Pintrest... A new way to spread Malware?

[davidk3678]

Hello Folks!

So my Fiancee was browsing around on Pintrest the other night, and she clicked a pin to show it in a bigger view. Then after you have the option to click the pin again and it will take you to the website associated with that pin. As soon as she clicked and her computer navigated to that website she saw a quick download flash across her screen and then it went black. When it came back on a moment later she had the FBI Moneypak Virus and she wasn't able to go into any recovery or safemode with the exception of the command prompt.

Really just be careful with what you see posted and what you're clicking. If possible try and have some sort of virus protection that can scan the webpages you're about to visit and give you a heads up.

-David

[Firefox]

Sorry to hear your fiancée got infected with the FBI Moneypak malware.... Yes these hackers/malware writers find just about any site that is popular to spread there malware all we can do is try to keep up with them since their malware morphs and changes very quickly. That being said, if you want help with cleaning up the system, please see below....

Being that you are probably infected, feel free to follow the instructions below to receive free, one-on-one expert assistance in checking your system and clearing out any infections and correcting any damage done by the malware.

Please see the following pinned topic which has information on how to get help with this: Available Assistance for Possibly Infected Computers

Thank you

[warwagon]

Sounds to me like a drive by download via an Exploit. Make sure your system is patched with the latest versions (if you have them installed) of Adobe Reader, Flash and Java (if you need it, if you don't uninstall it if you have it)