maliciuos malware

[strident]

As somewhat of a computer novice I was hoping someone like Elo, who posts here, or some other computer afficionado might lend their expertise to a situation that is bugging me. I like to visit cam4 due to all the hot looking trannys there.Unfortunately, the site is notorious for their malicious malware which is infecting my computer. I have norton anti-virus and run AD-AWARE lavasoft. I also just installed Spybot which I will be running periodically. Are their any other useful free programs which I should be running to help me prevent and/or clean-up this malware infection whenever I frequent cam4. Please don't tell me to avoid going there because I am hooked on all the hotties who show there. Thank you for any info or advice that might be forthcoming.

[Niccolo]

Maybe visit it via a VPN?

[runround04]

Maleware bytes is great, I got the same virus twice, local shop charged me almost $200 to clean that shit out. The third time it snuck in, i download maleware bytes to a thumbdrive on the other PC and loaded it into the infected one, ran it and fixed me right up.

[Jericho]

norton anti-virus
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Give a prog called Malawarebytes a try.

[sunairco]

Make sure you have Spybot running in resident mode in the background checking for any attempts to make changes to the registry. You may also want to secure your firewall to only trusted applications accessing the net and check it on one of the wesites that does port scans for any unsecured ports that inbound traffic can exploit. In your security settings, disable or set to prompt your active scripting and active x controls as well. You might find that the website may not work if you do this, but it's worth a try for an extra added layer of security.

Nother thing. If you get hit with a scareware or what may look like a legitimate windows prompt during a session, don't select anything. Do a control +alt+delete and shut down the browser and restart.

[sunairco]

Malwarebytes is a great program for cleaning up after a problem, but unless you buy the full version, there is no active protection. Another great post problem tool is Combofix if you end up with something that installs a root kit, but again, for damage control.

[kukm4]

Are you using Firefox?

[Bigguy]

I noticed the problems from cam4 a while back, seems to have been coming from an advertising site that they use. The use a javascript right from there, so technically the advertizing site could change it and run malicious stuff on your computer.

I block this on my firewall: adspaces.ero-advertising.com
If you edit your hosts file, typically c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, you can add this line and it will also block it:

127.0.0.1 adspaces.ero-advertising.com

If you are on Windows 7 then you may need to run your text editor as an administrator.

[clonmult]

Are you using Firefox?

I'd hope the OP is running Firefox rather than IE.

If so, then the best advice to to install a couple of almost mandatory plugins - adblock plus first, and then noscript.

I've been running windows 7, with MSE for AV protection, periodic scans with Spybot and Malwarebytes, and with noscript as well I've (so far) had absolutely no problems.

Noscript can be awkward though - you've got to explicitly enable it for specific sites, and I'd only tend to recommend it for someone with a little more patience ....

Another alternative thats been used with fantastic results for my partner is replacing Windows with Ubuntu - no A/V required, its now been running for 12+ months with no problems at all (other than it being a tired older/low spec laptop).

[kukm4]

yeah, I was going to recommend No Script, had a few images/guide but was holding off
incase OP is not FF.

[Blazr63]

Emsisoft Anti-Malware is another excellent free spyware/malware remover. Used to be called a-squared. You can get it from download.com.

[kukm4]

sorry for large files.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/kukm4/No%20script/ff001.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/kukm4/No%20script/ff002.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/kukm4/No%20script/ff003.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/kukm4/No%20script/ff004.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/kukm4/No%20script/ff005.jpg

[Nautica]

Yes. Cam4 can be VISCIOUS!!!!!!!

Avast BEATS Malwarebytes and Spybot Search. Though, I have all 3 installed.

Download the free Avast at avast . com as it will, more than likely, be your best bet vs. Malwarebytes and Spybot Search

[GrimFusion]

Personally, I use ClamWin antivirus.
Up to date definitions and scan scheduling, and it only takes up about 30MB of drive space and 18Kb of RAM. The downside is that it doesn't offer "active" protection, so a scan is necessary once a week.

I have to rally behind Spybot and Malwarebytes as best free antispyware apps. Malwarebytes works well on most infections, and Spybot: Search & Destroy provides a good, trusty backup, and because you can set the dude up for a boot-time scan, but it takes forever.

Furthermore, I think PeerBlock is a good idea. PeerBlock is a port blocker with customizable black and white lists and a community full of active contributors. It takes up 17Kb of RAM, so it's low profile, and it can work in the background blocking ads and port requests while you surf the net or pirate your heart out via P2P. It's not a firewall, but if you have a wireless router, you have a REAL firewall already.

I use FireFox because I think with a few add-ons, it's a pretty secure browser. I also enjoy customizing the hell out of it. Some people think it's too complicated, but those people suck. These are the security-related add-ons I run.

AdBlock Plus - AdBlock attempts to remove all in-page advertising by blocking their hosts. The stuff Firefox doesn't automatically block usually gets blocked by this with few exceptions.

QuickJava - Allows enabling and disabling of Java, Javascript, CSS, Flash, Silverlight, and all images. I use it for it's Java and Javascript disabling options, but I like it more than no-script because it doesn't attempt to block EVERYTHING and it's way easier to configure and switch on the fly.

Redirect Remover - I'll be honest. This one's mostly for porn browsing, but it "decodes" shady web-addresses so you know where you're being sent before you click a link. Have you ever been on a TGP, clicked a link you thought was going to take you to some hot shit, but been redirected to some ad-site? This will fix it... usually.

UserAgent Switcher - most sites which infect users try to avoid infecting google's site indexing bots. Those bots re-order the site's result in the google search index and can help to raise the site's page rank. Why not disguise yourself and browse the web as a google site indexing bot?

As far as antimalware liveCDs are concerned, I like F-Secure's because it'll update definitions from an active internet connection or you can load new definitions onto a flash drive and it can load them before it scans. With other liveCDs, the only way to stay current with updates is by downloading and burning another disc.