Warning - friend got BUBBLEBDOC after installing FIREFOX

[whs]

You can easily land on the wrong website for program downloads. The 'commercial' sites are always on top of the page and sometimes you have to really chase for the owners website.

Before, Filehippo was always a sure bet. But they have deteriorated too and present you all kinds of junk. They must have needed money.

 

[jimbo45]

Had to try it in a 'Sandbox'. Unbelievable how deep it embeds itself in your system!!!
bubbledock - Edwin000's library

Hi there
I'm glad you tried it in a VM - You can see why I just decided the best thing to do was simply re-install windows -- the user might have had sorts of other things on the computer.

If anybody is actually bovine enough to test this out on a REAL "production" machine then they deserve all they get --- do it on a 100% ISOLATED VM. (That's where running the HOST of an external USB is good to since I have several clones of the USB -- even the "infected" VM won't get Near my physical testing machine - it runs totally from the external device under Linux itself is which itself is running totally on the external device. (See my posts on creating a portable system).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Arpan]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

 

[Edwin]

Hi there
I'm glad you tried it in a VM - You can see why I just decided the best thing to do was simply re-install windows -- the user might have had sorts of other things on the computer.

If anybody is actually bovine enough to test this out on a REAL "production" machine then they deserve all they get --- do it on a 100% ISOLATED VM. (That's where running the HOST of an external USB is good to since I have several clones of the USB -- even the "infected" VM won't get Near my physical testing machine - it runs totally from the external device under Linux itself is which itself is running totally on the external device. (See my posts on creating a portable system).

Cheers
jimbo

Yes siree! Gotta steer clear of junk like this!!!
Not too bad getting rid of the initial program, but the residual mess! Phew!
Has a nasty habit of picking up 'hijackers' depending on what you click on!

 

[Edwin]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

Yup! Gotta click (and uncheck) and read! (and learn!)

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[CountMike]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

CNet lost my patronage long time ago, now I put my trust mostly on Majorgeeks but still with a grain of salt.

 

[Arpan]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

Yup! Gotta click (and uncheck) and read! (and learn!)

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Absolutely, learnt a good lesson there.

 

[caperjack]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

Yup! Gotta click (and uncheck) and read! (and learn!)

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I had occasions when even that didn't stop it from install something else from being install

 

[CountMike]

I once got an adware called Luckyleap after downloading a piece of software from cnet, yes cnet. May be I was being too careless and clicked Next, Next, Install, Finish without actually reading anything. Didn't think cnet would go around putting adware.

Yup! Gotta click (and uncheck) and read! (and learn!)

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I had occasions when even that didn't stop it from install something else from being install

Me too.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I'm glad you tried it in a VM - You can see why I just decided the best thing to do was simply re-install windows -- the user might have had sorts of other things on the computer.

If anybody is actually bovine enough to test this out on a REAL "production" machine then they deserve all they get --- do it on a 100% ISOLATED VM. (That's where running the HOST of an external USB is good to since I have several clones of the USB -- even the "infected" VM won't get Near my physical testing machine - it runs totally from the external device under Linux itself is which itself is running totally on the external device. (See my posts on creating a portable system).

Cheers
jimbo

Yes siree! Gotta steer clear of junk like this!!!
Not too bad getting rid of the initial program, but the residual mess! Phew!
Has a nasty habit of picking up 'hijackers' depending on what you click on!

Hi there
That's what I was having trouble with -- removing all vestigial traces of it. That's why I don't bother with adware removers etc -- most of them can do a superficial clean but removing traces of stuff buried deep -- I somehow doubt it -- especially the free ones.

Just re-install windows or restore from a CLEAN backup.

@ Everyone -- Cnet isn't worth using these days --stay away If I were you. There's better more reliable sources for software.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Wynona]

Thanks, Jimbo!

Your warning should be right up there with the sticky posts at the beginning of each forum!

 

[whs]

You can get a virus from any place. Yesterday I got a bunch of them from opening a Forbes webpage. Fortunately I had an image from the morning. So it was no problem to restore.

 

[CountMike]

You can get a virus from any place. Yesterday I got a bunch of them from opening a Forbes webpage. Fortunately I had an image from the morning. So it was no problem to restore.

Hope it was at least a billion dollar virus, being from Forbes.

 

[Arpan]

Never got a virus (so far) just from opening a webpage. I mean really? Just opening a webpage?

 

[CountMike]

Never got a virus (so far) just from opening a webpage. I mean really? Just opening a webpage?

Just looked at my Avast statistics, web shield has stopped 1,467 malware pages in a year's time. I don't know the number of malicious pages Firefox stopped but it happens fairly regular. So yes you can catch nasties that way too.

 

[whs]

It was not from just openung the Forbes webpage. A pesty overlay window blocked the webpage and in the process of trying to get rid of it I must have gotten that virus. But you can get a virus if you open some content from a webpage.

 

[caperjack]

thousands of links on any/many website are hijacked everyday, my wife use to get them from clicking on recipes on a major baking flower company's website ,and countless other sites she visited over the years ,its getting a little better today ,the browsers are getting better at blocking the crap

 

[Wynona]

Never got a virus (so far) just from opening a webpage. I mean really? Just opening a webpage?

Neither have I, Arpan, but that doesn't mean it won't happen tomorrow. In fact, I don't know how I've escaped so far, but I don't remember more than a couple and those were from downloading board/card games (I wanted a good solitaire package).

 

[Windows 8]

Well, I once got adware from the official BitTorrent installer. Fortunately, that was not a big deal to remove but still.

 

[gator2013]

Some add-on's are technically not considered a virus but considered Malicious Software which to me are almost one in the same.

A friend of mine got the gift of Conduit from a free download from CNET and while Conduit is not considered a virus by some technical definitions, it sure is a nasty thing to get rid of.