‘No End in Sight’: Malicious Web Attack Hits Million+ Sites, Still Spreading
- Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:40pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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A massive attack that’s trying to scare computer users into visiting a bogus antivirus site has infected more than 1.5 million websites and continues to spread, according to an Internet security firm.
Several pages on Apple’s iTunes store have been infected.
The so-called LizaMoon “SQL injection attack” began Tuesday and is being tracked by Websense. Such attacks redirect users by exploiting programming errors and poorly written code and scripts.
eWeek says the attack is “out of control … with no end in sight.” Nearly half the compromised sites are in the United States. Other affected countries include United Kingdom, Kuwait, India, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, Taiwan and Chile.
VentureBeat writes that the attack “shows that malware is a bigger menace than ever and that many web sites aren’t protected.”
All Things Digital explains what the hack does:
The hack seeks to trick Web users into believing that their computer has been compromised by viruses and prompts them to download fake security software that itself causes further problems. Among the sites serving up the links to the fake software sites are some belonging to Apple and used on its iTunes store, though Apple is said to have cleaned up the affected code on its site.
Websense says that so far it appears that sites using Microsoft SQL Server 2003 and 2005 are at risk, though as yet SQL Server 2008 doesn’t appear to be affected. No word yet from Microsoft about any of this, though I’ve asked them for a comment.
Microsoft did end up commenting:
Microsoft is aware of reports of an ongoing SQL injection attack. Our investigation has determined these sites were exploited using a vulnerability in certain third-party content management systems. This is not a Microsoft vulnerability
Via Computer Weekly is a video explaining the LizaMoon injection:
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Comments (143)
Speed Racer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:07pmI seriously don’t think this is anything so sinister as what many are making it out to be. It’s April Fools Day, and I can think of plenty of people that would think of something like this as a prank. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was someone from 4chan since people from that website tend to be pretty good at codes and scripting and stuff.
Report Post »TheWatcher
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:07pmHackers target Microsoft only because they are the Big Kid on the block.. Let any other platform out grow them and they will be the new target.
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standupsurf
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:59pmThis hit me a couple days ago. Completely took over my system. Could not use task manager, ctl+alt+delete, or system recover. It looks like a real anti-virus program but…it’s evil! If it hits you, don’t click on it. Restart in safe mode and run anti-malware (like malwarebytes free). Here’s a good article about it. It shows what it looks like and how to get rid of it.
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-remove-spyware-protection-2010.html#comment-form
Report Post »Brvnkaerv
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:17pmLike I said in an earlier post I tricked it into a new file by finding the code when I did a search using the time and date from when it got on my system. I have had it about three times. one time I used the restore fix and it works also. Now when I see that first prompt about suspicious activity, I pull my ethernet plug and close my windows and it does not have time to load onto my computer
Report Post »DAGNY
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:45pmThis popped up on my laptop, I started going through the motions then stopped. Now, whenever I boot up the laptop I get a message box from “Windows Defender” saying there was a problem that caused the prgrams service to stop and I should restart the computer.
What do I do to get it off my computer completely?
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:53pmGo to a restore point before you started having the problem, and restore your system, you want lose any docs or files, but will have to reinstall any software you installed after that date. Be careful, you don’t want to reinstall the hack.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:09pmSame damn thing. Get a good malware removal tool for future use and kill that bastard. (For all you lying leftie trolls, I was referring to the computer malware)
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:35pmMaybe I’ll shut down for now……hey, ya never know!
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:31pmIf you are not infected now, create a restore point. When you see the message, go directly to the Restore feature and restore to your safe point. Do not visit the site that infected you until it is cleaned.
@Mattva1981
Report Post »If you just want to run apps on your computer, then a Mac is fine. If you want to actually have the power to change and use your computer for much more than running apps, then a PC is what you need.
Macs are very user friendly, a PC is less user friendly because it gives you the power to change it’s function, in ways that a Mac just does not have.
9thCommandment
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:22pmJust a dry run by the US gov’t into scaring us to support the kill switch.
Report Post »mattva1981
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:16pmThis is why I love my iMac! Switched to Apple last year after using PC‘s for 15 years and I’ll never look back.
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:29pmSame issue here. At black hat Mac‘s always get hacked before PC’s, they just have very little global market share, therefore hardly anyone targets them. Granted the end result may be the same but if everyone started thinking that way, it would no longer be that way.
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:38pmThere was once a time when an Apple was worth the additional cost and expense. Memory was expensive and the Macintosh was loaded with it. The PC was cheap in comparison because used less RAM and relied on page swapping to get the most out its resources.
NOT ANY MORE!
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:09pmWhat Microsoft is saying is that MS SQL is not the culprit but cms or content management system websites that use MS SQL as the database management but have their own website protocol is the problem. There are open source databases like mysql that are 100% free and CMS website software (Joomla) Drupal, wordpress and others that are also 100% free and are secure!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:19pmMy girlfriend said she got her virus from her computer. I thought that…. Hey!! Wait a minute….
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:19pmAgain, do you really think that an open source (all source code exposed, therefore far easier to find vulnerabilities) application is more ‘secure’? This is total folly. What has marketshare (MS SQL) is always a target. This is simple. MS SQL 2008 has far tighter security requirements than 2005 and 2003. Therefore it requires that devs who write the CMS software get their crap together and don’t have junk code. MS SQL 2005/2003 would not be vulnerable through this attack via the CMS IF things were setup properly. You can have a great vault door, but if you forget to close it, guess what?
I am just sick of people promoting the falsehood that ‘free’ (open source) apps are ‘more’ secure. It is total folly. If by some miracle these socialist applications gained majority marketshare (which they won’t because we still live in a somewhat capitalist society) then they would be getting hacked left and right. No one bothers because no one uses them.
Report Post »GatorPwn
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:50pmIf the coders would spare the time to put mysql_real_escape_string() around their parameters… a lot of this mess could have been eliminated. :/
Report Post »BigEd
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:54pm@mefree
There are more servers on the internet using MySQL than there are using MSSQL. Just saying.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:49amChips1,
That was snot blowingly funny. I’m still cleaning up after reading your post. Had to rush in and tell that one to my wife.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:34amActually mysql was purchased by “Sun Micro” for 1 billion in 2008.. It is still open source.. They also offer a FREE program called Open Office which for the price (FREE), is a real viable alternative to MS office.. I use both mysql and Open Office. Now if only there were a Linux os that could compete with Windows.. Well Ubuntu is close..if there was seamless windows program support without using “wine” I think it would be a winner. In Fact the Mac OS is Unix/Linux based if I’m not mistaken. Also Free does not mean free support. In many cases the software is free and getting add-on’s and support is not!! I don’t believe that open source is communist or socialist.. There are many brilliant people who do not have the means or the want to be enslaved contractually to a company like Microsoft. Or there may be a brilliant newcomer that is looking to land a great job and can get his work exposed to the world by offering his work for free and make money on support, mods and applications. I believe competition is key, Microsoft wants a monopoly, has it and wants to keep it. (Watch what the other hand is doing with government control).
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 6:39pmHi Endgamer, I recall when Kmart was considered a ‘monopoly’ and a threat, and they got destroyed by the next great company Walmart. A truly free market will not stand for a monopoly, so obviously you don’t believe in true free market principles if you are going to go on an anti-microsoft monopoly rant. Here is my point, charging for ‘support’ is the lamest business model I have ever heard of and it a ‘bubble’ in and of itself. It people don‘t want to be a ’slave’ to Microsoft then they should start their own company and make a product so good that the free market will choose it over Microsoft. (And by choose, I mean pay.) I gurantee you that eventually someone out there will eventually beat Microsoft at their own game, but it won’t be a socialist open source project that does it.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:08pmThe 12th imam did it. I never trusted that POS
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:08pmI am wondering how long this has been out and what other symptoms are known about it? I have friends that have kids that use peer-to-peer software and also online games. They are infected with something that has made the OS not allow browser address line to function normally and certain other programs cannot be used. This is over the past month. I hope that AVG antivirus will kill it!
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:13pmTry malwarebytes.. FREE FREE FREE.. just do a search! There is a process for removal of these things in many cases.. Sometimes a special tool is created or developed,, GMER is another for bad rookits,
Report Post »Again FREE of charge..
Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:28pmI have a boot cd rom. Then I manually hack the registry. I just the crap that loads in safe mode.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:52amThanks Endgamer, trying both of them. Performing scan on my own system now. Then my friends tom. If you have any other possible solution, please advise ramburner1949 in Yahoo Messenger.
Report Post »DarthVader
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:08pmRemember, Obama said he had a computer, so probably wrote this virus himself, right Blazers!!!
TruthSpeaker
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:16pmnot remotely intelligent enough.
Report Post »BigEd
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:51pmBHO has an IPad and no knowledge of how to really use a computer. Like most, he just knows how to turn them on and click on pretty pictures.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:04pmhow long before government computers get infected because workers are looking at porn?
Report Post »Liberty or Death
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:07pmNot soon enough.
Report Post »Balthazor
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:02pmThe most interesting revelation here is that apparently the Apple iTunes store is using the Microsoft SQL Server platform. That’s about as surprising as that picture of Obama watching Fox News.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:34pmOh, good catch, didn’t even occur to me….lol
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:39pmHow true that is. Even competitors have to use each other’s products. I‘ve been to MS many times and I’ve even seen Mac’s running OSX in their design labs.
Report Post »Mousey
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:02pmIt’s been around for a couple years. I had it. It’s a root kit infection and keeps you from accessing the internet. I got rid of it with superantispyware. yes, that’s a real name :P
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:01pmMy computer is acting a little nutty right now. HMM
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:00pmThese types of attacks have been around forever! There was a real bad one out a few months back, there are rootkits and so much more.. Some much worse than others. Be wary of the government regulating the internet “for your own safety” from hackers that may be our own government covertly at work!
Report Post »awizard
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:52amOKay, I got this a couple months ago, solution; Shut down, boot to safe mode (F8 as you start up), go to system restore, I picked a restore date three days before the problem started, follow the prompts, then make sure you down load your virus updates … problem solved …
There are a variety of these things out there, some Virus protection software don’t catch them (Symantec didn’t), some do (I’m told …).
My ISP (PA.net) caught an E-mail virus the other day (’told me about it), while Gmail let the same one through.
“China?, Russia?, possibly … How ’bout the kid down the block, in his mother’s basement, in his underwear, out of boredom?… It’s easy to destroy things, ‘sorta hard to build though …
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 1:25pmSystem Restore points can be infected as well, so all that work restoring your pc to an earlier date may make the problem resurface. Believe me It happens as I repair pc’s , remove virus and malware problems & network administration and deployment..
Report Post »white_wolves
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:00pmPerhaps this is a reason for net neutrality?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:08pmNot even remotely.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:04pmHELL NO…..no
Report Post »NEVERre-electANYONE
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 2:08amYeah, If DC controls what’s on the web then everything will be perfectly fine …just like ……well, ….um, ……., ..everything else DC makes just perfectly fine. sarcasm aside…..!!!!what are you, effffffffin’ nuts!!!!!!
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:59pmThese types of attacks have been around forever! Some worse than others. Be wary of the governmet regulating the internet “for your own safety” from hackers that may be our own government covertly at work!
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:21pmI’d be happy if the government just enforced the existing laws.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:07pmI’d be happier if the fed had not told ICE not to arrest illegal aliens crossing the border!
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:18pmYes, the Government doesn’t like to enforce immigration laws either. It only likes to collect taxes for questionable services. I believe it called fraud.
Report Post »aro5o75
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:52pmHmmmm. China seems unaffected………how telling.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:50pmI had this on my netbook. It is really, really nasty. It totally incapacitated me to where I couldn’t even go on the internet at all, it completely froze everything up. Had to pay $75 to take it in and have it cleaned up.
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:24pmYou got off cheap. I have spent the better part of an entire weekend cleaning off the real nasties for folks. It sometimes is easier to reformat the drive and reload the software.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:03pmThe SAME EXACT thing just happened to my mom, and she had let her antivirus lapse. It tried to load on my system a few months ago, and norton caught it and killed it. I wish could show you the screens, it was in the middle of loading up the crap, and norton flashed over it a warning about intercepted malware…..Too bad the guys that wrote this can’t be “intercepted.”
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:41amActually this type of trojan infection comes from mmany malware sources, each one a little different but just as annoying and potentially damaging.
Report Post »They have been prevelant for a little over 3 years. Sometimes you don‘t even need to click on anything for the first stage to begin it’s infective beginnings.
The fix is usually simple, but time consumming.
What I have don’t, starting about 3 years ago for family and friends, is to download a free dos program called rkill.com. this first program stops any malware dead in it’s tracks, even as it is loading it’s fake processes. The next thing I use is malwarebytes, which is a free malware detection program that finds the guilty files and isolates or eliminates them (the data base for malwarebytes is updated several times a day…for free…but you have to do it manually). After that is finished, just run your normal anti-virus software to cleanup any possible artifacts. I recommend keeping malwarebytes running all the time. It has caught infections several times when my anti-virus did not.
This way you don’t need to reformat your drive and reload everything from scratch (what a time consuming pain).
So again…rkill.com (free) and malwarebytes (free). Easy as that!
mrclean
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:46pmMe too. Couldn’t get online. My computer did a complete cleanup, changed my anti virus to Avast, hooked me up to a local ISP, advised me to stay away from Yahoo (a virus waiting to happen, he said) $50. Took about 4 hours. I live in a very rural setting which helps to keep costs down.
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:49pm“My computer guy” (I left off “guy”)
Someday……….. our pc’s will have IT fix-it guys built right in? nevermind
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:46pmI’ve run across an antivirus “invite” and recently some sort of scan was in progress. I stopped the scan and checked my own McAfee security to see if I was infected. No.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:04pmYep almost the same thing happened to me I got an ALERT from Microsoft claiming that my PC is unprotected against virus attacks , even though my PC had an anti virus program .
Report Post »Once you click on that thing your PC will freeze , so I had to shut it manually & since that , I’ve cleaned my PC from that virus & if I get that ALERT warning again I won’t click on it & check with my anti virus status .
Be aware people from that Microsoft fake ALERT .
fatjack
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:34pmI run into this today, I x’ed out of the site and ran my anti-virus and found nothing.
Report Post »Ellbee
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:57pmI got the same warning but it just didn’t look quite right–sort of “rounded” if that makes sense to anyone. As you guys did, ran my own scan and all was OK.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:45pmWow .. first I have heard of it.
Report Post »jharper
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 2:26pmIt’s happened to me twice. I took my lap top to Office depot and they wanted over $100 to fix it. They said they see it all the time/ It’s called System Tool. It’s from Russia. There is plenty of free tutorials on line (you tube) to get rid of it. I went to My BleepingComputer. Scroll way down and all of the solutions and links are there and it won’t cost you a dime. I safely removed it and I’m a computer idiot.
Report Post »Brvnkaerv
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:02pmI got the system tool also. It has some of the same scan pages and fake progress-bars that they showed in the video story. It even took over my desk top with a scary screen and would not allow me to run anything. fortunatly I ws able to run my windows search and use the time and date to find the crap. The crap is set so it will not allow you to delete it. I tricked it into letting me send it all to a new file I had created. Of corse it would still not allow me to delete it from there also. I noticed when I tied rebooting before that it took a while for it to run and corrupt my desk top. So while I rebooted again I draged and droped the new file into the recycle bin before it had a chance to stop me. I got rid of that horrible crap!
Report Post »sherminator
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:45pmYet another reason to forget about micro$haft and switch to open source MySQL.
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:14pmOh, how I love it when the ignorant Linux guys come flooding out. So are you really going to tell me that an open source (IE ALL SOURCE CODE IS FREELY AVAILABLE) application is more secure than a capitalist created (therefore intellectual property is protected) product? That’s why building a fort, then handing your enemies a blueprint to the fort.
This is the same folly‘d accusation of ’linux doesn‘t get viruses’, etc. Guess what? No one wastes their time writing viruses for Linux because IT HAS NO MARKET SHARE. Why would you waste your time? It absolutely has nothing to do with the product being ‘more secure’ because by design it is inherently insecure.
So, go back to your socialist utopia (Linux) troll.
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:26pmSorry, meant ‘that is LIKE building’ not why. Not sure how I did that.
Report Post »kprojects
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:38pmMefree: I’m going to go out with my friends.. have fun updating your systems.. oh, is there a fix yet? How much is it? What else will it open up?
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:42pmkprojects: Actually I‘m just chilling out watching TV as I don’t have to do anything because I set my stuff up right, therefore no issue. Second of all, what deluded reality do you live in? Again, trying to play on people’s ignorance, the true attribute of a coward. (Either that or you are completely ignorant.) Microsoft has never charged for a hotfix or security patch, etc, which of course you should know since you seem to consider yourself ‘elite.’ Try again.
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:02pmYes, we should trust closed source proprietary software from Microsoft over open sources Linux distributions. After all peer review and openness is not important when determining a software vulnerability. It is best to rely on secrecy in making software safe. After all it is illegal to reverse engineer or compile proprietary software to discover and exploit its vulnerabilities.
Every hacker knows that you would be violating the End User Licensing Agreement so nobody even tries to crack a secure Microsoft Product. Everybody spends their time MySQL. After all There isn’t no big names behind MySQL like Oracle anyway
Report Post »Czar Casm
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:17pmWhat the hell are you guys talking about? LOL!
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:33pmUncle Sambo: Wow, how much KoolAid did you drink before writing that? First off, it would be ‘de-compile’ unless you are saying they have access to MS source code, which second of all, they can’t. Seriously, try de-compiling SQL and let me know how that goes for you. You call protecting your IP ‘secrecy’? Then you laud the praises of ‘peer review’??? hahahahaha wow dude, keep voting Obama and keep proving to everyone your intelluctual superiority and we’ll just keep laughing.
(BTW, you seriously wanna say Oracle? hahahahahahaha wow man. Reminds me of Novell going Linux, that worked out great, didn’t it?)
Report Post »The Monster
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:33pm@mefree
Open systems that have been audited, tested, and hardened are superior to Security Through Obscurity. If your security depends on people not knowing how your systems work, you are fundamentally insecure. Security experts do not rely on keeping anything secret other than passwords.
Report Post »BigEd
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:35pmMefree doesn’t understand Linux (open source software) so he/she/it insults all who use Linux (open source software).
Report Post »BigEd
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:38pm@mefree
What makes you think open source software users all vote for socialists?
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:22ammefree
You are right. I meant to say de-compile. It was a small error of not proof reading my post.
So you think that all open source software is bad do you? So you are so proud of your Mac and OS X. You do realize of course comrade that OS X makes heavy use of Open Source Software as itself an Unix based OS like Linux.
Oh horror of it all.
“Darwin – an open source derivative of 4.4BSD1 (Berkeley Software Distribution Version 4.4) that serves as the core for the Macintosh OS X. It was originally released in March 1999. There is also a GNU version of Darwin, which is called GNU-Darwin.”
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 1:20amWhere the heck is that 12 year old kid when you ned him?
Report Post »mefree
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 6:34pmSambo, where in the world did you get the idea I am a Mac user? I know it’s based on Open BSD, and quite frankly I can’t stand OSX. So, strike two.
Report Post »1956Danelectro
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:42pmI bet it says Made in China if you look beside the union label.
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:02pmSEIU certified its safe.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:07pmEither made in China, or stamped in secret – Paid by Soros and Cronies.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:14pmIf you get this phony page that your computer is infected and you need to run their program, just hit control alternate Delete and close the program upon prompt and you will be safe.
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:18pmI’ve seen this before and have been attacked by it in the past. When this error comes up best thing to do is shut down your system asap.
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:20pmMade in China, lol. Actually it probably does. These things get more sophisticated each and every day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=619wI12Ky20
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:40pmCopy the news link and send it to everyone on you e-mail list, let them know!!
Report Post »I just did.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:52pmAn ebola virus-like pox on all black-hat hackers, identity thieves, and internet terrorists.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:58pmNo doubt Obamacare can fix this little problem. We just have to read what’s in it.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:01pmIs this an April Fools joke? http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:07pmGlenn Beck’s career will effectively end when it is shown that obama is not eligible to be president. What a needless loss. Glenn has done a lot to educate the American public on some very important topics. In your heart of hearts, you know this to be true.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:08pmDon’t discount Russian hackers, they have done considerable damage in the past!
Report Post »Tucsonan
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:08pmMicrosoft will rarely take the blame but if it is making it throught their operating system, then it is on some level an open door there. If it is attacking all operating systems…then I would have to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt. A virus like this has happened before about a couple years ago. It continued to hit our computers through a firewall. You might be able to use combofix and / or malwarebytes. Both are free open source programs. Just be careful and if you don’t have any experience already with these programs, find someone that does to help you. It is not recommended for beginners.
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:35pmUnless it is from a foreign country, i do not understand the maliciousness
There is a need in some people to hurt, for no reason..just hurt.
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:54pmThis is why I bought a Mac, sure it’s over-priced but I have not had any viruses or problems to date.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:17amDO NOT ask the government to help with this. It’s a private sector matter when it affects private sector equipment.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:53amP C BE DAMNED
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:14pm
If you get this phony page that your computer is infected and you need to run their program, just hit control alternate Delete and close the program upon prompt and you will be safe.
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Yes! Follow P C BE DAMNED instructions and you will be OK. Never believe a sudden prompt out of nowhere that you need to download something to keep you from getting a nasty Virus. NEVER!
Our proof CNN Tea Party Poll is Bogus!
Report Post »http://www.americasteapartynews.com/cnnpoll.php
Enuff Zenuff
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 1:00am.
Report Post »Sounds like we should call it the “Democrat” virus…
First it creates a huge problem and then it tells you that it’s the only one that can fix it!
It’s only purpose in life is to sustain itself – no matter how much damage it causes or what the cost.
maryslittlelamb
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 1:57am@JZS
Report Post »Your understanding of the amazing spiritual and economic potential of American liberty is no better than the understanding of chemistry (in re exhaust fumes) you showed in a recent post elsewhere. You libs are not analytical at all and you obviously don’t read any source material such as a chemistry book or the Constitution or the arguments supporting the latter in the Federalist Papers. If you weren’t so hell-bent on destroying the most innovative and productive nation in the world your ignorance would be laughable!
getalong
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 2:51amThis attack has Soros written all over it. Just in time for his goofy “one world” government conference he is holding in Connecticut? this weekend. He is such an evil man, I am beginning to think he is the anti-Christ.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 4:49am@JZS
It is obvious that you do not watch Glenn Beck of if you have watched his show or heard his radio show, you have not “listened” to them. Perhaps, if you were as opened minded as most liberals claim that they are, you might understand that Glenn does stand for something beyond just being “against” President Obama. Being a Pagan, I find that Glenn does get a bit preachy, but at least I have no doubt about his sincerity and beliefs. I have done research into what he says, and while a few of his predictions have not been right (yet sadly on some of them) he never discusses anything that he doesn’t have the facts to back his case on or at the very least have the reason he believes what he believes.
Another thing to remember, Glenn, Sean, Rush and the like are all opinion talk show hosts. We tune into them to either listen to their opinion because we are curious, we want hear someone say publicly what we are unable (or un-willing) to say publicly for what ever reason, or, in the case of most liberals, to listen to him to make fun of him because what he says doesn’t fit neatly into our world view.
Report Post »selosat
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 5:41amgood call
Report Post »jmanuola
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 6:25ammy Avast Anti-virus software caught and spared me the troubles.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:50amIt does seem to have CHINA written all over it, doesn’t it??
Report Post »Pelling1020
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:57amYou have to get this bug before you know what’s in it, (Pelosi speak).
Report Post »drbage
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:23amSEIU certified and ACORN distributed.
Report Post »robin.kevin
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:58amThis also just shows why its important to have a good anti virus on your PC. I believe this is the same thing that try hitting my computer it made itself look like it was My web browser (Chrome) however when I click on it my actual anti virus automatically detect the threat which allow me to stop any download and do a scan and clean up on my PC.
For anyone who does not have a anti virus program check out AVG anti virus its free and works great!
Report Post »JGP
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:23pm@ JZS
Report Post »That’s the most asinine post you have made on here. You obviously choose to be ignorant. There have been plenty of discussions on the case of “smaller government” on here. You not only need to read the constitution but WHY the powers of the fed were limited. The concentration of this much power that the fed has now by disregarding the constitutional limits absolutley brings waste and corruption. That’s the “empty” idea the founders had when they put the enumerated powers into that document. And don’t look now, which you obviously don’t, but the federal government is waste and corruption in the highest degree. Your faith in and defense of such a insatiable out of control bureaucracy tells me and other‘s that you aren’t a thinking person.
What part of the government would conservatives shrink? How about everything not listed as an enumerated power? If you want to pay for anything else then get your state to do it like it’s supposed to. What makes you think the federal government is where all problems are supposed to be solved. Do you have any responsibilities? Do you not think you have the capability to solve issues yourself locally or within your state? Do you think the politicians in D.C. are there because they give a crap about this country? It’s about money. Period. Do they live by the laws they pass? Do they send their kids to public schools that they have control over. Are they going to use the same health care system they set up for us? Have they EVER cut back on spending when the income isn’t there? Do they get in trouble when they cheat on their taxes? You name it. The list can go on forever.
Seriously, are you that much of a closed minded tool for corruption? Do you realize the federal spending and waste is at a point to where there can’t be enough taxes raised or wealth confiscated to pay for the spending in Washington?
Your post is a joke. You just lost any credibility you had with that ignorant post. Get off of the right vs left, dem‘s vs repub’s, atheist vs christian, b.s that has been thrown out there to keep you from looking at the real problem. Think. You don’t need royalty set up in D.C. You can’t possibly see that as the way to go.