Can someone please explain!

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by ratchet, Oct 9, 2009.

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  1. ratchet

    ratchet Registered Member

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    So dozens of visitors to the rivals.com Penn State football board became infected with the Security Tool virus (not me!). Most, if not all, claim they had their anti-virus running and there doesn't seem to be any correlation as to any link they opened. How could that have happened?
     
  2. Fly

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    Many ways.

    Unpatched or vulnerable software, insecurely configured browsers, malicious scripts, absent signatures for the Security Total virus etc.
     
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  3. cqpreson

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    Maybe because of some browser's plug-ins.
     
  4. Victek

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    There's no way to know generally, but it's safe to say there were weaknesses in the security setups. You would have to look at each system to find the vulnerabilities. And keep in mind that the best software can be defeated if the user clicks Yes when he should have clicked No :)
     
  5. jmonge

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    that is why is always advisible to use a security combination of hips/behabiour blockers and sandbox type programs for just in case if clicking yes what ever files good or bad will land in the sandbox area:D my 2 bucks;)
     
  6. wat0114

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    1. Running as administrator?

    2. Clicking on yes?

    Because it's a rogue app and not actually a virus, so most avs aren't going to detect them? Just my guess.
     
  7. Franklin

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    Running as administrator here.

    Always clicking on yes here.

    install.exe - Result: 26/41 - TR/Scar.yka

    ST.JPG
     
  8. nosirrah

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    FYI currently in the wild :

    exploit -> iframe$ gang downloader -> vundo -> Security Tool and/or Windows Police Pro rogues , no clicking required .
     
  9. jmonge

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    MBAM will catch and stop it:)
     
  10. Fly

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    How many exploits are there ?
     
  11. nosirrah

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    That number likely changes by the minute . Acrobat and java are still the two I see exploited the most but anything web facing and out of date is just asking for trouble .
     
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    After download doesn't it still need manually executed to install?
     
  13. nosirrah

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    Only on vista or higher .
     
  14. acr1965

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    So just so we are clear, just visiting an infected site using XP (even limited user accout) will cause the rogue program to download, install and run with no user intervention?
     
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    Limited , not likely , but if your an admin on XP surfing like a fool will get you infected with no accepting anything required .
     
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    And if you are surfing as a limited user with a Software Restriction Policy enabled you will definately be OK. Remember "If it can't execute, it can't infect."
     
  17. Fly

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    Less easy for the Windows XP Home Editions.
     
  18. Fly

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    Acrobat and java are two pieces of software.

    Do you have an actual NUMBER of current exploits, taking into account that it varies ? 50, 5000 ?
     
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  20. ratchet

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    Thank you for the explanation! I guess my next question would be how was this "placed" on that website and why don't websites have their own security to prevent such a hacks? Thank You!
     
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