-
March 18th, 2007, 11:25 AM
#1
New Antispyware Tool
Hi, I came across this site:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
It seems to have some potentially useful tools. In particular "RogueRemover" which is intended to combat those rogue anti-malware scam programs.
They can be a bit of a pain to get rid of
There is a free version of this software and it is recommended by Merijn of HijackThis! fame
Last edited by nihil; March 18th, 2007 at 11:53 PM.
-
March 22nd, 2007, 11:57 PM
#2
Member
Thanks for the link. I'll have to get RogueRemover and try it out. Yeah, they can be a pain. Mostly to the ones who see something say "removes...." and fully trusts it! If Merijn trusts it, I trust it. HijackThis has really helped me on many occasions.
Last edited by D.J.; March 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 AM.
D. J.
-
March 23rd, 2007, 12:19 AM
#3
Yeah, HJT is good and is now being looked after by Trend Microsystems.
The problem with rogue antispyware as I see it is that it is usually installed by the user, and just looks like a regular application.
They don't provide a reliable uninstaller
-
March 23rd, 2007, 01:18 AM
#4
Junior Member
The app isn't bad, at least to do his job of spyware-remover.
Is other of that fast, easy, lite and simple apps but do the job very well.
I tested but not to well yet, nevertheless is a promising app by now
Regards
-
March 23rd, 2007, 08:19 AM
#5
Junior Member
Originally Posted by nihil
Hi, I came across this site:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
It seems to have some potentially useful tools. In particular "RogueRemover" which is intended to combat those rogue anti-malware scam programs.
They can be a bit of a pain to get rid of
There is a free version of this software and it is recommended by Merijn of HijackThis! fame
I only use one spyware removal cause as long as it has the most important features (free updates and real time protection) it's great.
I don't like to test out different types of spyware software... This technique worked for me: 1 antivirus, 1 anti spyware/adware a firewall and some knowledge about the Internet.
Karl
-
March 23rd, 2007, 01:16 PM
#6
Karl, please have the patience to read this carefully and listen to me
I am NOT talking about your "true" spyware/adware here................this is a bit of a specialist problem.
Somehow............it doesn't matter what the vector is; a program gets loaded on your PC. It has done so with admin rights and "looks" like a normal application. That is the problem...............none of your stuff will see it as malicious, because, in all truth, it is not. The malicious bit is when it tells you that you have X, Y and Z malware running and there is that small matter of the child pr0n you are hosting??????????????? get the picture?? so you are invited to send them $25 or whatever, get a full licence, and it will remove the offending items...............
Removing that sort of crap requires a specialist tool, as they dig themselves in so deep they make Cong bunkers look like total exposure
I posted this link because a guy I trust recommended it......... early days but he can ace about 235 of them, and I am sure that he is moving on
"I don't like to test out different types of spyware software"............... why did you join this site then?............ hell, if the only tool you have is a hammer, then you will see every problem as a nail?
We are a security site primarily, we discuss these sort of things, try different stuff out and so on............OK, NOT on our main production boxes
Somehow, I feel that your wife has not threatened to divorce you if you brought another computer into the house.......... then turns up the next day with 4 Pentium IIIs that she had "liberated" from her workplace
-
March 23rd, 2007, 04:07 PM
#7
Junior Member
Originally Posted by nihil
Somehow............it doesn't matter what the vector is; a program gets loaded on your PC. It has done so with admin rights and "looks" like a normal application. That is the problem...............none of your stuff will see it as malicious, because, in all truth, it is not. The malicious bit is when it tells you that you have X, Y and Z malware running and there is that small matter of the child pr0n you are hosting??????????????? get the picture?? so you are invited to send them $25 or whatever, get a full licence, and it will remove the offending items...............
Indeed and they are trully a pain to deal with...
There are some others specific tools to remove them like smitfruadfix and delpsguard that deals with PSGuard and variants but I think that this is the first I see that deals with more than one which is quite handy.
Their database is based in the same philosophy that spywarewarriors' rogue-antispyware list which have tested almost every software related and keep a good and updated database of them
The big problem with this rogue software is that they're very atractive and convincent at the same time to the eyes of the novice user. The method of infection is quite large, I remember some time ago they were loaded in several pages usin javascript language which excecute a remote installer with the only need that the user use the primary page just one. Another method that has become very popular this days is the codec-method, the user is prompted to download and install a codec to see an specific movie content.
One big big problem is that most users say yes to everything
In the other hand, antivirus (and even antispyware) software do nothing or too little and that's because they actually don't have to. Those rogue software by their self aren't virus (not all they to be real), once installed they "can" download virus remotly without user know about it or can just prompt the user to install them telling that is software needed to save their system
Again, the problem is, users say yes/ok to everything...
I don't have tested the Pro version of rogueremover to see what offer that free version no and how well works, I really hate buying software knowing that free of charge and open source software exist, but if any have tested pro version, please comment.
The free version is complete enough from my pov, the database is quite large and as I said, this is (at least to me) the first app that can detect/remove several rogue software at the same time, so it have my vote
Regards
-
April 6th, 2007, 03:09 AM
#8
Junior Member
-
April 6th, 2007, 10:46 PM
#9
Thanks, Nihil. I'll give that one a try...could've used it last night.
NoAdware?!? WHO do you work for "smithkarl"? I've taken that
POS out of more than one PC.
“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” — Will Rogers
-
April 6th, 2007, 11:10 PM
#10
Similar Threads
-
By c0br4 in forum Hardware
Replies: 9
Last Post: May 6th, 2006, 09:14 AM
-
By Blunted One in forum Microsoft Security Discussions
Replies: 10
Last Post: May 3rd, 2006, 06:50 AM
-
By dalek in forum Security News
Replies: 12
Last Post: March 21st, 2006, 02:12 AM
-
By SDK in forum IDS & Scanner Discussions
Replies: 11
Last Post: April 13th, 2004, 01:39 AM
-
By gore in forum Operating Systems
Replies: 3
Last Post: March 7th, 2004, 08:02 AM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|
|