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Lode

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  1. Hi! Recently I saw that websites can use our webcam and microphone without our knowledge. Adobe Flash Player settings seem to determine if we allow that or not. Here is where I found information on this: "Adobe Flash, The Spy in Your Computer – Part 1" http: //www . welivesecurity.com/2010/10/06/adobe-flash-the-spy-in-your-computer-part-1/
  2. Not a false positive? You checked? If so, should I let CyberGost know? Is that server in Bucharest hacked?
  3. I did not post on CyberGhost's forum about this Malwarebytes blocking address issue, but I did mention getting a better reception utilizing one of their Erfurt servers when watching RT Live, servers which Malwarebytes does not block access to. (I only tried that server in Bucharest to see what results that would give me, and found out Erfurt was better for me.) I was told the better reception has to do with their datacompression: http://www.cyberghostvpn.ca/forum.php%C2'>
  4. Thank you. I tried to follow your instructions, but when I right-click on the balloon it simply disappears. I tried again with Bucharest, as that was triggering the balloon yesterday: Luckily for my use it doesn't really matter, as I always use one of the CyberGhost servers in Erfurt, Germany when I want to watch RT Live. I discovered that using that server gives me nearly double the speed I get when I watch RT Live than just watching it normally, not with that VPN server. No idea why that is. I like that though because normally I only get about 5.5 Mb/s and the stream gets interrupted now and then, while with that Erfurt server I get about 9.5 Mb/s when watching RT Live, and no interruptions:
  5. Hi! I had noticed before that when I use CyberGhost VPN sometimes -depending on what server I choose- a Malwarebytes popup appears saying it has successfully blocked an outgoing connection, showing a CyberGhost server address. So in Malwarebytes' Ignore list I had added "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\CyberGhost\VPN.lnk" and it appears as a file. But just now when I tried to connect to one of CyberGhost's servers some of those popups appeared again as CyberGhost was trying to make the connection, and when on the interface of CyberGhost I tried to stop the connection making process to that particular server, to choose another one from the list they offer, hoping that one would not cause Malwarebytes to block the access to it, the CygeGhost interface froze. By calling up Malwarebytes and clicking it away again the CyberGhost interface disappeared. Malwarebytes does not block all CyberGhost connections to the latter's servers, only to some I noticed. This last one was to a server in Bucharest. So then I though of posting about this issue here, but my Internet connection was broken by the operation, and I couldn't get it back again. But I rebooted my notebook, and here I am... Maybe something to look into?
  6. That was fast! I cliked on mbar and then it unzipped. After that I hit the "drill" icon and have the scanner installed. Thank you.
  7. I just downloaded the latest version of Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit Beta, and unzipped the compressed file (I think) but don't see "mbar.exe". Here it says "3. Open the folder where the contents were unzipped and run mbar.exe." http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/mbar/ Here's what I see: Any suggestion would be appreciated. : )
  8. PS: One thing I had noticed is that the temperature of my laptop was running some 20° C higher than normal before MBAM removed those files... I can see that it's back to normal using a little free program called SpeedFan. Right now it's back to fluctuating between 24° and 28° C, which is normal for my machine when not doing anything intensive.
  9. Thank you! According to MBAM the files with rootkits would be removed after it asked me to reboot. Which I did of course. Scanning now it detects nothing suspicious. I trust your judgment that most probably they were indeed infections. I'll watch the behavior of my laptop for the next few days. If I have problems -in case it was a fp- I can always use the system backup I made a few days ago. I had MBAM run a scan before I made the backup during which it detected nothing suspicious, so that backup is clean I assume. Of course I could've used the backup instead of starting this thread, but wanting to be a good guy I thought of helping MBAM by reporting a possible fp. Not needed it looks like.
  10. Hi! MBAM just flagged 3 items in my notebook: "Rootkit.Agent" in C:\Windows\2876112.exe "Rootkit.Agent" in C:\Windows\3224899.exe "Rootkit.Agent" in C:\Windows\3528867.exe I've not let MBAM remove them yet, and scanned with some other good anti-malware software (Emsisoft and Avira) which did not reported them as malware. So I wonder if they are false positives. In the article "What are False Positives and how do I report them?" it says (among other things): "3. Start Malwarebytes Anti-Malware using the /developer command line. This is a crucial step, as it will generate a developer's log where the false positive has occurred. 4. Contact us and be sure to include a copy of this developer's log. It is crucial that we receive this log in order to analyze and resolve the issue quickly." http://helpdesk.malwarebytes.org/entries/20818101-What-are-False-Positives-and-how-do-I-report-them- I've no idea about a "the /developer command line."
  11. Just for entertainmnet, here's more satire: "Conspiracy - The Facebook CIA Connection": ""Facebook CIA connection": "Mark Zuckerberg gets hot under the collar over your privacy issues and sweats": http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o3hu3iG8B2g
  12. Speaking of Super Spyware, I've noticed that the most extensive and intrusive spyware is completely overlooked and not recognized as such by Anti-Spyware vendors. Or that it is maybe considered too big and hot to handle. I'm talking about Facebook. You think I'm exagerating? Have a look: "The Facebook CIA Connection Scandal": I feel that Anti-Spyware makers should treat Facebook as spyware. Simply because it is. In a big obvious way. At least a warning that Facebook is spyware should be given. Never mind that it is 'SS' or 'State Spyware'. Spyware is spyware, and we customers are paying to be free of it. Or at least be warned of it. So we can then choose to join or not join Facebook with the awareness that all our personal data will be monitored by the Central Intelligence Agency if we do. It can be argued that the innocent have nothing to hide -which is true- but still customers should at least be informed by their respective Anti-Spyware vendors of the above. It is also obvious that criminal and terrorist organizations are already aware of this, so they will certainly not divulge their activities on Facebook. I mean, if I as a regular Internet user am already aware of it because I saw the info on YouTube after it was broadcast on TV, with deputy CIA Director Christopher Sartinsky openly saying that the agency was "astounded" that so many people would "willingly" publicize all their personal data on Facebook... That "willingly" is mostly likely due to the public ignorance that Facebook is now in fact the main CIA intelligence gathering instrument. In other words: Spyware. So here is a job for the Anti Spyware vendors; make us customers aware of the above. Every time someone joins Facebook a warning should be given by the Anti-Spyware with a short explanation. Even if just out of principle. Sorry for the critical tone of the above... but am I wrong?
  13. Yes, I overruled eScan's warning about there already being other an AV there, and to uninstall it fist. In the mean time Avira told me that because of a recent Windows update on some systems 64 hidden files appeared... I replied to eScan that the problem was solved from Inia by that friendly man. I now know those files had nothing to do with eScan. Avira still reports them when I scan. But I'm not worried about them anymore. And the Rescue scan did find a virus. (Unless it was a fp, something I might never know.) All's well that ends well.
  14. PS: Come to think of it, the fact that the friendly man from India first guided me to look in different places proves that this "disappearance" of the software is not normal. I had read a rave review about eScan somewhere -and it might be an excellent AV- but care is called for when installing it. Otherwise you might need the help of a friendly man from India... .
  15. I had the free eScan Anti Virus Toolkit on my laptop for a while as a second opinion next to Malwarebytes AM and Avira Premium. It reported no malware on my machine, so I tried to dis-install it. I don't know if this is "normal", but I couldn't remove it. I downloaded/installed the eScan Removal Tool, but it did not find the program. I had looked for it everywhere myself first, but the only sign that I had it was the icon on my tray bar. So I emailed them and got a fairly quick reply, inviting me to a chat or Skype session and direct help on my laptop from a distance. I filled in their Skype address as given in the email and send them a Skype invitation. About a minute later a Skype popup said that they were on line , and a friendly man from India responded. He guided me to look in different places I didn't know, but still no trace of eScan anywhere but that icon which activated the program. So he gave me a URL and right after connecting took over my laptop. I saw him use the command prompt typing in rows of data, and after some 10 minutes the icon disappeared, He then asked me to reboot, and I thanked him. So their service is great! And maybe I made a mistake during install which hid the software -although I wouldn't know which mistake, and it seems unlikely- but just so that you think twice before installing it on you machine... I post this now.
  16. I only saw the above after posting the last one. But I have nothing more to say about this subject anyway...
  17. PS: No idea why I thought eScan is from a Vietnamese company. It doesn't look like it. Must have been confusing it with Bkav. I any case its free eScan Anti Virus Toolkit is handy.
  18. Thank you for your concern. I searched for an evaluation of Bkav on Google and saw there was info on it on this forum. So instead of starting a new thread on the same subject, I decided to post my experience with Bkav here. Keep it in one place instead of spread out. I thought about giving my email address to that company and getting spam, but I have been reporting all spam daily to SpamCop for a year now through MailWasher free. I used to get up to a 100 spam a day. Now it's down to only a few, and some days 0. In the mean time I gave Bkav one more try by calling it up again, and saw that it does have a Scan button. I scanned again and this time it reported having found 2 items: an executable junk file and a W32malwaresysEZ.trojan. It had removed both. But there is no info on the 178 items. Maybe because I interrupted the enabling of the removal option, which caused the partial freeze and made me press the Off button. The grayed out icon and disappeared one came back normal after a reboot. So maybe this Bkav is not bad after all. But I admit I don't know, and although it has a good looking forum, it's all in Vietnamese, and I see no English version of it: http://forum.bkav.com.vn/ I now think this AV is OK. But I'll remove it now as I already have other AV. Including another free Vietnamese AV -eScan- that recently got a rave report, having a 99,40 % detection rate according to this info. Click on the image to enlarge it under "Emsisoft Internet Security Pack gains highest Virusovnet award" here: http://www.anti-malware-reviews.com/ I'll wait with using the backup as it would mean re-installing a bunch of updates and new stuff after restoring my machine to its state of a week ago. I'll see how things go for a while.
  19. Wow, this Bkav Home Plus is weird software! Just out of curiosity I tried it. As soon as it was installed it began to scan. Right away it supposedly found 178 malware items. At one point a small panel appeared saying that to remove the malware I had to let it activate that option, and asked it I wanted that. Clicking OK I had to fill in my email address, and I supposed also my name, although the text on this panel was in Vietnamese, while the interface is in English. After I filled in my first name in the first space and second name in the second (without knowing if this was correct) and again hitting OK another panel appeared asking if I wanted to stop the scanning. I hit "No" but then another panel appeared saying that to activate the removal option the pc had to reboot, and it right away did just that. During restart the interface appeared again, with a panel on top of that saying that automatic removal was activating. I waited a while to see what would happen, but after some 5 minutes clicked on Report to see what those supposedly malware items had been. My laptop froze, and I had to press the Off button until it shut off. After restart some icons on my desktop and tray bar were grayed out, and calling up Bkav I did not get any info in the report what had happened to those 178 items. Nor could I scan again. I don't even see a button on the interface to start the scanner. Only scan options. Trying the backup option of Bkav to restore the supposedly removed malware items did not work. Looks like I have to use a backup as I'm not sure Bkav did not make more of a mess of my laptop than it looks like with those grayed out Icons. Some even disappeared I now see. Maybe it actually did find and removed malware. But 178 items? I could believe it if I did not have Avira Premium, Malwarebyes Pro, SuperAntiSpywere Pro, HitmanPro free, and Norton Security Scan free. I think I now better get my external hard drive with the latest system backup I made a week ago...
  20. Thank you. Yes, I did find out after some clicking and surfing -as I described- that the version I have is the latest. The hint is that it could be made a lot easier and faster to find out... (Like just getting a message saying "You have the latest version [xxxxxxx]" when hitting the button called "About." Or seeing the latest version number on MBAM's website.) No biggie, but it would be helpful.
  21. Hi, this is my first post on this forum. After happily utilizing MBAM free for some years, I finally got the PRO version (even happier now.) I noticed something that seems a bit confusing about the version info: on the Update panel of the interface it says: ........................................................................................................... "Latest news: (1/31/2012)Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.60.1 has been released!" ........................................................................................................... (I'm using the Dutch version, saying "Laatste nieuws" meaning "Latest news", the last line is in English.) Yet when I hit "Over" -"About"- I get "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.61.0.1400". But from that I don't know if that is the latest version. On the Update panel, clicking on "Download the latest version!>>", I come to this site: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_pro but there is no info there on what the current version is (as far as I can see) so I hit "Download" and get this site: http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button where it says "Version: 1.61." From this I still don't know if I'm using the latest version. Hitting the "Download Now" button I get the download panel and see "mbam-setup-1.61.0.1400.exe". Now I finally know that the version I currently have is the latest... Just a hint...
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