Worm Found

[NewUser84109]

I am a new user to KaZaa... The past week I have been downloading games from software.. My computer was fine until upto today which Ive been experiencing computer problems such as lock up,freezes,no close,runs slowly. It was so bad Ive had to reboot my comp several different times. So I decided to run a virus scan.. The results were phenomial/not good.. My scanner found the worm called "Duster.3" in almost all my downloaded games ".exe files" I have deleted these files and my computer is in normal running condition. I just wanted to let all of you out there know that this worm exists here in KaZaa. I am running version 2.4.1. I suppose from now on I'll be checking the files first before I install or run them. Good Day...

-Jason

[Petman]

Originally posted by NewUser84109@17 February 2004 - 09:52
I am a new user to KaZaa... The past week I have been downloading games from software.. My computer was fine until upto today which Ive been experiencing computer problems such as lock up,freezes,no close,runs slowly. It was so bad Ive had to reboot my comp several different times. So I decided to run a virus scan.. The results were phenomial/not good.. My scanner found the worm called "Duster.3" in almost all my downloaded games ".exe files" I have deleted these files and my computer is in normal running condition. I just wanted to let all of you out there know that this worm exists here in KaZaa. I am running version 2.4.1. I suppose from now on I'll be checking the files first before I install or run them. Good Day...

-Jason

You will find that there are more Viruses and Worms on Kazaa Fastrack than anywhere else. If you are going to download games and software you should scan everytime. Also use an offline scanner such as Trend Housecall in case your scanner dosent pick up the virus. Use your scanner on at least a weekly basis

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[NewUser84109]

I believe you are right about that.. Im sure there are a lot more viruses and worms on KaZaa.. I already have an offline virus scanner but I'll pick up trend housecall as well. I will be more cautious about it now and thank you for your reply and help petman.

-Jason

[junkyardking]

Dont waste your time with kazaa, use overnet http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showforum=57 or bittorent http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showforum=59

Also use verified hashes http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=86867 instead of search..

[downloader2008]

Originally posted by NewUser84109@17 February 2004 - 05:10
I believe you are right about that.. Im sure there are a lot more viruses and worms on KaZaa.. I already have an offline virus scanner but I'll pick up trend housecall as well. I will be more cautious about it now and thank you for your reply and help petman.

-Jason
I would never download any software from Kazaa. They are all viruses and fakes. For example, according to Symantec, the Chemsvy virus copies the following files to the shared folder and shares it in Kazaa


Copies itself to this folder as the following files, setting the Hidden attribute within them:

aViS 0_0_1 alpha1.exe
Half Life 2 HACKED SOURCE CODE SELF-EXTRACTOR.exe
Battlefield 1942 CD-KEY Generator.exe
Max Payne 2 CD-KEY Generator.exe
Norton AntiVirus 2004 Pro Activation Key & Serial.exe
Nero 6.xx Reg-Code Generator.exe
Fifa 2004 CD-KEY Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Call of Duty CD-KEY Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Need For Speed Underground CD-KEY Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Norton Antivirus 2004 PRO Reg-Code Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Halo PC CD-KEY Generator.exe
Norton Internet Security Reg-Code Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Norton Anti-Virus 2004 Reg-Code Generator (WORKING!!).exe
CloneCD 4.3.1.7 Reg-Code Generator (WORKING!!).exe
Nero 6 Ultra Edition Reg-Code Generator.exe
Adobe Photoshop CS (8.0) Reg-Code Generator.exe
Registry Mechanic 2.1 Reg-Code Generator.exe
Fifa Football 2004 CD-KEY Generator.exe
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional ACTIVATION-KEY Generator.exe
Windows XP Pro ACTIVATION-KEY GENERATOR !!!.exe
Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King CD-KEY Generator.exe
ACDSee 6.0 PowerPack Reg-Code Generator.exe
Norton SystemWorks 2004 Pro Reg-Code Generator.exe
Getright 5.02 Reg-Code Generator (NEW WORKING!!!).exe

Source (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.chemsvy.html)

Not to mention that there are so many other viruses that do the same thing on Kazaa... IRC too. That's why you should never download any software file on Kazaa. I would say it is only good for music.... but I can't even say that anymore. With the RIAA flooding the Fasttrack Network with annoying screeching mp3s. If you want to download software, use Emule and verifieds from Sharereactor (http://www.sharereactor.com)

[dgmortal]

Originally posted by Petman@17 February 2004 - 03:03
Also use an offline scanner such as Trend Housecall in case your scanner dosent pick up the virus.
i believe he meant ONline virus scanner ;) .

[Keikan]

I got the benjamin worm once :">