Re: new mirar installation method??????

ok so i'm not the only one thats come across this one.



"Peter Clark" <> wrote in message
news...
> My wife was browsing birthday card sites on Wednesday evening and managed
> to download a Mirar toolbar. Norton Auto Protect indicated that it
> contained 'malicious script' and disabled my POP email system.
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> I disabled the toolbar and did a full virus scan and found nothing.
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> Out of curiosity I did a Windows Explorer search for any downloaded .exe
> files for that day and found 2 files that had installed at the exact time
> of the problem: gadcom.exe and prunnet.exe. The first one is described as
> an Infostealer and the other is a Downloader. When I opened the folders to
> look at them the Auto Protect immeadiately identified them and tried to
> delete them. Gadcom.exe refused to be deleted until I realized it had to
> first be shut down using Task Manager. The other went without a fight.
>
> I thought anybody who comes across the Mirar toolbar ought to be aware!!
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> Peter
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> "kreepz" <(remove" _-" to reply)kreepz86_-_-_@gmail.com> wrote in message
> newszp0l.6674$...
>> i've been pretty fortunate the last 5-7 years and can honestly say I
>> have never been infected by malware & spyware. I have been a true and
>> loyal kasparsky user since day one and a few other antispyware programs i
>> use (no, not running them all at the same time!) i scan with one the
>> proceed to the next till I have 3 scans completed.
>>
>> anyways, my the reason for my post is last night while surfing the net
>> my browser came to a halt, then came an internet explorer error and all
>> ie windows closed. i can accept the fact that ie crashed no big deal.
>> not the first, not the last time i would imagine. what really baffles me
>> is after grabbing a bite, i came back to my computer and to my surprise
>> there were 4 ie pages opened. with a big white & light blue box in the
>> middle thanking my for installing mirar toolbar. i was shocked to see
>> that i became infected with this garbage. needless to say i removed all
>> of it without any problem or it coming back to haunt me again.
>>
>> what i like to know is how in the world did i become infected? yes i
>> probably should of had kasparsky's online protection enabled but never
>> had to turn it on before and have done just fine without it. i deleted
>> all my history so i can't go back to the last 3 or 4 pages to see which
>> one got me and how. so, i'm just wondering could it be a new exploit?
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kreepz