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[tom982]

Today my computer got infected, when I was searching for some clues over internet to post in this thread : http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-hel...-connect-usb-storage-device-windows-7-pc.html

I was in search of the source of Sahara.sys and Salvador.sys .... computer stopped responding, MSC alerted for infection within 30 seconds. Scanning now ... infection caught.

Second time in my life. Earlier I was caught by a spyware, years ago.

View attachment 271472

Are your Java, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader installations up to date?

Java = 7u21
Flash = 11.7.700.203
Reader = 11.0.03

If they are, I bet you've got a DPF or something leftover from an older version of Java - it doesn't update very nicely at all and leaves things all over your system which can still be exploited.

 

[Kari]

Today has not been a good day.

Up at 5am with plans to visit local reserve to photograph insects.
Sun did not appear until after 12 Noon
At approx 1pm tore trousers whilst scrambling over gate.
Had to visit closest superstore in search of replacement trousers
Realised on way back, when almost home - had left Bank card in Store
Returned to store to retrieve card .


On a brighter note, managed to retrieve card, and...

... the pub has not run out of beer - Yet

That's really bad Nigel. It's good that you found the card.
Now await for something good in your life.

Dinesh, you read Nigel's post wrong. See the last sentence; as they say, All's well that ends well! The pub had beer, everything before that is meaningless .

 

[boohbah]

Julian, I've been visiting this particular reserve area for more than forty years, long before the reserve was dedicated as such. They now have gates to keep out the public and protect from themselves, (Health & Safety ), I was just getting to an area I've visited for a long time.

As for the camera, that was on a strap around my neck, plus I had about forty kilos of backpack, and a "macro" tripod set-up - The average Paparazzi will have a single camera and flash - wimps the lot of em

you need a paps ladder

 

[Dinesh]

Today has not been a good day.

Up at 5am with plans to visit local reserve to photograph insects.
Sun did not appear until after 12 Noon
At approx 1pm tore trousers whilst scrambling over gate.
Had to visit closest superstore in search of replacement trousers
Realised on way back, when almost home - had left Bank card in Store
Returned to store to retrieve card .


On a brighter note, managed to retrieve card, and...

... the pub has not run out of beer - Yet

That's really bad Nigel. It's good that you found the card.
Now await for something good in your life.

Dinesh, you read Nigel's post wrong. See the last sentence; as they say, All's well that ends well! The pub had beer, everything before that is meaningless .

LOL, yeah! Its Friday and I am too eager to drink my fav Budweiser...
And oh, it is raining here in Mumbai, finally!
That makes the weather even more pleasant to drink the beer.

 

[archer]

That's really bad Nigel. It's good that you found the card.
Now await for something good in your life.

Dinesh, you read Nigel's post wrong. See the last sentence; as they say, All's well that ends well! The pub had beer, everything before that is meaningless .

LOL, yeah! Its Friday and I am too eager to drink my fav Budweiser...
And oh, it is raining here in Mumbai, finally!
That makes the weather even more pleasant to drink the beer.

Like your idea Dinesh!...I am in New Delhi and it rained here as well, yesterday. Today, it is again hot.

 

[Arc]

What did you get infected by? Just out of curiosity.

It was a VLC player plugin, as MSE and MBAM both detected. It was first caught by MSE, then I aborted it and scanned with MBAM, got the same thing.

Are your Java, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader installations up to date?

Java = 7u21
Flash = 11.7.700.203
Reader = 11.0.03

If they are, I bet you've got a DPF or something leftover from an older version of Java - it doesn't update very nicely at all and leaves things all over your system which can still be exploited.

My flash and reader are up to date, but I dont have Java installed.

 

[tom982]

What did you get infected by? Just out of curiosity.

It was a VLC player plugin, as MSE and MBAM both detected. It was first caught by MSE, then I aborted it and scanned with MBAM, got the same thing.

Are your Java, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader installations up to date?

Java = 7u21
Flash = 11.7.700.203
Reader = 11.0.03

If they are, I bet you've got a DPF or something leftover from an older version of Java - it doesn't update very nicely at all and leaves things all over your system which can still be exploited.

My flash and reader are up to date, but I dont have Java installed.

Have you ever had Java installed?

 

[Arc]

I had, with my earlier windows install. A few months ago I changed the motherboard, so did a clean install. After that I never installed Java.

 

[tom982]

I had, with my earlier windows install. A few months ago I changed the motherboard, so did a clean install. After that I never installed Java.

Strange Unless you're browser is outdated then it sounds like you were hit by an unpatched exploit.

 

[Arc]

The browser is up to date. But what is an unpatched exploit? I think better I have saved the MBAM log

 

[tom982]

The browser is up to date. But what is an unpatched exploit? I think better I have saved the MBAM log

To get a file on your computer without user interaction (ie downloading and running the file yourself), the malware creators must make use of an exploit in a certain piece of software to drop and execute the file on your computer - and probably get privilege escalation so it can really do some damage. Exploits can either be found or purchased (I read somewhere that Java exploit can be sold for around $10,000), but in most scenarios, they are abused before the software developers, Adobe for example, have a chance to patch them; hence, unpatched exploits

 

[nommy the first]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

 

[tom982]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

I'm sorry for your loss, Nommy As a dog owner, and lover, I know how big a part they can play in your life.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

I'm very sorry for your loss Nommy, I understand how you feel, I've had to say goodbye to many pets.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

I had a yellow lab(Sadie) who had a huge tumor behind her left front leg and had to put her down over 3 years ago.
She laid with her head on my lap as the injected the meds so I watched her slowly go to sleep.

Sadie was part of our family and it was hard to let her go but didn't want to see her suffer anymore so I know what you are going through Nommy!
Take care my friend.
Dennis

 

[Bongo]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

I feel your pain Nommy and you have my condolences, we just had to do that four weeks ago for our dog we had her for 12 years it was one of the hardest things to do.

 

[boohbah]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

sorry to hear that nommy.
feel free to post some pics here for posterity if it helps.
http://www.sevenforums.com/chillout-room/141266-show-us-your-dog.html

 

[Arc]

Today I said goodbye to my dog after 13 years of loyal friendship. Seeing him go to sleep for the last time was one of the saddest things I ever saw.


Nommy

In my childhood, there was a lame dog with me. After him, I never adopted a pet. I cannot forget the feeling when I realized that he is not there anymore.

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

Nommy I understand your loss as a pet becomes family too, I'm so sorry for you huge loss.
Our dog was much like a rescue animal , she came to our home when our daughter was still in a stroller, we decided
she would be good with our daughter, so we kept her, had her spayed , she too became a part of our family.
She to had to be put down with an illness, I had to take her to the Vet for this, she lay in the passenger side floor looking up
at me the whole drive out there, I'll never forget her sad eyes , I felt like she knew what was about to happen.
I stayed with the Vet until she had fallen asleep, went to my car sat there , weeping like a baby, until I could get control of
myself to drive back home. Never a good memory to have lost a wonderful friend.
People keep telling me I should have a dog since I'm alone now, NOPE, never want to go through that ever again.

 

[Joan Archer]

Sorry to hear about your loss Nommy, it is always hard to make the decision to put them to sleep but at least it means they are no longer suffering.
As much as it hurts to lose one I don't stop having pets, I always think at least I'm giving another one a better live for how ever many years they have.