DP- Possible malware??? Not sure

DP- Possible malware??? Not sure - opened thread atheists celebrations- website blocked by MalwareBytes
File quarantined.
Listed as anopenvein com- IP69.64.147.10
Trojan. Floxif

JANFU said:

DP- Possible malware??? Not sure - opened thread atheists celebrations- website blocked by MalwareBytes
File quarantined.
Listed as anopenvein com- IP69.64.147.10
Trojan. Floxif

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Never got that but something is going on with the site.
Have to log in every time.
The delay making a post sometimes makes you hit enter twice and you get a dupe.

bubbabgone said:

Never got that but something is going on with the site.
Have to log in every time.
The delay making a post sometimes makes you hit enter twice and you get a dupe.

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I was in the thread- had a threat warning from MBytes - closed out FF. Ran scan- it picked it up- quarantined it, then deleted, did a reboot- ran another scan- nothing found- went into the same thread again- up it came- repeat process. Noted the Avast did not pick it up.

JANFU said:

I was in the thread- had a threat warning from MBytes - closed out FF. Ran scan- it picked it up- quarantined it, then deleted, did a reboot- ran another scan- nothing found- went into the same thread again- up it came- repeat process. Noted the Avast did not pick it up.

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Can't see your image, as it is too small to make out.

I will say that your post suggests you have to anti-malware programs actively scanning your machine. This is a mistake. You should only have one active scanning anti-malware software at a time, as two or more can sometimes conflict with each other and can always drastically slow down your computers performance. I suggest picking one or the other to actively scan your machine.

Out of curiosity, do you see advertising on this site?

Slyfox696 said:

Can't see your image, as it is too small to make out.

I will say that your post suggests you have to anti-malware programs actively scanning your machine. This is a mistake. You should only have one active scanning anti-malware software at a time, as two or more can sometimes conflict with each other and can always drastically slow down your computers performance. I suggest picking one or the other to actively scan your machine.

Out of curiosity, do you see advertising on this site?

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No adverts. I have Avast and Malwarebytes- I assume they both run, but slowing the CPU is minor compared to having downloaded virus /malware and then riding myself of it
MB picked up the issue, yet Avast did not
Older desktop- Intel I7 core- i7 3770k - processor-Intel 3.50GHz

Did a scan on my laptop- MB picked up Pup - optional solvusoft, Avast diddly squat

How do I assign priority to increase speed but stop malware?

JANFU said:

DP- Possible malware??? Not sure - opened thread atheists celebrations- website blocked by MalwareBytes
File quarantined.
Listed as anopenvein com- IP69.64.147.10
Trojan. Floxif

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Have you used or have installed CCleaner? It got hacked and included Floxif recently.

Redress said:

Have you used or have installed CCleaner? It got hacked and included Floxif recently.

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older version was hacked. New version clean. or so they say.

mike2810 said:

older version was hacked. New version clean. or so they say.

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Correct. Did not mean to imply it was still infected. However, if he had it during the infected period, he could have picked up Floxif, I think.

Redress said:

Have you used or have installed CCleaner? It got hacked and included Floxif recently.

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Update CC, found flofix on the 17nth this month(laptop) not on desktop. Did scans with Malwarebytes- all cleaned up- tried to scan (referring to laptop) with Avast. No go, would start, no progress, tried 4 or 5 different times- each with a clean shut down- - wait for ram to clear -now doing refresh of win 10.
Something is wrong. Perhaps I have a virus, perhaps the laptop has issues. If the laptop, then good as it is still under warranty. That and I regularly back up my data

The anopenvein thing was on my desktop from today- ran multi scans- MB and Avast. It comes back clean

JANFU said:

No adverts. I have Avast and Malwarebytes- I assume they both run, but slowing the CPU is minor compared to having downloaded virus /malware and then riding myself of it

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Having two anti-malware software doesn't make you any safer. You can still keep both, but only have one actively scanning your machine.

How do I assign priority to increase speed but stop malware?

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Tell one of them to actively scan your machine and only run when you manually select it to.

It sounds like to me you just got a false positive hit on the site. If it's something which reoccurs on occasion, then I'd look more into it. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

If you're genuinely concerned, you might try downloading RKill (or iexplore, or whatever it is now called), restarting your computer into safe mode, run RKill and then running your anti-virus software. That would be your best bet to ensure your system is malware free (well, outside of running a live Linux distro with ClamAV or similar product).

JANFU said:

Update CC, found flofix on the 17nth this month(laptop) not on desktop. Did scans with Malwarebytes- all cleaned up- tried to scan (referring to laptop) with Avast. No go, would start, no progress, tried 4 or 5 different times- each with a clean shut down- - wait for ram to clear -now doing refresh of win 10.
Something is wrong. Perhaps I have a virus, perhaps the laptop has issues. If the laptop, then good as it is still under warranty. That and I regularly back up my data

The anopenvein thing was on my desktop from today- ran multi scans- MB and Avast. It comes back clean

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How new is your laptop? More importantly...could you just do a system recovery to factory image without it being much of a problem?

Slyfox696 said:

Having two anti-malware software doesn't make you any safer. You can still keep both, but only have one actively scanning your machine.

Tell one of them to actively scan your machine and only run when you manually select it to.

It sounds like to me you just got a false positive hit on the site. If it's something which reoccurs on occasion, then I'd look more into it. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

If you're genuinely concerned, you might try downloading RKill (or iexplore, or whatever it is now called), restarting your computer into safe mode, run RKill and then running your anti-virus software. That would be your best bet to ensure your system is malware free (well, outside of running a live Linux distro with ClamAV or similar product).

How new is your laptop? More importantly...could you just do a system recovery to factory image without it being much of a problem?

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1 1/2 yr old- doing a restore to last month

Do not know how to do that. Seems MBytes is better at catching things than Avast.
Avast was taking its time- 2 on same router- working fine now.

JANFU said:

1 1/2 yr old- doing a restore to last month

Do not know how to do that. Seems MBytes is better at catching things than Avast.
Avast was taking its time- 2 on same router- working fine now.

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I don't use Avast, but if you go into the settings, I suspect there is a setting to turn off real-time scanning.

And yeah, doing a system restore is good start. See how that works for you. If you're still having issues, back up all your data and then do a system recovery to the factory image. Unless there are other issues showing up not related to this issue, my initial suggestion would be that it is software related and not hardware related and thus a laptop warranty probably wouldn't be necessary.

Slyfox696 said:

I don't use Avast, but if you go into the settings, I suspect there is a setting to turn off real-time scanning.

And yeah, doing a system restore is good start. See how that works for you. If you're still having issues, back up all your data and then do a system recovery to the factory image. Unless there are other issues showing up not related to this issue, my initial suggestion would be that it is software related and not hardware related and thus a laptop warranty probably wouldn't be necessary.

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I would have to agree after what I have done, and going on what little I know.
Desktop - about 6 years old- Laptop- when I go to battery power- fully charged, scree flickers and such.I use it when we go away to stay in touch with DP, news and such, will take it in for a check on that battery issue.
Will lose it to BestBuy for at least 2 weeks
And thank you for your help- much appreciated.

Happened to me a few days ago. Left computer on, with a DP thread open, for a while. When I came back, had a malware notice; clicked on it, clicked on remove, but it still bugged me. It was a Trojan virus of some kind.

Malwarebytes and Avast are two different things.

Malwarebytes is designed for .. malware and spyware and not much else. It also is not the best remover, so they bought the best remover.. AdwCleaner. Some French guy made it and it is great, even cleans infected shortkeys on the desktop, something no other scanner really did or could.

Avast is Antivirus/Internet protection and is nowadays a bloated piece of **** that slows down machines for no good reason, and does way more than people really need. Active shield and what it is all called, does NOT prevent virus or malware if you allow it in the door. The can most of the time clean up after you, but actively stopping you from doing stupid things.. no. Also Avast has a really bad tendency to break down and break Windows. An uninstall and reinstall fixes the problem, but it is stil annoying as hell. Not seen it happen on the paid version though, which makes me think...

Personally I use only Windows Defender and then run Adwcleaner (now owned by Malwarebytes) if I suspect something. Not been infected at all for years, and lets just say I dont stay away from the risky parts of the internet..

Best way to avoid malware and similar stuff.. dont do stupid things on the internet, nothing is EVER free on the internet, Microsoft/Apple/any big IT company, never says your machine is infected and so on and so on. Do NOT click on random **** and if you do get a pop up.. close the whole browser asap and dont go back there (unless you know what to do).

And this site aint infected with anything as far as I can see.