AZ Virus

JAM said:
I do *not* get any warning. I use Google Chrome and have Trend Micro Internet Security Pro as my virus protection.
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Years ago I asked three IT friends for a recommendation for AV protection, all three without hesitation said Trend Micro and I've been using it ever since....

To all of you out there using Norton, know this.... All 3 IT guys said it's poor as an AV and it is slowing your machine down big time.
 
The Saw said:
Years ago I asked three IT friends for a recommendation for AV protection, all three without hesitation said Trend Micro and I've been using it ever since....

To all of you out there using Norton, know this.... All 3 IT guys said it's poor as an AV and it is slowing your machine down big time.
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I really like Trend. I have Trend Micro Internet Pro on my laptop, and I have Trend Titanium on my desktop.

My brother's laptop died, and he just bought a brand-new HP for 850 bucks. The HP he bought from QVC has a lifetime Trend Titanium virus protection with it in the package deal, which I think it really, really cool.

My brother is very big on music, so audio quality is important. HP computers have the Beats audio sound card in them, and my next computer will most definitely be an HP because of Beats. This laptop by HP with the lifetime Trend is a great deal, IMO.

I love my Beats headphones. They are the absolute best headphones I have ever owned. You just can't beat the Beats. [pun intended]. :grin:

Beats audio and Trend protection are two features I must have in my next computer. :smile:
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
As of my 1st logon today my security is saying there is a problem. I did not get this yesterday, or ever before, for that matter.

I use IE and Norton AV.

When logging on I get the audible warning tone and a message stating the unsecure portion of this website is being blocked and that this site is having a problem with their "security certificate".

I'm not a tech guy so I don't know what it all means. Is it safe to be on here?

I know yesterday the entire site was down for a few hours while the hosting was being moved. Is the new virus issue to do with that or is it just coincidental timing?

Best,
Brian kc
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I'm starting to really dislike Norton....always bugging me with pop-ups.
Every time I get rid of their infiltrations....it finds another way in.

I'm starting to feel like Jackie Gleason.....
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http://www.google.ca/url?url=http:/...jackie&usg=AFQjCNHlUFnQqMPk9UtCo-bqF7vtxiBS-Q
 
Aside from some of their Enterprise application software, friends don't let friends use Symantec (Norton) products.
 
Some how the virus got to my computer here at work. It was the system check virus, trojan thing, kind of a nasty little *****. Took 2 hours to get rid of it. My virus protection was working and it still got in? I use Avast. No big deal I guess.
 
It looks like this was fixed sometime last night (my time PST). Kapersky did not allow the virus to my machine, which was good.

Looking great now, no warnings or alerts for the last 7 hours here.

-dj
 
I recommend the following after a clean install of Windows 7:

1. Run windows update until there are no more updates available.
2. Install Avast free edition. Update it.
3. Install Mozilla Firefox
4. Install Adblock Plus firefox plugin
5. Install NoScript firefox plugin.
6. Use windows->features->turn windows features on/off to turn off/uninstall IE (internet explorer).

This along with some common sense has kept me virus free for years now.

NoScript can be a pain, as it disables javascript by default for any site you go to but you can easily allow it for sites you visit frequently.

Put yourself in the position of the virus author, nobody is dumb enough anymore to open attachments in email. So you develop websites with trojan javascript code as your virus delivery method. NoScript blocks this by default.

Nothing is free on the internet, except viruses. :-)
 
would like some comment from AZ mods

I am still getting the audible alert along with the popup message which states:

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors."

Having never dealt with this before, I'm wondering if:

a. Does this have something to do with az being down yesterday for their host server change?

b. Is anything being done to try to correct this?

c. Is there any higher risk than usual to our computers from coming on here?

Best,
Brian kc
 
In the beginning, Norton used to be the contender. It ended up being more bloat ware than anything else. I don't like pushy programs. I tell the soft ware what to do, it doesn't tell me whats happening in my world.

Once I get a program being too pushy, its off like a Jewish fore skin.

Many better AVs out there than Norton these days.
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
I am still getting the audible alert along with the popup message which states:

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors."

Having never dealt with this before, I'm wondering if:

a. Does this have something to do with az being down yesterday for their host server change?

b. Is anything being done to try to correct this?

c. Is there any higher risk than usual to our computers from coming on here?

Best,
Brian kc
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To the best of my knowledge, security certificates are only necessary when you need to trust that you are connecting to secure site, as in https://xxxxxxx.

Do you see that message if you go to:

http://forums.azbilliards.com:80

Reason I ask is, if this is not a fresh install of windows, it might be possible that your DNS lookups are not being done properly and may be a remnant of the virus.
 
try a different browser?

Kickin' Chicken said:
I am still getting the audible alert along with the popup message which states:

"To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors."

Having never dealt with this before, I'm wondering if:

a. Does this have something to do with az being down yesterday for their host server change?

b. Is anything being done to try to correct this?

c. Is there any higher risk than usual to our computers from coming on here?

Best,
Brian kc
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Can you try a different browser, Firefox, Opera, Chrome etc., and report if you get the same type of notification?
 
I have not seen any pop up from my AV which is AVG. Is there any online scan I can run to see if the virus has attacked my pc ?? My PC seems sluggish.
 
8up said:
I have not seen any pop up from my AV which is AVG. Is there any online scan I can run to see if the virus has attacked my pc ?? My PC seems sluggish.
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Run the scan with AVG. If it's up to date it should be ok. Online scans often result in a lot of unwanted email/mallware/, etc. You might want to try the free version of Avast, Avira, etc. I hear that AVG is not what it was when I was using it quite a few years ago, now.
 
The Saw said:
Years ago I asked three IT friends for a recommendation for AV protection, all three without hesitation said Trend Micro and I've been using it ever since....

To all of you out there using Norton, know this.... All 3 IT guys said it's poor as an AV and it is slowing your machine down big time.
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Come on! Anybody who knows anything knows that Trend Micro SUCKS bigtime! I did use it for a while. It doesn't catch anything and its heuristic virus catching techniques are practically non-existent. All you have to do is read PC Magazine, PC World, and other magazines.

Maybe 3 years ago Norton was slowing down your system, but not today as they have fixed the problem. Norton 360 is the best product out there.

I also think this problem is a false positive reading. This is very common among all anit-virus products when coming out with a new version. I suggest that Mike Howerton call Kapersky and have them check it out.
 
Mr Hoppe said:
I couldn't find the HEUR trojan script in the Symantec Threat Explorer.
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"HEUR.trojanscript..." is a title and detection that is unique to the vendor that wrote it, the naming is not based on any industry standard; it's the nature of how heruistic detections are developed.

So Microsoft, Symantec, McAfee, or other vendor may have a similar detection, but each would definitely have it's own vendor assigned title. On top of that, each vendors detection would also behave differently and would most likely to be looking for different information to trigger a detection on.

Titles can even vary with traditional threat detections (dedicated detections for virus, trojan, etc...) which tend to have standardized names, or family names. Many times there are multiple names in the industry for the same threat, so two vendors may have different names for the same threat or family of threats, yet they are both legit.

Even for sombody in the industry it's hard to keep track sometimes. To remedy the discrepency they usually try to put all the applicable names in the online threat write-ups, but that wouldn't apply to heuristic write-ups generally.

It sucks, I know.
 
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