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| 12 DEC 2009 at 8:04pm |
BXLebanonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 86
Joined: 20 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Just tried to access the reviews page for S since I wanted to forward a Sherlock Holmes review to someone I bought the game for and MSE came up with a warning. Trojan:Win32/Swif.K published Dec 10 2009. No other information available from MSE. I think the warning may be related to the pop-up when you click on reviews if not the actual reviews page or S directory.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 8:42pm |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2588
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Thank you for the info, BX. I've been unable to duplicate this or any of the warnings others have said they've received. No virus or malware scans have detected anything on my system, either.
Here is what I've found so far regarding Trojan:Win32/Swif.K (which is probably the same info you have):
"This threat is detected by the Microsoft antivirus engine. Technical details are not currently available for this threat."
I'll see what else, if anything, I can discover about it. I'm no expert on this kind of thing.
If need be, I'll remove all banner and pop-up ads and see if it makes a difference. It's hard for me to know if any actions I take are having an effect, as I'm not getting the warnings in the first place.
We only have one popup running right now, for the JA store. I doubt that it's the culprit, as it's the same as the store's top page and as far as I know, there's been no problem with that.
We had a second popup running when this whole thing started. I removed it several days ago.
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| 17 DEC 2009 at 6:06pm |
BXLebanonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 86
Joined: 20 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/adobe_critical_pdf_flaw/
If you have Adobe Reader 9.2 installed open it and under Edit - Preferences - Javascript you can uncheck enable Acrobat Javascript. That will make browsing with Adobe Reader installed safer until they release the patch for this security flaw. If you have an older version of the Adobe Reader you should update to 9.2 and then change the settings.
I would also advise everyone to make sure they have the latest versions of the Adobe Flash and Shockwave players from www.adobe.com.
The latest Java from www.java.com.
The latest Real Player from www.real.com.
Quicktime from www.apple.com.
I also back up my antivirus program by running the free Superantispyware and Malwarebytes programs which can be found on www.download.com or www.filehippo.com.
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| 13 JAN 2010 at 7:39pm |
BXLebanonIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 86
Joined: 20 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | If you have an old version of Adobe Reader installed or Adobe Acrobat and Air you should uninstall them and get the latest Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com. If the Adobe site doesn't work you can get the setup file from www.filehippo.com. The www.download.com site is also a good place to find files but right now it's still showing the old Reader 9.2. Reader 9.3 fixes some critical issues, after the install you still have the option to open the Reader and under Edit - Preferences turn off Javascript. You do not need this if you don't want to have the Reader automatically open documents on web pages.
If you have any problems installing Adobe Reader 9.3 there are other PDF file readers available but they also have had security problems in the past and may not be as stable as the Adobe Reader.
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