Browser Redirects

[David Kaye]

"Dell Christopher" <dellc99@aim.com> wrote:
>Would that also explain why the other programs I listed didn't see it
>either?

Very likely.

[smurf]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Dell Christopher" <dellc99@aim.com>
>
>> Would that also explain why the other programs I listed didn't see it
>> either?
>
> It is only an assumption that you may have a TDL3 RootKit.
>
> Have you used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

Malwarebytes is excellent, but its rootkit detection doesnt seem to hot,
combofix seems much better.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "smurf" <smurf@smurf.com>

| David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Dell Christopher" <dellc99@aim.com>

>>> Would that also explain why the other programs I listed didn't see it
>>> either?

>> It is only an assumption that you may have a TDL3 RootKit.

>> Have you used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
>> http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

| Malwarebytes is excellent, but its rootkit detection doesnt seem to hot,
| combofix seems much better.


I was waiting read something like that. It tells me you know NOTHING about both of them.
The person who wrote ComboFix is also on the software eng. team, of MBAM so what is in
ComboFix is incorporated into MBAM.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Dell Christopher]

FWIW, I think Malwarebytes is an excellent program and I use it regularly.
However, it has failed multiple times recently to detect this very problem
with browser redirects (yes, I'm using the updated Version 1.46 and always
updating first before scanning).

I don't claim to know everything about either program. I'm only reporting
actual results. I will still continue to use MWB, but I'm also very glad to
know ComboFix is available, too.


"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:i2eht9013ko@news4.newsguy.com...
> I was waiting read something like that. It tells me you know NOTHING
> about both of them.
> The person who wrote ComboFix is also on the software eng. team, of MBAM
> so what is in
> ComboFix is incorporated into MBAM.
>
> --
> Dave

[David Kaye]

"Dell Christopher" <dellc99@aim.com> wrote:

>FWIW, I think Malwarebytes is an excellent program and I use it regularly.
>However, it has failed multiple times recently to detect this very problem
>with browser redirects (yes, I'm using the updated Version 1.46 and always
>updating first before scanning).

That's been my experience as well, and I deal with this stuff daily.

[David Kaye]

ASCII <me2@privacy.net> wrote:

>When you say you "deal with this stuff daily" it makes me wonder
>what type of careless environment offers this level of chronic issues?

All different customers, well over 1000 by now. Once I get them fixed up I
either never hear from them again or I hear from folks they've recommended.

Once in a blue moon I'll hear from them again with a malware issue but it's
usually something really dumb they've done, such as falling for the fad of the
month, which lately is "registry cleaners" they've seen advertised on TV that
are really malware.

[smurf]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "smurf" <smurf@smurf.com>
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "Dell Christopher" <dellc99@aim.com>
>
>>>> Would that also explain why the other programs I listed didn't see
>>>> it either?
>
>>> It is only an assumption that you may have a TDL3 RootKit.
>
>>> Have you used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware ?
>>> http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
>
>> Malwarebytes is excellent, but its rootkit detection doesnt seem to
>> hot, combofix seems much better.
>
>
> I was waiting read something like that. It tells me you know NOTHING
> about both of them. The person who wrote ComboFix is also on the
> software eng. team, of MBAM so what is in ComboFix is incorporated
> into MBAM.

I have no beef against either of them, they are excellent, but rootkit
removal is better on combofix, thats just my daily experieince of them as a
user.

[Dustin]

sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote in
news:i2i8r1$d8b$3@news.eternal-september.org:

> ASCII <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>When you say you "deal with this stuff daily" it makes me wonder
>>what type of careless environment offers this level of chronic
>>issues?
>
> All different customers, well over 1000 by now. Once I get them
> fixed up I either never hear from them again or I hear from folks
> they've recommended.
>
> Once in a blue moon I'll hear from them again with a malware issue
> but it's usually something really dumb they've done, such as falling
> for the fad of the month, which lately is "registry cleaners"
> they've seen advertised on TV that are really malware.
>
>

Any of them sucked by the mycleanpc commercial so far? I thought
finallyfast was funny, but... this one has fixed the glitches in that
commercial.


--
"I like your Christ. I don't like your Christians. They are so unlike
your Christ." - author unknown.

[David Kaye]

Dustin <bughunter.dustin@gmail.com> wrote:

>Any of them sucked by the mycleanpc commercial so far? I thought
>finallyfast was funny, but... this one has fixed the glitches in that
>commercial.

Yeah, and MaxMySpeed.com and a bunch of others. Usually they're just
resellers of CyberDefender.

[David Kaye]

sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote:

>Once in a blue moon I'll hear from them again with a malware issue but it's
>usually something really dumb they've done, such as falling for the fad of the
>month, which lately is "registry cleaners" they've seen advertised on TV that
>are really malware.

Oh, and the other Big Thing is the "driver updater" program. Why people think
that they need driver updates for machines that are working perfectly well I
don't know, but I've had a bunch of those. I'm not sure that they "update"
any drivers at all, but they sure want you to spend a bunch of money to make
their nag screens go away.