Trojan warning on MMO-champ.

[Kulthor]

Probably ads... This is why I use adblock plus.

[Auxis]

I've got the exact same thin happening to me with Norton 360. Working fine before 7:30pm australian Perth time. When I got home from work, Norton started to pick it up.
Glad i'm not the only one getting this.

[Nelle]

Once again a reminder of why to use adblocker

[Deleted]

Why do people create Trojans? Like seriously, just to be assholes?

[Vyncent]

I got that once some months back and promptly got Adblocker on my web browser. Have not had any since. *Knock on Wood*

[Hetrofi]

Why do people create Trojans? Like seriously, just to be assholes?

The common theory is that the companies making antivirussoftware make them, in order to make their own product more valuable

[Zeelian]

Running Panda Pro 2011 AV and FW fully updated.

Combined with weekly scanns with Malwarebytes.

And ofc firefox with AddBlockPlus and NoScript , Flashblock won't do any good if have those 2 nowdays since tehy cover all of that already

[Deleted]

The common theory is that the companies making antivirussoftware make them, in order to make their own product more valuable

Thats not a common theory, it's a crackpot conspiracy theory.

[Auxis]

Thats not a common theory, it's a crackpot conspiracy theory.

And everyone who comes up with theories is a crackpot conspiror (i suck at pluralization >_>).

[xotrem]

I have Norton and not getting anything. On the aside, never was a huge Norton fan. It used to be horrible as did McAfee. Had some issues that AVG caught that the others kept missing. The only reason I started using Norton again was that it is free with Comcast, but it seems to have improved by leaps and bounds and have had pretty good luck with it.

[Blaze611]

NoScript is your friend.

[Beno113]

I'm sorry, but AVG is terrible. Norton is MUCH better. If you don't believe me, google it.



This is true. Back in the day if you talked about Norton, you were talking not about a virusscan, but a package you installed that literally kept track of EVERYTHING your pc did. With the limited power of systems back then, this was just... bad. It slowed down your computer massively.

Right now, Norton Antivirus is one of the leading corporate Antivirus packages, and with good reason.

It's Really. Really. Really Not

Just get McAfee Antivirus Plus

[xotrem]

If it is Trojan.Swifi then it may be a new version of it or a false flag. Here is some info on it. And yeah, it is in the ads, it is used in exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. And it's been around for a while now.

http://www.symantec.com/security_res...072317-0730-99

[Kalcheus]

There was an ad causing browser page hijacks (so you couldn't tell what ad it was for) for a couple weeks last month, those (thankfully) seem to have gone away.

[Frumpy Frumpy Frak]

If it's the ads I wouldn't know, I run noscript and adblocker so I haven't seen an ad on this site in years.

I'm sorry Bibi, but I'd rather not have to deal with the viruses your site can give me just to help fund it.

[phyrix]

It's Really. Really. Really Not

Just get McAfee Antivirus Plus

Lol.

McAfee is even worse.

I'm not talking detection wise, but the software package itself is a huge mess.

AVG and McAfee are coincidentally the only two packages in the last two years to identify a crucial system file as malware, delete it, and cause bluescreens on boot.

[xotrem]

The common theory is that the companies making antivirussoftware make them, in order to make their own product more valuable

While that sounds like a crackpot theory, there is some evidence that in some cases that has happened. The guy who serviced our network on my previous job mentioned a time when one of the companies released an emergency virus update to fix something that popped up earlier that day. The problem was it was released at like 4AM instead of 4PM and the virus supposedly "hit" at 9AM. Now that is just anecdotal evidence. But I have seen people get something that tells them they are infected and try to sell the program to protect them from it. Those aren't major security software companies, but I do believe it lends some credence to the belief that some smaller companies might do it. And though I have no evidence, I do believe that the Michaelangelo virus was made by a large company that I won't name because it would amount to slander. But that one virus made a lot of money for one company that sold fixes for it and it put virus scanners on the map.

Of course, I have no evidence of any of this, it is just a "feeling" that I have. Doesn't really mean anything.

[Mister K]

First.

Not me im afraid,

get rid of norton and get malware bytes + AVG.

Also, flashblocker is awesome,

You got the exact message?

AVG is terrible, if you really going for a free anti-virus I suggest Avira, Avast, Kaspersky. AVG tends to give ALOT of false positives ...

If you are using Firefox I strongly recommend installign NoScript and AdBlock+ as they are quite good programs.

Good programs to use every now and then:

TFC (temp. files cleaner, use it once in a while, or every reboot).
Avira Anti-Virus (if you cheap and don't have money to buy a full AV)
Malwarebytes Anti Male (bloody awesome, run every week or month)
RUBotted (great againts malware and bottnet detection)
SpyBot search & destroy (another great program strongly recommend it)

As well as browser plugins such as NoScript and AdBlock+ to keep you safe while browsing. Having your windows/osx and drivers updated to the latest firmware updates (can call it that right?) is a must. Also making sure your Java, Flash, Air is updated to the latest version is also VERY important.

[underdogba]

All these admonitions to use an adblocker create a free-rider problem, whereby you're using this site but undermining the way that this site is funded.

[Kuja]

Why do people create Trojans? Like seriously, just to be assholes?

Why not. They can steal all sorts of infomation, like credit card details and your wow login details or just to spy on what you are doing. People that create those make some huge money with them!