| PC Attack - Undo the Trojan.VUNDO |
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| Written by JohnEley | |
| Thursday, 29 January 2009 | |
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A few days ago my PC suffered an attack that threatended to escalate. My PC became compromised just before Christmas. I wondered whether my passwords and credit card details would be stolen. Fortunately I found a fix for the problem.
A few days ago my PC suffered an attack that threatended to escalate. My PC became compromised just before Christmas. I wondered whether my passwords and credit card details would be stolen. Fortunately I found a fix for the problem. The main symptom of the attack was the inability to use Windows Updates. Also the main antivirus software that I use (Norton antivirus) appeared to know that the trojan.VUNDO was present. It reported a fix, but almost immediately this was overturned and the problem reverted. If the PC is cut off from security updates from the operating system provider (Microsoft) it will then become vulnerable to further more serious attacks. A criminal who knows you have been cut off from help from the software vendor support knows you are defenceless and that sooner or later he will be able to get to sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details. Your computer could be a goldmine for the criminal. If security updates are disabled, it is like a bank that has its alarm system cut off. You ignore it at your peril, even if the computer is nomal in every other way. The first thing to try is to download the updates manually, but in my case this was knocked out as well. My pc was totally cut off from help from the software vendor. An independent way to fix the problem was required. I went to the Windows forums and discussion groups and used their search facilities to find a solution. I quickly found a report that was relevent. There was a software package recommended that could fix this problem. This was Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.31 and it can be found at http://www.malwarebytes.org/. It fixed the problem beautifully and I strongly recomend it. Besides the free downloads there are purchaseable versions as well. New versions are brought out every few days, so they obviously are continually developing new versions to deal with the latest threats. Malware, including viruses, trojans and worms, is under a state of continual development by criminals, whose objective is to basically rake off money from the unsuspecting Internet community. It is good to know comapnies like Malwarebytes are out there fighting them. They certainly knew how to undo the vundo attack I experienced! About the Author: Find out how to make your pc run better and faster. Eliminate malware threats to your pc. Optimize your operating system. Pay a visit to pcfixproblem.com for free information and fix your pc! From the Webmaster: "Having the opportunity to share my hobbies and interests with so many people around the world gives me great satisfaction. As a bonus, I blog and produce websites about topics that interest me and receive ad revenue from the websites and Blogs."
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