Virus Alert to Mega-upload users!

Helping to get the word out here. I visited MU tonight and did pick up the trojan. I downloaded MalwareBytes and it did find the nasty lil' devil. Original post at:

http://gateruner.livejournal.com/251220.html?view=2878804#t2878804

To anyone who uses the Mega Upload site.

There appears to be a particularly nasty Trojan installer virus embedded within a JavaScript (JRE Runtime) pop-up ad. I hit the site twice just to be sure.

Type: Trojan/Fake-loader
Source code: Javascript, JRE Runtime platform
Info: It installs 2 component fake 'programs' including a system defragmenter and something called ThinkPoint (hotfix.exe)
Symptoms: Makes you believe your machine is failing. Says there are memory resource errors, no more disk space, hard disk failures (including corrupt sectors)

Target folders: (Windows users) User\AppData\Local\Temp

Solution: Disable System restore, boot into safe mode, clean using Malware Bytes and follow-up with your most current anti-virus scan.

Unfortunately I stumbled upon this a few hours ago and have spent all this time cleaning my machine. This one is a bad one folks. Spread the word!

You can find MalwareBytes at the following website: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
It is some kick-ass software folks! Will get stuff when other programs don't.

TV roundup--spoilers.

Impressed with:

Last week's Glee, Grilled Cheesus :( Read more... )

SPN's Weekend at Bobby's:( Read more... )

The Mentalist, Red Carpet Treatment:( Read more... )

Bill Maher really surprised me on the last latest show. During his new rules, he had this weirdly reasoned out premise that started with Brett Favre and his sexting scandal. How an entitled white dude is the only one that would think anyone else would want to see a picture of his penis. But in the past, our culture was owned by white men and they are going a little crazy now that they are seeing their position eroding with a black President, a woman Secretary of State, and this year for the first time the birth of white babies is in the minority column. This is why they think the country needs 'restoring.' That white men are the only ones solidly in support of candidates like Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell (women and minorities don't like 'em.) He called them MILF's and said white men liked them because they represent something they miss dearly -- the traditional idiot housewife. It's certainly an interesting point of view.

Enjoying:
House--a lot more than I thought I would. ( Read more... )

Castle still delights. It's the first show I catch up on.

The Good Wife also continues to surprise me. It is so well written. I find myself quite liking the campaign manager. And Colinda is deliciously mysterious.

Top Gear always makes me chuckle. I can't imagine how the Reliant Robin wasn't recalled immediately. I think the boys are getting along better this year; last year I felt there was tension, like they had been together too long and were getting irritated with each other.

Criminal Minds has been stressed by the casting change. I hear there will be more Reid this year. I think that's a good plan. We've had more of his backstory than anyone else's but it's been ignored now for a few years. It's time to revisit it.

Still on trial: Undercovers, Hawaii Five-O. Both are pretty to look at but really need less polish and more heart. I like all the actors on Five-0 but find all the !ACTION! annoying. The stuff with Dano and his daughter is very nice though.


Gave up on or haven't even watched: Nikita, Defenders, Blue Bloods (no interest, no interest, not enough free time to try it.)


And then there's SG:U. ( Read more... )

ETA: Merlin! How could I forget that? I've been loving it. ( Read more... )