if you rename said pics

Yes they do. Now delete all your files and clean your computer before it asplodes.

No. If you have half a brain you'd be able to tell if you were infected. It makes your computer behave strangely

>The sooner people do this, the sooner /b/ & /r9k/ will return.

Dont know if want.

are you really that fucking stupid?

>>21189524

define strange.

My internet connection is slow as fuck during most of the day, but it has always been like that LOL SOUTH AMERICA

>>21189490
It's just for the Great Indonesian Spam of '09.

>>21189524
Mine's been looking at me funny all week, I think it knows I was checking out another laptop.

No

Dont get rid of it, I want this shit to stay the fuck away

>>21189554
Just follow the damn link in the text and get the removal tool.

>>21189554
Does your computer run on linux?

>>21189554
Well I'm no virus expert, but I've had the virus mentioned, it made pop-ups appear on my pc and a bunch of other strange shit I can't remember. Not really related to internet speed

Moot's wording makes it look worse than it actually is. Its like swine flu panic.

>>21189607

The removal tool is a trojan

>>21189530
I want /b/ to come back, I miss /x/.

>>21189590

Well, it's that the case I think I am safe. No pop-ups plague mi pc.

Now one more time, llinked files are like rapishit and megaupload mright? not posted images right?

I still wanna collect moar K-ON pics.

>>21189590
>it made pop-ups appear on my pc and a bunch of other strange shit I can't remember.
I had this happen a couple times where I wasn't even on the internet. It's stopped since I did a couple virus scans but I often had virus alerts involving "vundo" and if I leave my computer on all day long and come home, there's 10 of these little alerts. My comp hasn't been acting strangely beside that, though.

I recently downloaded the vundo fix. Took well over an hour to complete but when it was done it said there was no Vundo crap found on my computer. I don't know if that means it was removed or it couldn't be located.

>>21189590
>Well I'm no virus expert, but I've had the virus mentioned

So basically you're a retard.

>>21189666
Pretty sure you can't get a virus from an image unless you rename the image to .exe or .js or something and run it

>>21189667
It's really hard to remove. None of the fixes I tried work, they either didn't detect it, or removed it and it came back. It definitely sounds like you have it. It's best to reinstall windows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vundo#Symptoms

>>21189698
downloaded a torrent of an application which had the virus attached

>>21189490
No.

>>21189622

No it's not.

>>The sooner people do this, the sooner /b/ & /r9k/ will return.

Where's the trojan so I can run it?

>>21189713
In windows it's most likely the user that runned a .exe file, though they had to run it themself.
Unless is a trojan through java and the likes, wich is highly unlikely in this situation.

>>21189793
>trojan through java

I suggest Malwarebytes if you suspect your computer is infected with something. It got rid of Virtumonde + Vundo easily for me before.

Plus it's free. Pic unrelated.

use combofix to remove, if that fails reformat

>>21189607

It is in fact the Swine Flu Trojan.

If you aren't wearing a mask while browsing you catch it.

Before you start running multiple instances of this trojan, go take a look at poor /x/.

/x/ doesn't deserve that. /x/ never did nothin' to nobody. Please let /b/ have their cage back.

Also, I miss /relationshit9k/

>>21189713
>sure you can't get a virus from an image

You must either be retarded or a fucking newfag..... to think that you can't get a virus from an image, 4chan and 7chan both had a short period where hackers kept uploading images with embedded viruses till moot made added the autoban filter.

>>21189977
Perhaps you should learn to read.
>unless you rename the image to .exe or .js or something and run it

>>21189844
WHAT

>>21189810

Please promise me that you will never ever go to /g/.

>>21189748
You should learn by this point that if you're going to download shit that has the slightest chance of being suspicious, you ought to run it through a virus scan before opening it.

my web browser has been screwy, so i might have it.

>>21190024
I don't bother with virus scanners. It's pretty easy not to get one if you know what you're doing. I was doing a quick reinstall and I was in a hurry

>>21189985
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=.jpg+virus&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=.jpg+virus&
fp=9XpCdJbaSz4

You don't have to rename anything, when 4chan was getting plagued with viruses the only way to get them was to save them to your computer and then open with an exploitable programs. You're probably a newfag so you don't know this but people used to embed files into images particularly e-books and shared them on 4chan, the reason why this stopped was because of the hackers uploaded virus loaded jpegs aimed at exploiting people who opened them in photoshop or windows viewer etc...

>>21189985
You have no idea what you are talking about do you? You can get viruses from .jpgs and mp3's.

>>21189524
Not all trojans make ads pop up randomly you fucktard.... most of them are for ddos or information stealing

>>21190262
The one mentioned in the update has popups, at least the version I had. The wikipedia entry states "Almost all varieties of Vundo feature some sort of pop-up advertising". Is it possible to discuss this without calling each other retards?

I don't know why but every time I run VundoFix, an error occurs when a certain file is reached, tried a couple of setting to get around that and nothing happens. Anybody know why this happens?

>>21190068

>It's pretty easy not to get one if you know what you're doing.
>I've been infected by this virus before

oh god i lol'd

I think the more important question here is: Can I still use /rs/ to catch up on old shit I should have read ages ago?

My computer was infected with a shitload of trojans and viruses a while ago. I've gotten rid of everything that directly interferes with the computer (Pop-ups, etc.), but chances are that some are still there.
The only major problem I have right now is that everything runs slow as fuck. I don't know if it's form this 4chan shit, or if it's a lingering piece of one of my previous infections. I don't mind being patient, so it doesn't really matter.
Just out of curiosity, though, has anybody else been having the same problem?

>>21190366
I was careless. In all my years of using computers I can count the number I've had on one hand

>>21190232

JPEG files are not executable, they are only data that is processed by the JPEG processor.
Though you can encode one into a picture or get a picture infected, as long as you don't change the file to something executable, nothing can happen.

>>21189820

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/comphelp/msg012131273651.html

> RE: How to get rid of Virtumonde.sci

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop. CLICK HERE***
Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
• Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
• If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
• Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Full Scan", then click Scan.
• The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.
• When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
• Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
• When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note)
• The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
• Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply.
Extra Note:
If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process,if asked to restart the computer,please do so immediately.

CLICK HERE***
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

>>21190468
I can too ZERO with NOD.

>>21190414
everybody has malware on their computer, if fucking symantec computers can get infected then odds are high that the average home user probably has several.

>>21190512
You wanna fucking medal? It's really no big deal. A few minutes later after reinstalling windows it's gone. I was just trying to help the guy out here.

>>21190506
You can append code into the file with a binder, when you run an application like adobe acrobat or photoshop to view the image the program views the exploitable code and gets tricked into running it, for mp3s the song can recommend you into downloading a malware ridden codex.

Pretty sure I'm not a carrier but if my comp could keep /b/ down I might let it stay infected.

>>21190192
> the reason why this stopped was because of the hackers uploaded virus loaded jpegs aimed at exploiting people who opened them in photoshop or windows viewer etc...

I'm pretty sure that those have a strict security setting, thus making it impossible to proprietary extensions to allow execution of code contained within the JPEG file.

>>21189617

moot would look hilarious in a political cartoon.

>>21189977
I thought moot did that because people were sharing embedded .rars full of CP.

Well let me just open up my scan history here on AVG, and oh, what do you know, 0/0 all the way done to when I first booted up the computer.

>>21190612
I'm not so knowledgeable, so I might be wrong when it comes to extention apps.
See >>21190682

Doesn't popular programs as PS have restrictions on extensions?

>>21190682
You have to save the image and then run it with photoshop .

Viewing the image by itself cannot give you the virus


I'm not going to bother arguing with you, go to irc and ask any mod why you can't upload e-books embedded into images anymore. Arguing with you is as pointless as arguing with a Christian despite all the evidence you just claim Hurr Durr its not possible, better yet go to any respectable security forum and ask about .jpg viruses because frankly from your posts it seems that you are nothing but an enterprise programmer who doesn't understand what an exploit is.

>>21190414
mine died.

So I ran that VundoFix but I hear others say that VundoFix is a virus itself. It didn't detect anything, but now I'm worried. Is VundoFix legit? Sorry, I'm just paranoid like this.

>>21190769
Hurf Durf

Security restrictions are bulletproof, thats why there are no such things as Trojans, silly me!

>>21190811
I'm not arguing, if you have facts than it's great, I've learned something new!
That's why I added the "I pretty sure", you never know if you are a 100% correct.

No need to take offence nor bash, I was just trying to help people to the best of my knowlege, wich obviously isn't up to date.

Do you have a site where I can read up on this?

if a popular program like PS or windows image viewer has an exploit that allows viruses embedded in jpgs to be run I imagine it would be fixed pretty quickly. Even that seems unlikely, loading an image is not a complex process

>>21189490

>Do linked files included posted pictures

That wouldn't count since there hasn't been a picture posted here worth downloading in years

>>21190769
Let me give you a trolling tip it is impossible to troll something effectively without understanding the subject matter. You should give up now, and come back later when your undergraduate degree finishes.

>>21190903
>>21190903
Try google
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=jpg+virus&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=jpg+virus&fp
=1
is 50 million hits good enough for you?

I just went to /g/, hardly being useful other than being OS fanboy bashing. Goddamn they're getting as bad as /v/.

I can feel moot's rage from here. Damn.

>>21190916
not if they torrented PS and can't get legit updates.

>>21191250
looked at google and it looks like a windows vunerability. i don't know what windows does, but why would photoshop be executing code when it's loading a jpeg?

>>21191303
That's why it's called an exploit.

>>21191303
Why would Firefox run code just from viewing plaintext? It shouldn't be possible right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

>>21191329
a jpeg file is just data. there's no reason that I know of why PS would be executing any code within the jpeg file so there really is no room for exploits. From what I briefly read the exploit was a problem with windows which has already been patched.

>>21191303
You're a woman aren't you? I can tell

>>21191376
XSS? Really? I would have gone with buffer overflows, as that's the basis of some XSS and a good number of exploits.

>>21191376
I'm talking about Photoshop, not Firefox.

>>21191399
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow

You get the right data in the right place in the jpeg and you can do anything.

>>21191405
I would love it if Matsuda-chan were a woman, but that's impossible, because women that share my taste in anime and metal do not exist.

Also, in my half a year of owning a non macintosh PC, I have had one piece on malware, and it was called "Windows Vista." I had to install a good antiviral program called "Ubuntu" to get rid of it.

Oh wow, Vundo?
Have fun with that.

>>21191468
Ahahah no, that is not how buffer overflows work at all. It needs to occur in executable code, which your jpg download has absolutely no rights/ability to access. It used to be a problem with C program but even now we have things like stack canaries that can guard against it.

>>21191483
> good
> Ubantu

>>21191468
Thanks. That's what I was interested in. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a conversation without calling each other retards and women?

>>21191399
>exploit was a problem with windows

God fucking dammit, myspace generation is really starting to piss me off

>>21191504
the PS bug was not buffer overflow so much as it was just shitty coding practices.

>>21191521
I've never been to myspace. Why don't you correct me instead of facepalming?

>>21191504
Wait, are you saying that buffer overflows are no longer an issue?

Really?

>>21191546
He's referring to Web 2.0 cancer.

>>21191571
No, I typed too fast, I didn't mean they're not an issue I just mean the techniques do exist to make them unusable. Buffer overflows cannot "do anything," that's bullshit, they're only effective if the code they're exploiting is poorly written. Google stack canaries or the general topic if you're interested.

Can only give a list of how you can get infected?

From knowledge, the obvious ones are/were:
- Renaming pictures and then running them (these were spammed a fuckload a few months back).
- Running exe files.

>>21191643
well I goddamn hope so. I'm not claiming to know things I don't, I'm asking people to explain how this works and I get people acting like elitist fags.

>>21191649
Oh yeah, I know that there are preventions, they're just not well known outside of the *nix world.

>>21191701
That's it.

>>21191701
You can get infected just by plugging your computer into the internet

i hope it spreads so /b/ can stay dead.

fuck that place.

>>21191741
Of course not, you are only claiming that everything is impossible and ignoring every reply. And we have all the right to act like Elitist fags because your questions are FUCKING RETARDED, and you have NO FUCKING CLUE HOW THE COMPUTERS work.

>>21191774
True dat. Last time I reinstalled Windows I decided to finish a torrent before setting up my firewall. My laziness earned me another reinstall about an hour later.

>>21191852
I never claimed anything was impossible. I'm reading every reply. I have every bit of a clue how computers work. Why does it make you so angry?

>>21191942
>I have every bit of a clue how computers work.

Really then why did you post
>>21191399
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>>21192009
Initially I was helping this guy with the virus then I was interested in this jpeg exploit. I do not know everything about computers and I'm sure you don't either. People should not be scorned for not knowing something and asking questions. If I make an assumption and it's wrong you should enlighten me instead of calling me a retard.

>>21192059
you seem to be new to this whole internet thing