Anyone seen a Malware infection on Win 8 RP yet?

[jimmyfal]

I figure this would be the place to ask. Just curious.

Kind of tired of dealing with rootkits on 7 lately.

I suppose they would wait till release to even try, but maybe there is a beta release preview of some Malware? Hehe

Would actually love to see this crap lessen, I'd rather show people how to do cool stuff with computers than see this kind of crap all day long.

jf

[Hum]

How could that be possible -- isn't Windows 8 perfect ? :laugh:

[ANON86364]

I don't see why it would be any different.

[Max Norris]

Unless Windows 8 has a new feature that makes the "average internet idiot" smarter, then no, I don't see it magically stopping malware any time soon. Stick a fool in front of a computer and they'll wind up getting it wrecked no matter which OS they're on.

[HawkMan]

I haven't, but then I have never had a malware infection on 7 or vista either, neither have my relatives or people I know.

at work I fix a rare few vista and 7 computers but mostly XP. But all the Vista and 7 malware I have seen have almost without exception been caused by user stupidity. and I'm not talking the regular average user "I don't know how to use a computer" stupidity, I'm talking the absolute doing the opposite of step by step instructions in small words stupidity.

[argonite]

Microsoft's amazing backwards compatibility track record has ensured that all of your favourite Windows 7 malware will probably work just as well on Windows 8*.

* Unless it relies on exploiting the bootloader.

[bdsams Veteran]

How the hell are you getting "rootkits" installed, i haven't run an AV package in 3 years and never get that crap.

[cybertimber2008]

We use McAfee at work and have seen rootkits on our systems.

Flash Ad's and Java attacks mostly. We require both for systems we use (payroll & document management) so there is no getting rid of them for now.

[Anthonyd]

How the hell are you getting "rootkits" installed, i haven't run an AV package in 3 years and never get that crap.

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

[mduren2445]

yeah I have its called the start screen and metro ...... :woot:

[cork1958]

We use McAfee at work and have seen rootkits on our systems.

Flash Ad's and Java attacks mostly. We require both for systems we use (payroll & document management) so there is no getting rid of them for now.

That explains that right there, you use McAfee at work! :x

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

I've often wondered that when some one says that too?

Haven't seen any infections with mulitple programs on my 8 Windows 7 machines, in a long time, or any of the Windows 8 machines I've played on.

[neufuse Veteran]

I've never once had a rootkit on any of my systems, where are you guys getting all these things? Besides the obvious offenders like Sony...

[Max Norris]

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

You don't need resident antivirus software to check for that sort of thing. All the resident software does is maybe stop it before it gets installed, if it even detects it.. too many people use it as a crutch to compensate for bad safety habits.

[sava700]

Of course Win8 will get infected just like any other system even Win7 as I've cleaned many with Win7 having infections so far and yes I've even gone as far as to on purpose test getting an infection on Win8 RP which reacted the same but did in fact end up being harder to remove from Win7 cause of the lack of support yet from 3rd party cleaners.

At the end of the day the end-user is responsible for what they click on - no AV or anti-malware application will prevent them all.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

Avast + Malwarebytes = Safe Computer Always

Windows 7 AND Windows 8

[neufuse Veteran]

Hopefully UEFI, GUID partiton tables, and secureboot will stop a few for a while....

[FloatingFatMan]

We use McAfee at work and have seen rootkits on our systems.

Flash Ad's and Java attacks mostly. We require both for systems we use (payroll & document management) so there is no getting rid of them for now.

Sure there is. Cut off all company users from the internet; Intranet only. No malware, job done!

People shouldn't be surfing the net on their employers dime, anyway.

[FloatingFatMan]

Avast + Malwarebytes = Safe Computer Always

Windows 7 AND Windows 8

HAHAHAHA no.

I used to swear by Malwarebytes, but lately? Not so much. It still great for scanning, but their resident monitoring is something else. Not so much for what it finds, but for what it's doing to your system.

My wifes laptop has been overhearing a LOT lately, enough that it's been hitting it's thermal shut off limit and shutting itself down. I eventually tracked it down to MWB's live scanner using a crapton of CPU time constantly, and pushing the temps to > 95c.

I'll still use it for the weekly scan, but it's realtime protection is now OFF.

[Dot Matrix]

I'm kinda curious how you're getting rootkits on your Windows 7. :huh: Let alone malware.

[siah1214]

Sure there is. Cut off all company users from the internet; Intranet only. No malware, job done!

People shouldn't be surfing the net on their employers dime, anyway.

Because business systems NEVER have to access systems outside of intranet. Especially business and accounting, they would NEVER have to access external banks and accounts that would require the internet.

Get real.

[FloatingFatMan]

Because business systems NEVER have to access systems outside of intranet. Especially business and accounting, they would NEVER have to access external banks and accounts that would require the internet.

Get real.

Seriously, you don't know how to limit access to specific sites only?

Wow, I hope you're not the admin! :p

[+Warwagon MVC]

A better example of where the **** do they get it at is "Mywebsearch" I swear to god (not joking) 99.999999999% of all of my 1,700+ customers have had this installed. yet I have NEVER been prompted to install it in my life.

On a side note, it's not just the people running XP that get rootkits. Have seen plenty of Windows 7 and windows vista 64bit MBR infections.

How the hell are you getting "rootkits" installed, i haven't run an AV package in 3 years and never get that crap.

You might not be dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to computers but a lot of people are. As to not insult anyone I will say when it comes to cars, i'm also as dumb as a box of rocks.

[jimmyfal]

I can see how anyone of the users in this forum might not get them, but I work on the "idiots" if that's what you must call them, computers all day long.

And whether they asked for it or not, it walks or is let in right through the front door with Norton, MacAfee, Avast, MSE, running in the background.

I guess the more than a few times a month that I have to run TDSSKILLER.exe on a computer and it identifies an infection as a Rootkit is what I would term too often. Windows 7, Vista sure, all the time actually.

99.9% of the time it is a PC that is not fully patched that gets nailed.

But back to my original question. I probably posted the question out of frustration that I am having this week with yes, Rootkits, on Windows 7, that tddsskiller identifies as a "rootkit". Maybe Kaspersky is just calling it that for kicks?

Original question was has anyone seen it on 8, yet, but I should have known what I was in for when I posted it. I'll delete the post when my inbox gets to the ridiculous stage.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Just a few mins ago I got a call from a woman who got the "Fedex package could not be delivered email" that included a executable file and of course she ran it.

[PGHammer]

Hopefully UEFI, GUID partiton tables, and secureboot will stop a few for a while....

An up-to-date AV solution (even MSE) used by a user with a clue, will put a halt in most malware in the wild today, with other extant modern features, such as UEFI/GPT support and secure boot taking out (or neutralizing) the stragglers.