Virus name

[GavinBandura]

First of all, sorry for the post, done a lot of searching and found an old thread that contained a link containing the virus name and how to remove it, but it seems that the link is now dead. Really after the name of the virus itself and the easiest way to remove it, as a friend of mine had his account jacked today.

Many thanks.

[Vodou]

First of all, sorry for the post, done a lot of searching and found an old thread that contained a link containing the virus name and how to remove it, but it seems that the link is now dead. Really after the name of the virus itself and the easiest way to remove it, as a friend of mine had his account jacked today.

Many thanks.

Re read your post and then ask yourself: does anyone really know wtf I am talking about? Have I included any information at all that is a clue to anything other than "virus" "link" "friend" "jacked".

[Gregorio]

Try casting Viruna.

[Militant]

Re read your post and then ask yourself: does anyone really know wtf I am talking about? Have I included any information at all that is a clue to anything other than "virus" "link" "friend" "jacked".

Im guessing his friend got his account jacked so he is now scared and wants to know the name of the .dll/keylogger's that have fucked over so many accounts.

[Aikar]

Re read your post and then ask yourself: does anyone really know wtf I am talking about? Have I included any information at all that is a clue to anything other than "virus" "link" "friend" "jacked".

Maybe you just need to learn how to read better? I understood his post just fine.

No need to be an asshole for no reason, especially when you're the one who's having problems reading.

[Aihree]

"removal" is a tricky concept. You can't know whether or not something has been removed, entirely, really.

There is only one way to know that your computer is safe: Reformat and reinstall Windows, and make sure you install all Windows patches, update flash (very important), install Firefox and NoScript, permanently disable IE, and only then type in your password to POL.

[Neosutra]

Maybe you just need to learn how to read better? I understood his post just fine.

No need to be an asshole for no reason, especially when you're the one who's having problems reading.

His post was ambiguous and left alot of needed info out to help with his situation. Maybe you're the one that needs to get the sand out of their vagina.

[Cairthenn]

His post was ambiguous and left alot of needed info out to help with his situation. Maybe you're the one that needs to get the sand out of their vagina.

I understood it as well. All it takes is a brain.

[Deftscythe]

If there was only one virus ever that was responsible for stolen accounts, his post would be fine, however since there have been like half a dozen(or more) in the last year his post is indeed too ambiguous for anyone to help him.

[CelinaAlexander]

He just misunderstood the situation, maybe he's not a computer genius? Instead of being dicks either explain that there is more than one virus, and offer a way to help, or shut the fuck up, seriously.

[Militant]

I seem to recall their being good info in the sticky above us "Hacked players" thread or whatever. Information on how to scan your registry/processes and the names of some of the key loggers. @OP Might wanna try skimming through that.

[GavinBandura]

Seriously, wow. Thanks to all those that posted something constructive. Okay, let me try and explain better? It was very early in the morning and I posted quickly in the hope someone would understand and be able to help. I posted because I remembered a thread about a virus which I now know is called smart.dl. We were just trying to get the name of the virus. No, I did not know there were 6 viruses or so, I was not aware of this.

I remember in the thread I was talking about in which there was a decent walkthrough to remove the smart.dl using a specific program. That's what I was trying to get at.

For those of you who came into this thread just to be an asshole because I posted quickly, fuck you. It really didn't take a genius to understand what I was saying, but you had to bitch for the sake of bitching. Hopefully this is a *bit* clearer now, thanks all.

[Aikar]

His post was ambiguous and left alot of needed info out to help with his situation. Maybe you're the one that needs to get the sand out of their vagina.

I'm not the one being bitchy? So how can one remove sand from vagina when ones non existent vagina has no sand?


here, let me edit the OP's post for you to make you see how easy it was to understand, ill add and bold words and give line breaks to make it in "english for dummies".

First of all, sorry for the post, I've done a lot of searching and I found an old thread that contained a link to a thread containing the virus name thats infecting people and how to remove it, but it seems that the link is now dead.

I'm really after the name of the virus itself and the easiest way to remove it, as a friend of mine just had his account jacked today.

Many thanks.

Understand now? I didn't add any words to make it 'unambiguous' nor did I add any information about his situation.

http://hooked-on-phonics.com/

however since there have been like half a dozen(or more) in the last year his post is indeed too ambiguous for anyone to help him.

However, theres been 1 (stickied i believe?) thread about removing smart.dll virus specifically that got alot of attention, and that was the thread he was asking for.

If you don't browse BG at all much I guess your excused for thinking the OP's post was ambiguous, but neo has no excuse.

[GavinBandura]

Yeah, you're correct. There is a stickied thread about BG being compromised, and within that thread was a link to a very handy thread about removing the smart.dll virus. I'm sorry that I was ambiguous at first, but like I said, I was posting quickly.

[Vodou]

Seriously, wow. Thanks to all those that posted something constructive. Okay, let me try and explain better? It was very early in the morning and I posted quickly in the hope someone would understand and be able to help. I posted because I remembered a thread about a virus which I now know is called smart.dl. We were just trying to get the name of the virus. No, I did not know there were 6 viruses or so, I was not aware of this.

I remember in the thread I was talking about in which there was a decent walkthrough to remove the smart.dl using a specific program. That's what I was trying to get at.

For those of you who came into this thread just to be an asshole because I posted quickly, fuck you. It really didn't take a genius to understand what I was saying, but you had to bitch for the sake of bitching. Hopefully this is a *bit* clearer now, thanks all.

Really, you need to take ownership for doing shitty job of explaining what you want instead of being peeved like a baby because no one changed your diaper.

[Khamsin]

I think the confusion was that he was asking about a virus, when there's billions of viruses that have been released since the dawn of time. He provided no hint as to which virus he may be talking about, other than it is one of the several that have been mentioned on BG at one point in it's history.

[Diumis]

Really, you need to take ownership for doing shitty job of explaining what you want instead of being peeved like a baby because no one changed your diaper.

Be the better man. If you can't help someone, lowering yourself to being a jackass and flinging shit wont make you cool. Try coming up with your own style rather than copying what everyone else on the internet seems to do.

[Shadowrunner]

Maybe if those thousands of viruses had something to do with FFXI, and they all occured to the mass majority in the last oh say.. month, maybe 2.

I mean really, There are a -few- viruses that have been mentioned on BG ever that have hit computers. Never have I recalled such a large impact as the latest one.

I read his post, and immediately knew what he was talking about. I made the poor decision of never reading the sticky, so I made a worse assuption in that thinking he had already glanced it and didn't feel like digging in this situation.

No, his post wasn't pin-point and exact, after all if he knew the exact specifications he probably woulda known the name, but it wasn't vague or ambiguous either.

And what is with this bullshit crap insult talk. It's a pretty silly way of getting a point across

I mean diapers? Sand? Really?

What. The. Fuck.

[isladar]

Piggie just cussed, y'all don't even know how mad he must be.

[blackmail]

It seems to me BG has evolved. It seems that now there's a large group in support of "Welcome to the BG neighborhood!" "Here's your fruitcake as a nice housewarming present." "Is there anything I can do to make your stay here more comfortable?"
On the other hand, there are individuals that still honestly enjoy pointing out others errors. In my opinion, more posts have come from people trying to either give others shit in the quest for epic pwnage than legitimate questions.
The best part though is when the Mr. Rogers BG posters come down on the pwnage seekers. I think that, in a way, perhaps they fail to see that they're becoming exactly what they hate so much.