Fuck Windows

conjamuk

conjamuk

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I have been getting captcha prompted for normal searches in Google which means I have been infected by some 0 day bullshit that wont be detected for months. Scan picks up nothing. If you're getting captcha promted format and change all your passwords.

Second Flash Player zero-day exploit found in Hacking Team's data | PCWorld
The exploit was quickly adopted by cybercriminals and was integrated into commercial exploit kits before Adobe released a patch for it. Exploit kits are malicious tools used in large-scale attacks launched through compromised websites or malicious advertisements.
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conjamuk said:
I have been getting captcha prompted for normal searches in Google which means I have been infected by some 0 day bullshit that wont be detected for months. Scan picks up nothing. If you're getting captcha promted format and change all your passwords.

Second Flash Player zero-day exploit found in Hacking Team's data | PCWorld
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It's hardly "zero day" if it happened 12 days ago, and Flash plugins were all updated again on the 14th. Firefox also disabled Flash unless you give it specific permission to run. Also what does Windows have to do with anything? Shouldn't your title say "Fuck Flash"? After all...

"According to researchers from Trend Micro, the new exploit affects the latest versions of Flash Player on Windows, Mac and Linux and can be easily adapted to execute a malicious payload, like a malware program."

You understand that the exploit is specific to Flash Player right? An attacker still needs to actually deliver and execute a malware payload that your AV should pick up if it's not some free off the shelf bullshit like AVG. I would recommend Kaspersky.
 
Fatbat said:
It's hardly "zero day" if it happened 12 days ago, and Flash plugins were all updated again on the 14th. Firefox also disabled Flash unless you give it specific permission to run. Also what does Windows have to do with anything? Shouldn't your title say "Fuck Flash"? After all...

"According to researchers from Trend Micro, the new exploit affects the latest versions of Flash Player on Windows, Mac and Linux and can be easily adapted to execute a malicious payload, like a malware program."

You understand that the exploit is specific to Flash Player right? An attacker still needs to actually deliver and execute a malware payload that your AV should pick up if it's not some free off the shelf bullshit like AVG. I would recommend Kaspersky.
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After looking at the network logs my machine is definitely being used as a zombie.
What happens is the zombie machines are rented out and used for ddos attacks, mining ect. All cc data is logged and sold. This kind of malware is like the zeus botnet it won't be detected if its constantly updated by the botnet controller. i was probably infected before it was patched and who knows how many exploits are are currently unknown and being used right now. The only reason this was found was the italian hackers got hacked.
 
conjamuk said:
After looking at the network logs my machine is definitely being used as a zombie.
What happens is the zombie machines are rented out and used for ddos attacks, mining ect. All cc data is logged and sold. This kind of malware is like the zeus botnet it won't be detected if its constantly updated by the botnet controller. i was probably infected before it was patched and who knows how many exploits are are currently unknown and being used right now. The only reason this was found was the italian hackers got hacked.
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Wipe your HD and start fresh. Don't wait or rely on patches or your AV, period.

While you're at it, I'd recommend moving from Windows to Linux or *nix, even if Windows doesn't have anything to do with this particular issue. I'm not here to start another anti-Windows thread, but, I mean... c'mon... fuck Windows....

Don't install Flash, and uninstall it from your other devices. I have a Chrome install on my main machine because it's my sole way to play Flash content (for those rare times when content I want can't be accessed conveniently any other way), and even then the Flash plugin is disabled by default.
 
I got the captcha bs too yesterday, don't understand whats going on, just tell me if I need to change my pass or not?
 
Only time i've got a virus after hitting puberty was because of outdated flash. Never installed it since. Anytime I do need to use it, i just use chrome since it has it built in and up to date.

seriously, fuck flash.
 
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