Has CNET download site been comprised?

[Kim Wilson]

I have downloaded LavaSoft Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor from the CNET
download site. In all cases, I started to get notices of attempted
communications right after they were installed and before they were run.
One computer had NIS 2008, and right after the download, reported
Trojan.Zonebac, Spyware.Spector and Spyware.Eblaster. These were never
detected or tried communicating until Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor
were loaded and installed. Though the trojans and what it is finding is
different, installing on other computers have had the same results of
instantly seeing stopped communications and trojans. Thoughts?

Here are the links that were used:

Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html

http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10743107.html

Ad-Aware .

http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php

http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10747652.html

Belarc-Advisor

http://www.download.com/Belarc-Advis...ml?tag=lst-0-1

[bojimbo26one@aol.com]

What program gave all the notices ?


On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:03:18 -0800, "Kim Wilson" <kimwilson@att.net>
wrote:

>I have downloaded LavaSoft Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor from the CNET
>download site. In all cases, I started to get notices of attempted
>communications right after they were installed and before they were run.
>One computer had NIS 2008, and right after the download, reported
>Trojan.Zonebac, Spyware.Spector and Spyware.Eblaster. These were never
>detected or tried communicating until Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor
>were loaded and installed. Though the trojans and what it is finding is
>different, installing on other computers have had the same results of
>instantly seeing stopped communications and trojans. Thoughts?
>
>Here are the links that were used:
>
>Spybot
>http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
>
>http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10743107.html
>
>Ad-Aware .
>
>http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php
>
>http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10747652.html
>
>Belarc-Advisor
>
>http://www.download.com/Belarc-Advis...ml?tag=lst-0-1
>
>

[Kim Wilson]

> What program gave all the notices ?

Norton Internet Security 2008 for two computers... Zone Alarm for the third
computer.



> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:03:18 -0800, "Kim Wilson" <kimwilson@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I have downloaded LavaSoft Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor from the
>>CNET
>>download site. In all cases, I started to get notices of attempted
>>communications right after they were installed and before they were run.
>>One computer had NIS 2008, and right after the download, reported
>>Trojan.Zonebac, Spyware.Spector and Spyware.Eblaster. These were never
>>detected or tried communicating until Ad-ware, Spybot and Belarc-Advisor
>>were loaded and installed. Though the trojans and what it is finding is
>>different, installing on other computers have had the same results of
>>instantly seeing stopped communications and trojans. Thoughts?
>>
>>Here are the links that were used:
>>
>>Spybot
>>http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
>>
>>http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10743107.html
>>
>>Ad-Aware .
>>
>>http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php
>>
>>http://www.download.com/3000-8022_4-10747652.html
>>
>>Belarc-Advisor
>>
>>http://www.download.com/Belarc-Advis...ml?tag=lst-0-1
>>
>>