does avast protect me against hagbard-a ? im asking because its not on the vps history on avast.com i posted this in offtopic but forget about the one in offtopic
First you have to know what it is being called by avast! not necessarily the same name as AV companies don’t have a standard naming convention.
Here are just two of the aliases
* P2P-Worm.Win32.VB.dg
* W32.SillyP2P
You 9 hits for SillyP2P on the avast virus database.
oh k
There was me thinking you were going to ask how I found the aliases ;D
Hi Ricky,
I hope you are not a victim of the hagbard-a (detailed info here:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32hagbarda.html and what it does. The infections of malware through chat channels and P2P has increased an astonishing 270% during last year. This goes to show that P2P is taking risks, moreover all your actions are scanned by special bots of Cyveillance that are hired by big media firms to establish you have not made infringements of media copy-right laws (yes it is done secretely and it is done with bots that presents themselves as a normal Mozilla browser visiting action). So take care,
polonus
P.S. For cyveillance exposure read here: http://cyveillance.linuxgod.net/
I believe Ricky would be alright as hagbard-a I believe is W32.SillyP2P-a in avast.
i know what it does i don’t know if i am lol i don’t think i am do you scan ur PC for viruses every week is that correct
Hi Ricky,
Scanning habits are very personal. Avast is a resident scanner, so if it is correctly configurated it scans all the time. This is the best way to go. A full scan bi-weekly is advisable, some people use on-line scanners for that, just for a second opinion or not to miss out on fresh viruses. Personally I like bob here on the forum keep Clamwin as a non-resident scanner updated, and I give that a swirl once in a while. What more you do depends on what you do on the net. Same as in real life, if you go to Soho’s back alley, you never go alone and heavily protected, same as you do “risky things” on the Net like “warez” or “things you are not supposed to do”. Always scan all you downloads before unpacking, and work with checksums, so you can check the files are “legit” or like the programmer intended them to be. The main threat is from within your browser, malwares little helper or Vector Numero Uno, make your own filters, create a good hosts file, read: http://someonewhocares.org/hosts, and I use Dr. Webs online link checker, who pre- scans externally the browserlinks I choose on their worldwide update server, updated bihourly on weekdays. But the best scanner is a “normal working human brain”. Think about what you are about to do: think first, click later". This is the best advice I can give you,
polonus
hey thanks for the advice and whats the pic about ??
Hi Ricky,
The picture is from Cyber Security Association, an overall organization of Anti Virus and Firewall Program Manufacturors.
Another question. Were you born in London to hear the “bow bells”, in that case you are one of the “tough boys”, ain’t ye? Only real Londoners are, I have heard.
Greets,
friend polonus
ye i was born in london