Worms? Hackers?

willhub

willhub

willhub

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I keep getting this all the time from Kazpersky, is this an attacker or something because its worrying it keeps happening all the time.


Thanks
Willz.
 
MarcLister said:
I shouldn't be worried. Kaspersky is detecting it, which is a good thing, and presumably blocking it for you. :)
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Ah good, this must highlight the need for a firewall then because I never use a firewall untill kaspersky.

Also when I scan with Ad-Aware SE It always come up with 160 odd entrys, I clear em all but couple days later they back, one is called dataminer :confused:
 
Have you got a router? If you haven't I would get a firewall. I'd recommend Comodo or Sunbelt Kerio. If you have got a router, it is up to you.

Is the dataminer entry a cookie? If it is, make your browser ask YOU if you want to set cookies. This way you can let cookies for say OcUK and BBC News etc in but secondary cookies triggered when you visit a site you can block. Firefox and Opera are good for this. IE7 is a big no no. ;)
 
I have a router, netgear DG834G V3, I also did a port test and it shown all my ports to be stealth, guess that cant be the case.

At least I know the worm cant affect my PC running WXSP3 so I'm fine. What settings do I need to change in Opera?
 
How do you mean? Any sites you visit that want to set cookies will ask you to set cookies on your PC. Once you've accepted it, don't delete it. Then you won't have to do it all the time. I agree when you start off it is a bit annoying but gradually the sites you use are sorted and any secondary cookies are also sorted out. :)
 
MarcLister said:
Tools>Preferences>Advanced>Cookies. Select "Accept only cookies from the site I visit" and check "Ask me before accepting cookies".

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That's what I run as well. A bit annoying at first, but soon after you visit the main sites you don't get hassled again. Stops saving all the vast amounts of crap cookies to your PC. Although sometimes my settings seem to revert themselves and I have to reset the setting?!? Which is weird!
 
Exactly my point. It is a bit annoying at first but you effectively stop naughty cookies getting on whilst keeping the ones that keep your login info for sites such as OcUK.

No idea about the resets though. Opera crashing at all?
 
MarcLister said:
Exactly my point. It is a bit annoying at first but you effectively stop naughty cookies getting on whilst keeping the ones that keep your login info for sites such as OcUK.

No idea about the resets though. Opera crashing at all?
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Yeah it's a good feature. :)

Not wanting to steal the OP's thread, but no mate, no crashes. I think CCleaner may be the culprit but I may just do a fresh install of Opera see if that helps. :)
 
Ah OK. Tbh Opera shouldn't be crashing, it is meant to be super-stable. If you do reinstall Opera can I suggest you save your bookmarks to an external file and delete the profile folders? That could be the problem rather than the browser itself.
 
MarcLister said:
Ah OK. Tbh Opera shouldn't be crashing, it is meant to be super-stable. If you do reinstall Opera can I suggest you save your bookmarks to an external file and delete the profile folders? That could be the problem rather than the browser itself.
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Cheers mate. :D Will give that a go.
 
Do you even have MS SQL Server installed? If not, why the hell is that piece of taiwanese nearly-transparent plastic anti-virus bothering to warn you of this "attack"?
 
The Helkern worm (more popularly known as Slammer) attempts to gain access to vulnerable systems through your Port 1434, but your firewall is blocking these attempts and that is exactly why you have a firewall. Your 'wall is doing it's job and doing it well. Give it a cookie!

Even if Helkern / Slammer were to make it past your firewall, your computer could not be infected unless it was running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 for an operating system.
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I wouldn't worry about those warnings - it's probably just a PC infected with a worm trying to find vulnerable systems. In any case, Kaspersky will be blocking it.

NathanE: Kaspersky is actually Russian and it certainly isn't transparent! Take a look at AV-Comparatives.org and other AV tests. :)

willhub, could you post a log from Ad-Aware and post it here if that's possible?
 
Zildjian said:
NathanE: Kaspersky is actually Russian and it certainly isn't transparent! Take a look at AV-Comparatives.org and other AV tests. :)
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I know... I was taking the mick out of it ;) I just find it funny that AV vendors seem to think it is acceptable to produce software that alert of so many false-positives and yet nobody seems to care. I mean you wouldn't buy a home security alarm that went off everytime someone in black and white striped clothing walked within 5 miles of your house?

The "taiwanese nearly transparent plastic" was just a joke hinting at it being a cheap product made for the masses with not very much craftsmanship inside of it. Like when USB came out - for some reason every device was semi transparent el-cheapo plastic.
 
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