Hey, I registered at Clicksor, which is an advertising service similar to Google Adsense. I registered a site of mine there, copied their ad code into my site, and then I went to my site to see if the ad was working, thats when the trouble began... When I got to the site multiple installers popped up and installed some kind of programs very quickly, now Im getting popups like crazy.
Clicksor is supposed to be a reputable program, #2 to Google, yet many people across the internet are reporting getting trojans when they go to a site that displays an ad of theirs.
The problem is that Ad-Aware, AVG, and Spybot S&D arent detecting it.
Anyone know anything about this and how to remove it?
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 Feb 12 2008, 12:53 am
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I thought Double-Click was number 2? Google doesn't own them yet, which keeps them squarely in that place. That being said, I don't trust any advertisers besides Google, Yahoo, and (/me shutters) MSN. I know that sounds bad, but these ad companies(not Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft) are the ones that supported adware for so many years, so I have most of them banned via my hosts file and custom DNS.
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I know for sure NOD32 antivirus handles a version of this trojan.
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Try Superantispyware. It's much better at removing malicious things instead of AVG, Spybot, Ad-aware, AND Avast. The only thing that could rival it is perhaps Webroot's Spy Sweeper. Those are the best two scan and delete programs out there. AVG and Avast are quite good, but I usually only rate them as active protection, not for removing things. Spybot's a waste, it misses tons of things. Also, Ad-Aware is only good if you have a particularly nasty tracking cookie. Other than that, it's useless.
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Viruses != Spyware.
Superantispyware(which I've never heard of) may be good at cleaning spyware, but it's important to note that spyware and viruses are totally different. Superantispyware may be good at removing spyware, but it isn't going to touch viruses. Spybot is good at removing spyware as long as you keep it up to date. And what it can't remove, it normally isn't hard to go in and remove thanks to the many built in tools. I haven't had good experiences with Spy Sweeper either, I'd take Spybot over it any day. AVG works OK as an anti-virus, but it is very rough in certain areas and I've never really put it through its paces because I manually cure most viruses through Spybot's advanced tools. | |
DB, perhaps you should actually look at the products before saying what they can or can not do. Superantispyware, like many other 'spyware' programs, takes care of trojans, viruses, tracking cookies, spyware, adware, etc.
If you've never heard of it, research before you post information you think you know. Just some advice. | |
Something else that works is going into Google and simply typing in the process name when you push ctrl-alt-del and go to processes.
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Actually, I clean/repair computers for a living. I do know what I'm talking about. Antispyware programs will catch some viruses because some viruses are also spyware, but there is a difference between the two, and having one will not cover all your bases.
Yes, in recent years the line between virus and spy/adware has blurred, but it's still there, and it's important to know. | |
I never mentioned saying that you have no clue what you are talking about. I mentioned saying that you should actually look at a program before you say you know what it can or can not do.
Besides, I also work at a computer store. | |
Aren't you like 14 years old Spike? I can't imagine you would be doing anything too tasking in the store right now.
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Baladin wrote:
Aren't you like 14 years old Spike? I can't imagine you would be doing anything too tasking in the store right now. I'm 15, and we all know how age is an indicator of how much you know in computers. If you couldn't tell, that was sarcasm. Also, I hope you read my post on your thread [computer building]. If you did not buy my recommendations, I will kill you. | |
And give it a week and AVG, Adaware and Spybot will have update patches available to fix the issue anyway.
Also, a good place to check up on virus' and such is symantec.com. Sure, they made Norton. But if you ignore their software and just read their database on virus', you'll get some interesting information.