BEWARE: OUTERINFO.COM ! Make sure your antivirus is up to date...

[padawan]

Just to let everyone know... There is some cocksucker bottom feeder out there that has a virus/malware/adware link to outerinfo.com on their website. I dont know if it is deliberate or not.

I was just spending this Saturday morning with my 2 sons. They were watching cartoons and I was surfing the xda site for a SIP for my 8525. Anyway, I must have followed someones link to a secondary site for their app or review or something and picked up this fucking piece of shit on my laptop. It brought a 2.4ghz 1g ram Dell to its knees.

Let me tell you, if I could re-trace my steps this morning and pinpoint exactly where I picked it up I would.

I'm currently running a full scan with Symantec and will probably do a full re-install of xp just to be sure.

BY NO MEANS do I believe I picked this up from xda or any reputable members site etc. It just shows you that we live in a dangerous world. Even with all the safeguards in place, some low-life bottom feeder, probably pedofile, scumbag will always hide behind his isp in his world and try to harm others.

Yes, I'm a little p-oed about it.

Mods- Please dont ban me for flaming. Its just a reminder to everyone that you always need to keep your guard up. Also, please advise if this is not the correct forum to place this in.

I'm out.

[badai]

if you use spybot search & destroy (free software), or any other spyware protection program, you will never have any problem with this site. it's already blocked years ago.

[padawan]

Running Ad-Aware + Symantec 10. Malicious code got through and installed outerinfo. Live and learn...

All better now... ;-)

[xplode]

Well i will suggest one thing - dont use any Symantec crap, viruses come in and got out without any detection of the symantec antivirus or firewall software. I personally use Kaspersky Antivirus and I don't have any problems with viruses and spyware

[PsiDOC]

NO matter how it happened mate. You could be there for months trying to work out where it came from.

Nayway look here:
http://www.outerinfo.com/howto.html
for infor on uninstalling that crap.

Psi

[padawan]

Ya I saw that... It reported a 618MB install on "Add remove programs".

I wiped the HD and re-installed XP. I had duplicates of every process running with a space in the name. It was pretty nasty.

There is no way to re-trace the steps.

It just p'ssed me off a little.

;-)

[padawan]

Well i will suggest one thing - dont use any Symantec crap, viruses come in and got out without any detection of the symantec antivirus or firewall software. I personally use Kaspersky Antivirus and I don't have any problems with viruses and spyware

Xplode- Thanks for the reco for Kaspersky. Its pretty hard core.

It installs with the screws so tight, firefox is having problems. I really like the white list for processes.

Have one on me.