Sprout Daily is rolling in a leisurely northern direction en route to the Noosa Festival of Surfing. It's a celebration of most things surfing and attracts some of the biggest names in the sport and we're looking forward to getting amongst friends. And; if the surf really fires, well, you've got a recipe for epic-ness that'll reverberate worldwide. If you're not going to join in Queensland us follow the action here or take a look at the event website. There's plenty of coast between Manly and Noosa and we'll be trying to stick our heads in and taking a look a few of the more classic set-ups. This morning we're at Crescent Head, one of the original stops off the Pacific Hwy. There were some fun little peelers early but the Nor-East trades have made a mess of it now. Robin Kegal and fellow Gato Herio's were all over it like cats in the alley. Onward. Northward.
I've never seen this before on my netbook, so I immediately decided to run scans and make sure I wasn't infected with anything. I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware first and I did that in safe mode. The scan came up clean.
I don't download anything suspicious ever and I'm very careful on websites as well as keeping my pc up to date with Windows updates, browser updates, plugin checks etc.... I use Microsoft Security Essentials for my antivirus. I also keep up to date and use regularly Malwarebytes Anti-Malware & Spyware Blaster. I also have Outpost Free Firewall as well. All the scans I did came up clean with no infections of any kind found. But, I figure, better safe than sorry This netbook is running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 and I was not experiencing any problems before this popped up. I did however recently do a defrag on the C drive though.
I have completed several scans and have results for inspection. I know you all are busy here and will check my logs just as soon as you can. So, I'll take my place in line and await any further instruction. I've been a member here for quite some time & know the drill
I then ran DDS, here is the text log for that: (the attach.txt doc is attached here as well) attach.txt 22.77KB 172 downloads
Additionally, I ran 3 online scans as well. I ran Bit Defender which came up clean. Then I ran ESET, again, clean. And third I ran Kaspersky full scan. Once again, clean of infections. No Malware found. It did mention 1 system protection vulnerability, which was antivirus but I believe that was because I turned off MSE while I ran the scan. It also said there were 5 vulnerabilities, but I don't know what they were exactly because I didn't get details. It also said 11 "other issues" but again, I wasn't able to get details of what it was. When I clicked on it all it did was take me to a page to purchase one of Kaspersky's 3 products.
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Glad to know I have no obvious malware, that's a relief. No, I have not had that message pop again after that first initial one. I clicked "close message" on it and I think it sent an error report and it's never come up again.
I already did one ESET scan right before posting my initial message, but will go ahead and follow your instructions and scan again.
Also, I updated my Java right after my initial post here when I noticed it was out of date. I am running Java version 7, update 7, which I believe is the latest?? I did go into add/remove programs anyway, but didn't have any J2SE Runtime Environment to remove.
My netbook appears to be running fine without any notable problems. I guess I'm still curious why I got that DEP screen pop up in the first place. ??
Important: You need to uninstall the obsolete Java version Java 6 update 31. Old versions present on your PC are a vulnerability.
Will implement the tdsskiller today after work. I have removed the old java update. Keep you posted, thanks!
I'm hoping "adequately protected" means well protected?? I did learn the hard way a few computers back, so I'm now much more aware of what to do and not do online and how to keep things up to date and less vulnerable. And, of course whenever I'm in doubt, I come here
No problem there, mine is set to auto update, plus I do check periodically myself. I also keep Firefox up to date and after any updates to FF I follow up with a FF Plugin Check as well.
I have read about these before, and I'm very wary of them. I usually come in here to read up on threads that others post about possible threats or known rogue programs. I think I've actually been to the site you listed for system lookup, I believe I have it bookmarked.
Oh, this I know all too well unfortunately! That is what happened to this very netbook about a month after I got it!! That was about 3, maybe 4 years ago. I came here immediately and received help and eventually a clean bill of health. Ever since then, I'm very cautious and careful.
If I may ask you since you've been so kind to help me out with this. I had the Kaspersky Security Scan run and mentioned it before to you here. Well, it ran again and I was greeted this morning with this screen shot below. I'm not terribly concerned about what the vulnerabilities it found are, but I can't get it to tell me what the details are! So this is more frustrating then anything!! If I click the 'details' button, I get an hour glass for a split second and nothing pops up, or does anything. If I click 'Fix Now' all that does is take me to a page where I can decide which of their 3 products to purchase. All I want to do is SEE what 'other issues' and 'vulnerabilities' are. Any suggestions??
That security scan seems like a nuisance designed to get you to buy a Kaspersky product, and you do not need it.
Optional suggestion: Avast is much more powerful protection than Microsoft Security Essentials - it has 8 real time shields and very frequent automatic updates.
I will go and uninstall that Kaspersky nuisance and uninstall MSE and go get AVAST then. Weird, I thought I had got MSE because I had read on here somewhere that it was the best. But, I will take your word T
Is Outpost Free Firewall still a good firewall to have?? I get annoyed by all the pop ups asking me if I should allow something or block it all the time. I mean, I know it's a good thing to have a firewall monitor such things and all, but it gets annoying at times. Seems every time there's an update to FF plugins or updates to other things, I have to read the smart adviser with Outpost and either allow it or block or select auto learn. Any advice for firewall protection?? Or, should I get the pay version of AVast Internet Security, or Pro Version, they're both on sale. Do you buy them one time, or do you have to pay year after year?
Outpost Firewall is a good one; it hasn't been updated since 2009 but there is little reason to modify a firewall.
However if you choose to install Avast it has firewall-like protection against malware and you could get by with just the Win XP firewall. The usual criticism of the Win XP firewall is that it doesn't guard against outgoing internet activity but Avast pretty much takes care of that.
I should warn you, though, that Avast will pop up every time you run something for the first time - but it remembers your decision.
There is nothing wrong with MSE. The three excellent free antivirus we recommend are Avast, Avira, and MSE. I personally use Avast and that's why I made the suggestion. I happen to like being asked if new programs are OK. You could give Avast a try and see if it suits you - not everyone likes it.
So, if I give AVAST a go, then I wouldn't keep Outpost then?? Just checking to be sure before I do anything
That's optional and up to you. If you like it, then keep it. If it continues to annoy you, remove it and enable the XP firewall.