Have any one have this pop-up that appears and it offers you to run a free scan with UCleaner? Well, it happened to me today and I need help to get rid of this pesky bug. Here’s my Highjack This log:
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 3:55:50 PM, on 10/7/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512)
Boot mode: Normal
Well any unsolicited offer to scan your system should be taken with extreme suspicion as you are as the likely end result may be an infected system. I hear you saying isn’t it infected but the thing that is doing the pop-ups isn’t malicious but some scum/scam-ware.
I was in normal mode when running HJT. I have Firefox 2 beta 1 and I only use it for testing nightly builds. I was using the latest Firefox 2.0.0.7 when the pop-up occured.
Sorry about the double-posting. I forgot to mention, I was on www.esnips.com and I was using the search button on the site and that’s when the pop-up message occured. If you go to the site, I recommend that you should not use the search function. This happened to me three times already.
That being the case, your HJT log also seems a little shy of an active firewall ?
It is somewhat different in that the pop-up came as a result of interaction on a web site than what I had assumed, I though it was on your hdd.
I suggest that you read the report on esnips.com, http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/esnips.com as there are some that have reported a similar experience to you. So personally I would stay away from this site and report your experience on the siteadvisor page for esnips.com.
I think provided you didn’t actually click on the ucleaner scan pop-up you should be OK. I had a look at the site with ff 2.0.0.7 and no script (plus running under DropMyRights, I assume that you have to log-on to be able to use the search function.
I tried a search and only got an 404 error page. So either noscript killed any script and the search failed, or they have taken down the page having found a problem, or you really have to sign-in to use the search.
Correct, I was logged in on the site when I used the search button. I removed my old firewall after I had minor problem with a conflicting issue. I also used RogueRemover and the scan turned out negative. Anyway, they (esnips) have a forum where people are already posting about the pop-ups that are appearing on their website. http://forum.esnips.com/posts/list/1797.page
Well it seems to have been going on for some considerable time (20/9/2007 almost 3 weeks), the only thing that seems to have changed is the scanner name.
It is quite a long thread and from the brief look I didn’t see any official response from esnips.com. Perhaps you should post the link to siteadvisor.com and show that people are reporting this and it could well earn esnips a read flag.
Have you thought of using a program called Sandboxie for surfing, I’ve been using it for a few weeks now,and its no where near as complicated as I thought it would be.If you want to test new software or visit sites you may have had resevations about ( even youtube can be dodgy, I hear ) or check email attatchments, then this program is another defence against malware.When you have finished browsing untrusted sites,(eg, the search bar at Esnips, perhaps ) simply delete the contents of the box.Apparentley some sandboxed progams can still read sensitive data on your computer ( until the box is emptied ) so it is by no means an answer to everything, but another tool against getting infected. http://www.sandboxie.com/