good luck folks

[rhysieg]

something keeps asking to save onto my computer from this site... i assume this is it, i havent alowd it entry and ran my anti-virus and it seems clean, i guess i should just keep not accepting...

[Kowalski]

I'm using Win 7/Firefox and Kaspersky blocked a few things last night. I posted what Kaspersky blocked here:

/index.php?showtopic=157473&pid=3509982&st=0&#entry3509982">http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=157473&pid=3509982&st=0&#entry3509982

Using my phone to post this so don't know if there is still a problem.

[anoldhippie@60]

So far I have not had any problems. I am running XP with Firefox and kaspersky Pure.

[ramragon]

Its the same sytem tools file that infected me about 10 days ago on here, it gets on ur computer via java, it says ur computer is infected an brings up fake antivirus software that you need. It also shuts down loads of programs and wont let you open them claiming that the exe files are infected. I had to go into safe mode, download a remover to put it right.

[eFestivals]

there is absolutely nothing that's indicating any problem to me, but I'm looking into it.

Edited February 27, 2011 by eFestivals

[dingbat2]

Its the same sytem tools file that infected me about 10 days ago on here, it gets on ur computer via java, it says ur computer is infected an brings up fake antivirus software that you need. It also shuts down loads of programs and wont let you open them claiming that the exe files are infected. I had to go into safe mode, download a remover to put it right.

Can you remember what you downloaded, I have the ame problem today?

Thanks

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[Digi]

I had it yesterday but everything has seemed OK since I removed it

Malwarebytes seems to be pretty effective at getting rid of it. I also have a program on my computer called 'Kill Process' that I pretty much have open in the background all the time just incase I can't get into my task manager to stop the process. I know its a bit of a pain in the arse, but it really does pay to update your anti-virus software pretty much daily... and even then I found malware slipping through regularly. Thankfully they've been pretty easy to get rid of

[ramragon]

Can you remember what you downloaded, I have the ame problem today?

Thanks

i went in to safe mode with networking, went online and downloaded a program called hitman pro 3.5, you get 30 days free trail with it, ran the program, took about 5 minutes to check the hard drive and delete the files, after the restart everything was back to normal. i take it you've got the malware that changes your wallpaper to loads of warning signs and your computer goes mental !

[Digi]

I spoke too soon!! D'oh!

[dingbat2]

Can you remember what you downloaded, I have the ame problem today?

Thanks

i went in to safe mode with networking, went online and downloaded a program called hitman pro 3.5, you get 30 days free trail with it, ran the program, took about 5 minutes to check the hard drive and delete the files, after the restart everything was back to normal. i take it you've got the malware that changes your wallpaper to loads of warning signs and your computer goes mental !

[Vieuphoria]

I had one last night

[dirty_dog]

there is absolutely nothing that's indicating any problem to me, but I'm looking into it.

[ramragon]

Ramragon, you are a star!! Did what you said and all appears OK again. Many thanks for that, if I ever see you at Glasto I will buy you a extra large pear cider!!!

[Ricochet]

I picked it up last night. a pdf trojan or something (JS/Pdfka). Avast detected it and put it in quarantine.

[eFestivals]

so that I'm not having to update in two places, please /index.php?showtopic=157473&st=0&gopid=3510289&#entry3510289">see here for more information.

But briefly:-

From googling, this problem has hit a number of websites in the last 24 hours or so, including eBay and imdb.com.. There currently appears to be little firm info on what exactly the problem is and how it's being caused.

I've virus scanned the three efestivals servers, and these are all clean.

Please ensure that you're using anti-virus software, and that it's up-to-date.

Please don't 'accept' any on-screen messages that might pop-up on your computer.

[Popsider75]

I picked it up last night. a pdf trojan or something (JS/Pdfka). Avast detected it and put it in quarantine.

[eFestivals]

From the reports I've looked at at other websites, the victims of the virus seem to be very random - it certainly doesn't seem to be the case that these problems are effecting every user.

I've personally not experienced any problems.

[ramragon]

Please don't 'accept' any on-screen messages that might pop-up on your computer.

[eFestivals]

it appears that Firefox and Chrome (if not other browsers) are now blocking access to the site that this problem is originating from (marillador.cz.cc), so hopefully users of those browsers will be safe.

Please ensure that you're using anti-virus software, and that it's up-to-date.

Please don't 'accept' any on-screen messages that might pop-up on your computer.

[j...rox]

Worth making sure you've got all your Windows Updates installed as well, via control panel, system & security.

[eFestivals]

I'll repeat: I can find no trace of this problem originating from this website. It's possible that it is, tho it's also possible that users have picked up the problem from another site - some major sites have been hit with the same problem over the last 24 hours (including eBay and imdb.com).

To ensure that you're protected to the best extent:-

Please ensure that you're using anti-virus software, and that it's up-to-date.

Please don't 'accept' any on-screen messages that might pop-up on your computer.

Use Firefox or Chrome for your web-browsing, as these have built-in features which stop any access to sites where a problem originates from (as far as I can see, they're currently blocking access to the site that is the cause of this issue).

Edited February 27, 2011 by eFestivals

[Ricochet]

thanks for update neil.

i got hit again when posting message above, preceded by firewall blocking tvgraded.vv.cc

[DougalMcGuire]

I'm sure your wallet was saying the same thing when you shelled out for it.