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Oh dag, I mighta got virused
Peter Principle
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I made a post to the computer security thread, but I think this is important enough I should make one here, too.
A web forum I frequent was the subject of an attack, infecting a server that had gone unpached. The program used to attack the server was apparently the Eleonore browser exploit kit. I got an error logging on to the forum, but I had just logged on earlier that day, and I thought it might have been a false alarm. Turns out it was not a false alarm at all.
I did a malwarebytes HD scan, avast! system scan and a "quick" trendmicro housecall scan of my system. Housecall quick came back negative. Still waiting on what MWB, avast! and a Housecall "full" scan have to say.
Is there a definitive way to tell if my system has been compromised? Like "If you have *this* file in *that* location on your computer of *thus* size, then you might be infected," or something similar?
A web forum I frequent was the subject of an attack, infecting a server that had gone unpached. The program used to attack the server was apparently the Eleonore browser exploit kit. I got an error logging on to the forum, but I had just logged on earlier that day, and I thought it might have been a false alarm. Turns out it was not a false alarm at all.
I did a malwarebytes HD scan, avast! system scan and a "quick" trendmicro housecall scan of my system. Housecall quick came back negative. Still waiting on what MWB, avast! and a Housecall "full" scan have to say.
Is there a definitive way to tell if my system has been compromised? Like "If you have *this* file in *that* location on your computer of *thus* size, then you might be infected," or something similar?
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your best bet might be to use run>msconfig to check your startup entries: if there are any odd looking files, or "system" executables located in your local document folders, there's probably trouble brewing
That being the case, it depends on how comfortable you feel with avast and trend micro. If you trust them enough (and I tend to) then just take the small risk and use their scanners, and believe what they tell you.
http://www.surfright.nl/en
Might catch things that malwarebytes et al. could miss.
It's lightweight, fast, and has cloud-style definition files.