Category: VIDEO

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Movie Spreads Malware

Paul

It seems in anticipation of the release of Half Blood Prince the Malware authors are starting to send for the movie. For example:

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As you can see they really try to fool you into think your are going to be able to watch it for free.    They even put it the movie poster to try to get you to click that link. It is on a blogspot page and has a few Google followers, which I am amazed at because what I have found it.   If you were to click that play link (usa-top-news.info) it will redirect your to (world-news-scandals.com) and then to the final destination (tubes-portal.com). Each site is surprisingly in the US and tries to look like it is a real site. It sends you a file called streamviewer.40018.exe, which I am surprised AVG hasn’t picked this up so I went to see if this was a virus and Virustotal showed me this:harrypotterblogspotfake1

[ad]Very few actually detect this trojan downloader even [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]AVG[/intlink] hasn’t detected this as being malware.   So you best bet is not try to go watch it early because 9 times out of 10 it will be a virus.  You also should know that there are even some links in Digg.com and other popular websites that are promoting this. The top rated sites are what I call Google Juice to put the blog spot website onto the first page of Google. So you should install a good [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]Anti-virus software and Firewall[/intlink]. I also believe this will be coming out on DVD in December according to my sources this movie has been ready for quite some time and they are anxious to have it ready for Christmas so you won’t have to wait long to see it. Afterall they have had this movie ready since last Year.

This seems to be like the [intlink id=”3448″ type=”post”]Fake Codecs[/intlink], I have talked about.   In order to see this you have to install this software to view this movie.   I don’t even know if it is a true movie but I do expect in the coming weeks to days there will be even more Fake Sites like this trying to promote watching it for Free.  Thank goodness [intlink id=”3385″ type=”post”]we don”t have to worry about Zango anymore[/intlink]. Nothing in life comes free, so be on your guard.  Only you can prevent virus infections on your system.

“Look At This” Twitter Malware Exposed!

Paul

VirusList released information about the[intlink id=”3655″ type=”post”] Justse.Ru Video[/intlink] that people were being warned about last weekend.

It seems that it wasn’t a Cross Site Scripting but an PDF exploit that was [intlink id=”3114″ type=”post”]used to install Scareware[/intlink] but Virus List says it as a Fraudware.

[ad]It looks like they were trying to get people to buy [intlink id=”3607″ type=”post”]fake Antivirus[/intlink] software called “System Security”.    It looks like there was a silent download of the PDF and it tried various exploits to get this software installed.

Virus Total has stated that this looks to be the first time, in which one criminal group is looking at making money off of twitter and Facebook.   This could be the beginning of the onslaught of these types of things to continue in the next few months to years.

That is why it is so important to have an [intlink id=”2205″ type=”page”]Anti-virus software and a good firewall[/intlink] to prevent this sort of thing from happening.  It is important to note to all who have a twitter account that you will need to start being more cautious when it comes to videos being put on twitter.  You May never see another video virus like this or you could see a dozen in one day it depends on how people react to this and try to prevent it in the future.   If you think you have the scareware installed that is System Security.   I have found the Removal instrtuctions for people who want to get it off your system.

Nikki Catsouras being used to spread Malware

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I was doing my usual perusing the internet and I came across this site about Nikki Catsouras Accident Photos, I won’t go into gruesome details but looks like the Malware Authors are at it again with trying to have you install Fake codecs into your system.

nikkicatsitepicThese are some of the nicer pictures on the site

 

I must warn you if you go to the site there are some very gruesome and disturbing pictures of the accident, but that not what is computer related.  On the site they also have a Video that isn’t really a Video.  Clicking that video link pops up this in my AVG warning window:

 

nikkicatvidofakeThis is the Free Version of AVG

 

As you can see, the Malware authors are using the accident video to get people to install the Fake Codec to install some Trojan, worm, or even a Virus onto your system.  I’ve talked about this from time to time but if  you need to install a codec from a site you don’t trust.  I don’t recommend this to anyone.   I would keep with the known Codecs and keep away from any site that says you will need to install a codec or tries to install a codec.   I also recommend some Free Antivirus and Free Firewall software to better protect you.  As you can see the free AVG software that I was using did detect this and prevented me from going any further.  So the Free software Antivirus providers are keeping even the most common users safe.

 

If you did visit that and get the virus, Trojan, or worm, you can visit my Maleware resources to  find tools to help remove this problem.

 

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As of writing the post this seems to be on the Google Trends on May 2.  I will always tell people to go to the trust media sites if they are wondering who this person or what happen.   It looks like they Media is going wild over the court cases right now to take down the pictures.  I am all for the family wanting those picture.  I do hope they take them down.

 

Microsoft Keynote CES 2009

Paul

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Some Key topics talk about in this Keynotes are:

Windows 7 — Lighter, Faster, and Reliability. Windows 7 Should boot quicker and faster, and enables cool new interface touch.

Windows 7 — Beta will be available Worldwide on January 9, 2009 and will be available for download on MSDN and Technet.  Also it will be available at : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7 For those who want to download it from Microsoft directly.

Windows Live Essentials — Windows live Messenger, Mail, and Photo Gallery works with Windows XP, VISTA, and Windows 7. It is available for download worldwide. Dell will also be putting this on their consumer and small business computers.

Windows Mobile — 11 Different Mobile phones.

Verizon Mobile —  Windows Live Search will be available through Verizon and it’s a partnership with Microsoft.

Demo of Windows 7, Live, and Mobile:

Windows 7 will have Windows touch and be able to use net books with Windows 7.

Windows 7 has been designed with the Touch DNA in mind.

Windows Mobile demo with an Panoramic display.

Windows Live Demo —  Various things they discuss here including Photo’s and Silver light.

Windows XBOX:

[ad#ad2-left]Halo Wars — Strategy game and will Available February 28, 2009. The Bungie Will have a demo version February 5, 2009 and will be available for download.

Halo 3 ODST — Will be available in the Fall of 2009. New Characters, new events and will be like Halo 3.

Various stuff about Xbox Live 360

These were just the main things that I thought was important to let people know what was mainly the important highlights of this keynote. I will recommend everyone to go and watch it for yourself, I am sure I’ve missed something that someone would consider very important and understand that. This however is a personal and will be different in everyone. I watched this and am excited and can’t wait for windows 7 to be released so I can get my hands on this and see how it fairs with a Vista CPU and GPU. So only time will tell. I hope you enjoyed this little run down. Please feel free to leave a comment and talk about this or anything else in the Disqus community.

Pctv HD Mini Stick and My thoughts!

Paul

Pctv HD Mini Stick

  • Includes mini-remote control and high-gain telescopic antenna

  • Compact size HDTV tuner for easy travel and storage

  • Instantly turn your PC into a personal digital video recorder

  • Record your favorite shows to your hard drive or direct-to-DVD

  • TV Standards – ATSC (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV) and ClearQAM (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV) Inputs

Price: Click Link to See the Price

Just saw this and couldn’t resist talking about it.  This would be great on the road.  If you use this on a laptop, then you would have some really good channels as you travel on the road.  No more having to watch movies on your laptop.   You can now see the current events as you travel around the US.  With the Digital change over Coming Feburary 17, 2009.  You’ll want to have a way to watch TV, this would be one way.  Right now Amazon is offering it for 112.22 but that could change so check the link out to find out how much it is.