Questions tagged [virus]
A computer virus is a program or piece of code that tends to be malicious and is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
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How might an email do damage merely by being opened?
E.g. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094982/Threat-new-virus-infected-emails-PC-DONT-open-attachments.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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Is there a tool that puts on a webserver some .html or .php files filled with popular malware like java drive-bys or other browser exploit payloads? [closed]
As mentioned in the title I'm looking for a tool that puts on a webserver some .html or .php files filled with popular malware like java drive-bys or other browser exploit payloads? Maybe there is ...
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Can a website infect a computer without the user's assistance? [duplicate]
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Can you get virus just by visiting a website in chrome
I have a hard time believing that drive-by downloads can actually happen without a user's assistance (e.g. without the ...
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Cleaning pendrive without infecting
I'm using Ubuntu without ever (knowingly) having had any virus issues.
Recently I put a usb pen in a computer in a print shop, and their Windows machine told me that it was infected. I would like to ...
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Is it possible for a virus or unknown program to automatically start up a webcam
How can I secure my computer more, knowing these days that there are many websites, especially ones where you don't have to even click before a virus is downloaded straight to your hard-drive.
I ...
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ltd.exe, "Vista Antivirus Security 2012", any info?
I was taking a look at someone's computer who had a virus. It called itself "Visa Antivirus Security 2012". It turned out to be ltd.exe. It would seemingly randomly block programs, it turns out it had ...
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Online virus scanning service with remote file submission?
I have some links that contain hacking tool and whatnot and I want to pass them to a virus scanning service. The thing is that I don't want to download them to my pc and upload them to their service, ...
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Is Teredo in my router a back door?
I use the school computer, which I bought from school, administered by the IT-department. I opened a port to my computer when I stumbled upon this:
It points to my computer IP. (I have a static IP ...
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Iframe hack / done through FTP?
On two websites which I host for a friend, I found that there is an iframe at the bottom of each site's index.htm file.
<iframe src="http://www.kunstsalen.dk" width=1 height=1
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What is Win32/Kryptik.FM?
ESET detected this trojan, but I cannot find any information on the Internet on what it is. Google is only returning links on how to remove it, or what files have been detected to contain it.
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how to protect my USB stick from Viruses
I repair a lot of computers with viruses, malware, and what not, and I have one problem that I am struggling to find a solution for. Whenever I connect my USB stick that has the tools I need for the ...
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How is a worm different from a virus?
In spite of various online articles, I'm a bit unclear on the distinction between a "worm" and a "virus".
Two related questions--
Is there a useful and clear distinction here or no? If so, what is ...
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Firewall says that a program that I'm developing is trying to connect to the Internet
I'm seriously confused about this, since the program is entirely developed by myself and has no means/functionality to connect to any network/the internet whatsoever.
I'm a software engineer but not ...
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Mac sending hundreds of packets to gateway
I've got a user on my work network who brings her personal laptop (macbook) in for work. They've been having some horrendously slow network issues on everything past that hub, so I did some packet ...
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How effective is something like Deep Freeze against boot sector infections?
I work for an embedded system manufacturer and on our older generation systems, which are powered by Windows Embedded, a number of customers have been experiencing virus infections. Due to the real ...
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Finding an up to date website with detailed information on viruses
Is there a website with the ability to search through viruses that will return detailed information on them? I can't seem to find one and I'm tired of only getting forums when I search for a specific ...
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What is the purpose of EICAR?
For as long as can remember, EICAR has been used to test for the presence of Antivirus systems in email, the file system, or other places.
Sometimes the AV solution is so far out of date, that its ...
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What file formats are known to be unsafe?
I recently found out pdf's can contain viruses, and from the impression I got its more than a buffer overflow error (I heard it may visit urls automatically but the person sounded unsure)
What are ...
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Am I protected from USB autorun malware on Windows 7?
As far as I know, the autorun.inf problem (the possibility of automatically executing code when a USB stick is plugged in) was solved through Windows Updates for XP, and on 7 it is no longer possible ...
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How do I ensure that my computer is 100% worm-free?
Ok say I have a brand new laptop that was is brand new.
Is it true to say that as long as I keep the bluetooth turned off, and I am not connected to the internet, and only copy files that are 100% ...
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How to inject executable, malicious code into PDF, JPEG, MP3, etc.?
I wanted to know if its generally possible to inject executable code into files like PDFs or JPEGs etc., or must there be some kind of security hole in the application?
And if so, how would one do ...
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How does the predator network prevent outside control by an attacker?
I read several articles saying some of the command and control fleet for the US robotic attack planes may have been infected with a virus.
Does this command and control system communicate with the ...
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What implications does IPv6 have for internet worms and script kiddies?
Though IPv6 is not here yet it one day we will all lose our familiar IPv4 addresses and be communicating over the internet solely with IPv6 addresses.
What interests me is the implications this has ...
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Virus detection with Process Explorer
Can Process Explorer ( Windows apparently) detect a virus? Is it even possible?
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Can viruses actually inject their code in other processes?
Can a virus really inject its own code into a process so it stays on your computer permantly? The only way to actually remove it is to reinstall your OS. My question is how can it do that without ...
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What is a Flash drive by download?
I've seen many people saying how some sites can infect your computer without actually clicking anything. They said that it was a "Flash Drive By" and it would use flash to download a file of any kind. ...
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How safe are copies of Firefox that are on various Mozilla mirror sites?
If I end up downloading a .dmg or .exe (depending on OS) installer from some mirror site, how can I be sure that a virus or trojan or spyware has not been added?
I don't see any mechanism for ...
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Security issues with allowing Dropbox installations on client PC's in our organisation
Does anyone know if there is any good reasons not to allow Dropbox installations on our client PC's? All the PC's have antivirus installed and running. I know it is an additional attack vector to ...
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Viruses on video cards?
Steve Gibson of Security Now fame claims that viruses can attack a video card and infect it. I assume that he means it can infect the Video BIOS. However I'm skeptical. BIOSes are so numerous and ...
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Statistics on purposes of viruses/malware
Are there any resources that analyze the purpose or goal or the major viruses/malware out in the wild today? For example, what percentage are used to construct botnets (for DDoS or something else)? ...
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Why do malware creators use such clever technologies for such silly purposes?
Some days ago I got infected by a malware, probably something new and very clever, as it went in unstopped and no scanning tool was able to detect it afterwards (see this question).
It was a two-...
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What is preventing the widespread common use of MAC-type systems?
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What is preventing the uptake of MAC systems such as SELinux/AppArmor in corporate and desktop computing environments?
Why don't you think it isn't already widespread?
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Detection and analysis of unknown malware
Suppose I have a binary which is suspicious. How can I determine whether it is malicious, and if it is, reverse-engineer how it works and what it does? For example, maybe using static analysis?
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What malicious things can happen when clicking on links in email?
I've received a spam from one of my friends (well I'm sure he didn't send it). so there's this link, and i'd thought what exactly would be the implications of clicking the link (i've not clicked it ...
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What steps can I take to identify what type of compromise of my computer has occured
I got involved in a strange scenario today :-) . Some 'UDPAgent.exe' file/worm/virus was trying to access my collegue's system and the antivirum program was showing that this particular thing is ...
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Where can I find some "real time" discussion forums for security issues? [closed]
The place where I work was hit by the new Qakbot variant (3rd generation) a couple of days ago and it has been brutal. Unfortunately a lot of the documentation out there is from the 1st iteration of ...
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Can anyone give me more info on this sketchy url I recently visited, is it an attack site?
My girlfriend was browsing images on google when suddenly her browser redirected to this url:
defender-iies.co.cc/scan3/167
The site seemed to be posing as an anti virus, saying your computer is at ...
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Is disabling auto-run enough to protect against malicious code from removable media automatically infecting a machine?
If I block auto-run on a windows machine, is this enough to protect it from malicious code (assuming I don't run any files manually)?
Or are there known vulnerabilities that may cause infection?
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How can I prevent viruses/malware from infecting my flash drive?
I've a pen drive that I carry to the college lab . It seems all the systems in lab is infected. I need to be able to write to the drive, so I can't simply write protect it.
Everytime I insert a ...
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Some good resources on viruses/worms?
I am searching good info on sophisticated viruses/worms. One example would be STUXNET and the very good analysis made by folks from Symantec. Any ideas?
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Malware nomenclature
If there a generally agreed upon naming convention for types of malware/virus? For example, are there agreed upon terms for virus, trojan, worm and the like?
If one exists could someone explain it or ...
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What is the corrupted image vulnerability? How does it work?
What exactly happens when someone injects malicious binary code into an image file (on Windows)? How is that done?
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How does a crypter for bypassing antivirus detection work?
I am talking about crypters used to encrypt files like viruses and keyloggers for the sole purpose of bypassing antivirus detection. How do they work?
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Recently had a virus, can I use backed up files on clean system?
I had to reinstall my OS (windows) recently due to a virus. I backed up my source files onto a flash drive. How can I get to those files without problems? I know flash drives can have nasty things in ...
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