Autopia.org bad for you?

**Setec Astronomy** · 09-03-2010, 02:03 PM

No improvement yet, if I'm reading the Google analysis correctly, they tested 20 pages at the site today, and 100% of them resulted in malicious software being downloaded.

**trhland** · 09-03-2010, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

No improvement yet, if I'm reading the Google analysis correctly, they tested 20 pages at the site today, and 100% of them resulted in malicious software being downloaded.

wow what a shame . im going tomiss scott waxes details love them

**Bunky** · 09-03-2010, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by trhland

wow what a shame . im going tomiss scott waxes details love them

Well if the good posters went elsewhere, there would be less of loss.

**trhland** · 09-03-2010, 05:06 PM

im glad we have a/g.

**wascallyrabbit** · 09-05-2010, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Bunky

Well if the good posters went elsewhere, there would be less of loss.

i've seen several of the better posters screen names over here.

**C. Charles Hahn** · 09-05-2010, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by Bunky

Well if the good posters went elsewhere, there would be less of loss.

Yep, and as far as Scott in particular I know he posts on a few other forums as well.

**Grizzly** · 09-05-2010, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

Yep, and as far as Scott in particular I know he posts on a few other forums as well.

Which ones?

**Pats300zx** · 09-06-2010, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Which ones?

Off Topic (dot com)

**watermark** · 09-06-2010, 02:24 PM

The malware is actually pretty easy to remove, albeit it takes a long time. You need two pieces of software, both available here:

Remove the Fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Trojan and AntiSpySafeguard

You may have to download them onto a thumb drive on another pc to get it to work.

Start your PC in "safe mode" with the thumb drive in a USB port. Running "rkill" will stop the malware from running. Then run the free scan with Malwarebytes Anti-malware. Took about an hour, but completely fixed my system.

So much for using Autopia until they fix this.

**builthatch** · 09-06-2010, 10:12 PM

i have an xp machine. i run avast! and have ccleaner, MBAM, superantispyware on standby just incase (along with some other crazier stuff like RKUnhooker, ATF-Cleaner, GMER, etc.)

i've had to handle a bunch of these at the office, for different people. i usually have great success with either the typical online write-ups and/or just my programs in safe mode, etc.

well, i got hit with one of these rogue anti-virus scams a few months ago and had a heck of a time battling it. nothing worked. it was a DOOZY.

all i'm going to say is that the volunteer staff at bleepingcomputer.com was amazing and helped me out completely. they are all doing it for the love, and will work with you one on one, free, to get your system sorted without having to reinstall.

for what it's worth, i now use exclusively firefox with adblocker plus installed. it's amazing for this sort of thing as it prevents it from running in the first place.

best of luck and i hope they get this fixed at some point since i tend to reference my own posts sometimes, haha.