Autopia.org bad for you?

That site has been way to slow for me since the update, I feel no need to return.
 
gewb said:
What operating system are you using (name and version)?

OK, you said you located the EXE file - write down the exact path to the file and the file name. If you don't know how to find the path, just ask and we'll help.

Download and burn the Lucid Puppy 5.1 Linux ISO to a CD or DVD. This is a live OS - set your BIOS to boot from CD/DVD first.

Boot up Puppy Linux. Mount you hard drive. Using the file manager navigate to the EXE file then delete it. If this doesn't make sense, just ask and we'll help (it is very easy to do).

Remove the Puppy Linux CD and reboot. The EXE is gone so it can't run.

Try to get into Task Manager and see if anything is there. Run your AV checks. If necessary you can try a previous restore point (if you have a recent one).

Regards,
GEWB
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Getting rid of the .exe file more than likely will not for sure get rid of the virus.

A few years ago that might have worked if you were lucky, but as of now, viruses and malware are allot more advanced, and will usually install helper files (more than one, and sometimes two or three) that will replicate the infection as a different name .exe file, or a file that is not an .exe file that will behave like one!

Anyone who thinks they may be infected, do yourself a favor and visit the link in my first post.

I promise, you wont be sorry.
 
Well, things seem to be going from bad to worse. davidc started this thread 4 days ago with the Google analysis, and comparing today's analysis with the original I find the following:

Number of pages infected out of those tested has increased from <25% to over 50%
Up from 7 to 8 scripting exploits
Up from 7 to 8 trojans
Up from 5 to 6 exploits
Malicious software now hosted on 8 instead of 7 domains
Now autopia.org appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of one other site where it hadn't before
 
I saw a post by Tunch on the forum today. He said they were working on getting things resolved and are going to criminally prosecute the identified hacker.
 
oh man i just went on there and its a mess my viris blocker said its full of threats.
 
Pats300zx said:
I saw a post by Tunch on the forum today. He said they were working on getting things resolved and are going to criminally prosecute the identified hacker.
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Well, that's good news...what a juicy news story that will turn out to be if the hacker turns out to be some disgruntled member! And I wonder if it will turn out to be the same party responsible for the DoS attacks. Anyway, thanks for the update, Pat!
 
Pats300zx said:
I saw a post by Tunch on the forum today. He said they were working on getting things resolved and are going to criminally prosecute the identified hacker.
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thats if they can locate the person. isnt that hard to do?
 
What used to be the #1 detailing site.

That place has gone down the toilet.
 
That bug took over my PC even Kaspersky didn't help but,saved my data and format my pc
 
....what I don't understand is since they obviously know about the problem, then why don't they take the site/server down until it is fixed?
 
Kean said:
....what I don't understand is since they obviously know about the problem, then why don't they take the site/server down until it is fixed?
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That my friend, is the $64 question, but if you scroll back a few pages you'll see that Media Temple has about 20% of their hosted sites spewing malware...how do you figure that one?
 
rjom said:
Thank you. I am running XP.

Do you have a link to the Lucid Puppy 5.1 Linux ISO. I will also attempt a search. I have the location of the file.

What do you mean when you say "Mount the hard drive?"
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Download site:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.1/lupu-510.iso

Mounting a device makes it available for use. The OS will see it but it is not available for use (read or write) unless it is mounted. You'll see the drive listed at the bottom of the desktop but you need to mount it before you can do anything with it.

Others have posted that this virus may have loaded others so that one EXE may not be all of the story.

Regards,
GEWB
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That my friend, is the $64 question, but if you scroll back a few pages you'll see that Media Temple has about 20% of their hosted sites spewing malware...how do you figure that one?
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....yeah, I saw that. Pretty unbelievable eh? ....and pretty disappointing as well.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That my friend, is the $64 question, but if you scroll back a few pages you'll see that Media Temple has about 20% of their hosted sites spewing malware...how do you figure that one?
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The host I suggested they use is spewing about a 0.05% malware rate.... instead they went a completely different direction and bought at MediaTemple.


Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for AS3595 (GNAXNET)


And just as a comparison: Akamai's hosting:

Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for AS3595 (GNAXNET)

A .00055% Malware rate. 170,000 sites, 95 sites with malware detected.
 
Mindflux said:
The host I suggested...
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Well, as I said to my father when I was a teenager...sometimes you have to learn from your own mistakes (as much as he wanted me to learn from his...which I eventually did--thanks, Dad!)
 
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