tigisfat
July 21st, 2009, 23:54
I haven't been around for several days because I've been fighting several potent viruses stemming from (possibly) one rootkit called "rootkit.win32.agent.mih". Another popped up as "trojan.win32.TDSS.adzz". They limited my ability to use anti-virus software, search engines and killed my access to many websites including anti-virus websites. To compound my frustration, advertisements played randomly over my speakers. At this point, it looks as if I've quite possibly beat the infections with help from quite a few friends online, multiple utilities and the tech support line at Kaspersky Labs.
What's this got to do with you, you might be asking? Using another computer, I started reading up on these viruses and compiling a small library of information about them and how to combat them. More than half of the people I came across through regular search engine inquiries are fairly positive that they got them from flight simming websites. Being a man of absolutes, I won't venture that far, but I will say that I don't visit very many websites and I don't really download anything anymore unless it's FSX freeware. This, coupled with the fact that many flightsim sites that have had battles with hackers and infections lately has me troubled.
I've got to give this waiver: I'm about an intermediate computer user. I'm sure I don't know half as much as some of you developers, artists and programmers here, so please go easy on me if I've said things or suggested things that don't make sense.
Is it possible that our hobby is being specifically targeted and attacked? Could I have recieved malware from this or other flightsimming websites simply through visiting? I know that the many administrators go to graet lengths to maintain sanitary libraries, so I don't think I'm getting malware that way.
What's this got to do with you, you might be asking? Using another computer, I started reading up on these viruses and compiling a small library of information about them and how to combat them. More than half of the people I came across through regular search engine inquiries are fairly positive that they got them from flight simming websites. Being a man of absolutes, I won't venture that far, but I will say that I don't visit very many websites and I don't really download anything anymore unless it's FSX freeware. This, coupled with the fact that many flightsim sites that have had battles with hackers and infections lately has me troubled.
I've got to give this waiver: I'm about an intermediate computer user. I'm sure I don't know half as much as some of you developers, artists and programmers here, so please go easy on me if I've said things or suggested things that don't make sense.
Is it possible that our hobby is being specifically targeted and attacked? Could I have recieved malware from this or other flightsimming websites simply through visiting? I know that the many administrators go to graet lengths to maintain sanitary libraries, so I don't think I'm getting malware that way.