There IS A Trojan Virus called Vundo.H On myLot!
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
United States
December 5, 2009 4:55pm CST
I was here before reading a discussion about someone who thought they got a virus from myLot when they clicked on "Discussions".
I left for a while and came back. When I clicked on "Discussions", sure enough, I was hit and it started downloading automatically without me touching anything, telling me I had viruses on my computer, blah, blah.
I turned off my computer immediately.
Did a scan with "Malwarebytes" and within 4 seconds it was found in my Registry. It is a Trojan Vundo.H......if you don't know what that is, google it. It's nasty!
I've had it before and it's not the easiest to get rid of once it completely infects your computer.
Beware and watch out! Hopefully, this will not be deleted.
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
6 Dec 09
Well, I had this virus a couple of years ago when I was using Norton Internet Security. Guess what. I know Norton might not be the best but they are still highly recommended till this day. My computer was infected with Vundo.H and found in 82 area's, from the registry on into just about everything else. Norton never found it once, but Malwarebytes found it all, everywhere. It took two times to rid my computer of it. It used to be called just Vundo, but then it upgraded itself and is now called Vundo.H.......which is worse than ever.
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@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
6 Dec 09
I don't know if what I experienced relates to this particular virus that you are talking about but this what I have experienced. Whilst posting away on My Lot the page would suddenly disappear and I would then receive a pop up that says something along the lines of 'your pc is seriously infected with a virus' and then it automatically opens up another window where a scan starts to take place. I close this window as quickly as possible to prevent the scan from taking place as I think if I allow it to finish then it will install some kind of virus on my pc. It's a shame that this is on My Lot, I don't know if the My Lot team are aware of this. This won't stop me from using My Lot though as I have an antivirus product already installed on my system. Andrew
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 09
Hi there Kash I have not come across it which I am really surprised at
I have a very good Anti Virus that catches everything and it has not popped up at all on here
It has not been deleted as you can see but I also hope that Mylot will look into it
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 09
Kash you do not have to afford one, this is free and 100% reliable my Brother who is a Computer wizkid sent me the Link and I have had this now for 6 years and it is reliable
This is not a referal Link
http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
Go here get the free Version do all the setting which is easy enough if you need help on that let me know and your Computer will be safe
You need to set the Update for every Day as it updates every Day
The Scan once a week
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
30 Dec 09
Hi gabs! So sorry I didn't get back to you on this but I was never notified of another response, grr.
Thanks so much for the link, I can only say I'll give it a shot. I tried once before with another virus control and my computer couldn't handle the download. It's REALLLLLLYYYYYY old, haha, so I do have some problems, and I only have dial-up as that's all I can afford right now too. Sometimes it's just too much for the old girl to handle so I don't push it. I think I tried Kapersky and it wouldn't work for me. But, Thank you again!!
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
8 Dec 09
Hi Gabs!
Well, it's been a few days and as soon as I found it I informed myLot, so I'm thinking that they took care of it. I wasn't the only one here that got hit with it. I don't have a anti-virus at the moment, can't afford it as I'm not working, but I do have the free download of Malwarebytes, thank goodness. Take care and thanks for reponding!
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@GardenGerty (157691)
• United States
5 Dec 09
No reason for this to be deleted. I started one a few weeks ago about a virus or something called "Security Tool" that does basically the same as you describe. It was already all through my computer. I do not think I got it from MyLot, I think hubby opened something he should not have. My son was able to defeat it, and yes, used malwarebytes to eliminate it. We should all be cautious.
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
6 Dec 09
Hi Jill!
Your welcome. I turned mine off immediately too, but then I scanned it with Malwarebytes and there it was! Right smack in the registry, so I'm glad I took the extra step.
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