DO NOT GO TO MYSPACE.
For those of you on my buddy list who have and still use their myspace account.
DO NOT GO TO MYSPACE. Apparently there is a SEVERLY nasty worm running around right now on myspace that will completely jack your system up.
Directly quoted from Beechan2's livejournal.
"MySpace is spreading around some kind of virus that anti-virus and anti-malware software can't detect. This virus WILL hijack your bank account (it did this to me last night), it WILL hijack your registry, it WILL hijack your browser, it WILL remove your ability to run executables or unzip files, it WILL make your machine bluescreen, freeze up and transmit your personal information to Pakistan, and it WILL turn your computer into an $800 doorstop, and it WILL do all this with your anti-spyware and your anti-virus humming along happily in the background.
This virus installed itself onto my system which has been a clean system for many years. I don't have warez on this system. I don't download music or movies. I run antivirus software and Spybot in the background, with periodic updates and scans. I went to MySpace Music and got SLAMMED within 2 minutes of being on there. I caught "Antivirus Soft" which is a BAD worm.
Malware Bytes did NOT remove this thing. Microsoft Security Essentials didn't even SEE it. I have had I-don't-know-how-many-people tell me to run MSE, that MSE will catch it; I'm sitting here telling you, IT ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT. So you go ahead and browse MySpace with MSE in your tray. Just don't come crying to me when your computer goes wacky on you.
Running new software on the affected machine is a moot point anyway, because I can't unzip anything or run executables (.exe) files on it. Permissions have all been removed from all accounts, including Administrator. The machine is going to the shop tomorrow to get important files backed up (because it is literally paralyzed, I can't do a thing on it, the guy is going to use some special disk tools) and then the whole thing's getting wiped."
I haven't touched my myspace account in ages, Miguel doesn't use his anymore either.
For those that still do, do not go if you don't want your computer becoming a nice doorstop.
DO NOT GO TO MYSPACE. Apparently there is a SEVERLY nasty worm running around right now on myspace that will completely jack your system up.
Directly quoted from Beechan2's livejournal.
"MySpace is spreading around some kind of virus that anti-virus and anti-malware software can't detect. This virus WILL hijack your bank account (it did this to me last night), it WILL hijack your registry, it WILL hijack your browser, it WILL remove your ability to run executables or unzip files, it WILL make your machine bluescreen, freeze up and transmit your personal information to Pakistan, and it WILL turn your computer into an $800 doorstop, and it WILL do all this with your anti-spyware and your anti-virus humming along happily in the background.
This virus installed itself onto my system which has been a clean system for many years. I don't have warez on this system. I don't download music or movies. I run antivirus software and Spybot in the background, with periodic updates and scans. I went to MySpace Music and got SLAMMED within 2 minutes of being on there. I caught "Antivirus Soft" which is a BAD worm.
Malware Bytes did NOT remove this thing. Microsoft Security Essentials didn't even SEE it. I have had I-don't-know-how-many-people tell me to run MSE, that MSE will catch it; I'm sitting here telling you, IT ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT. So you go ahead and browse MySpace with MSE in your tray. Just don't come crying to me when your computer goes wacky on you.
Running new software on the affected machine is a moot point anyway, because I can't unzip anything or run executables (.exe) files on it. Permissions have all been removed from all accounts, including Administrator. The machine is going to the shop tomorrow to get important files backed up (because it is literally paralyzed, I can't do a thing on it, the guy is going to use some special disk tools) and then the whole thing's getting wiped."
I haven't touched my myspace account in ages, Miguel doesn't use his anymore either.
For those that still do, do not go if you don't want your computer becoming a nice doorstop.