Lost Video Island

Charmed_Charlee · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject:

Just tried the main site and my anti virus is coming up with a virus warning

Charlies_Innocence · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject:

Yeah, mine popped up with a warning, too. But then I came back to the site and it was okay... And the coding isn't at the top of the page.

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Aislynn · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:24 am Post subject:

Oh man, this sucks...

I'm still not seeing anything myself but I'd suggest staying off the main site until Warren can scour it.

Abby, I hate to tell you that it was Trojan.Vundo that killed my computer.

The only way I could get rid of it was to reinstall my operating system and wipe the hard drive.

You might try Googling/searching for solutions to see if you can find something less invasive (my computer was crippled to the point where it couldn't work any longer so I had no choice).

In the meanwhile, I'd suggest being careful sending emails or passing any sorts of files to other computers (and if your computer ever connects to another computer through a network, you'll need to be very careful about opening up any file-sharing betwen them because Vundo will be glad to jump into the second computer as well

). It really sucks bad and I'm so sorry that this has happened!

nikkimonique · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:57 am Post subject:

My mac is all clear...no problems...get macs people!!
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Aislynn · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:47 am Post subject:

*sigh* Apparently we did have a couple of beasties hiding in the main site.

They've been exterminated and both the forum and main site should be safe now.

Again, we are so sorry for all of this mess!

Thank you so much for quickly reporting any problems that you've noticed so that we can get right on chasing them down with a flamethrower!

(Okay, so Warren won't really let me have a flamethrower. But I'm hoping to negotiate for something like one of those long fireplace matches...

)

Charlies_Innocence · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:55 am Post subject:

I'm still getting the virus warning on the main site.

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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:09 am Post subject:

Oh, piffle!

Okay, thanks for letting us know, Elyse! We'll go over it again and see what we can find!

*really, really wants a flamethrower now*

NepEnut · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:31 am Post subject:

Charlies_Innocence · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:58 am Post subject:

Well, hopefully you can get rid of it, Ais, This is one annoying little virus.

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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:05 am Post subject:

Oh, thanks so much for that, Abby! Hopefully I won't ever meet Trojan.Vundo face to, uh, face again but it's good to have something to try!

When it hit me, it disabled my anti-virus and disabled XP's ability to connect to MS updates, as well as just trashed my registry so that the computer could just barely boot up and gave me a ton of "missing DLL" errors. It was just an utter mess, way too far gone to be salvaged.

Man, that seriously sucked! I'm so glad that you were able to contain and remove yours!

Elyse, is that what your warning is saying, that it's a Trojan.Vundo?

cagedfreedom · Expert Vidder Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1855

omg virtumonde was the name of the virus that was on my computer it was a trojan really, it got into the registry keys and just kept repeating itself. i hope i didnt get it from LVI because it was such a bother to get rid of it, turns out you just had to clear the registry keys down and it was gone.

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Polarbear · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject:

It helps to have a firewall running aswell as a virus checker. I think often routers have a built in firewall so make sure it's enabled if you use one.
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secret_neo · Expert Vidder Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 431

Still didnt fix the problem yet? My Kaspersky still picks it up now and then.
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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

Eek, Rosie, I certainly hope you didn't get that virtumonde through LVI, either!

And definitely, like what Paul said, you should always have a firewall in addition to an updated anti-virus and some anti-malware programs as well!

Neo, unfortunately we're being attacked by a VERY persistent hacker, so we're in a bit of a chess match trying to both outwit and out-maneuver whomever this is.

But I have no doubt that we'll win!

In the meanwhile, though, I do apologize for all of the mess. *sigh* We're doing our best to keep LVI safe and secure against the baddies that are storming the castle right now.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding!