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Subject: Site Hacked again?Virus warning?

originalkitten opened this issue on Aug 27, 2008 · 36 posts


Nosiferret posted Thu, 04 September 2008 at 11:38 AM

I got this exact message when right after surfing DAZ I went to RuntimeDNA and the web page froze while it opened the main page and then I got 3 windows that opened 2 related to that "Gol" site and the 3rd was my virus protection program telling me it had detected a trojan before it landed on my system in the Java file. It wanted me to download a file and it was telling me that my system had verified it as friendly so it was "ok" to download. Which I didn't mainly because it was unusual to have that pop up when I've been a member for years and haven't seen anything like it before and my virus checker caught it.

I seem to always get this ByteVerify!exploit trojan that my checker catches, funny thing I downloaded a trial McAfee and ran it and it did not pick up the 3 trojans in the Java file. It said my system was clean and virus/trojan free. Ran my free virus checker that I get from my DSL service and it caught the trojans again. So either McAfee's was outdated even tho I was downloaded their updated free trial version, or some scanners will catch and others will not. So now it seems we need to keep 2 different versions on our systems. Can't just trust one to do the job.

Regarding the trojan, according to the virus dictionary it is an old trojan file that dates 5-10 years ago. Saying that it will become active if I were to use a web site that used the same codes and then my system could be taken over. Could it be someone is using an old program thinking it will slip under the radar or someone is infected with this and is uploading stuff in the freebies section and are unaware that they're system is infected? 

Or do you think their goal is to get free Poser content by slipping in and downloading our bought stuff from the Members page. I say this because it seems to be directed to the 3d community. Most likely the sites are known to have business transactions and therefore they install the virus to catch card numbers. I was infected back in November with this and just recently at the date this thread started. I sent RDNA an email about it and gave them all the information I had on the exact time the virus checker caught and all the info from the pop up windows. I haven't heard from them but I haven't checked their forums either to see if anyone has mentioned anything.

Keep your checker updated but during times like these when an outbreak crops up, might be a good idea to run a second checker program JUST to be on the safe side.