BEWARE

scottr5213 · Post by **scottr5213** » 11 Feb 2010, 15:02

I wanted to let everybody know to make sure you check your downloads from AVSIM.RU, Tuesday I downloaded a military scenery and after I did the auto download it launched a virus that wont even let me start my computer, and my tech said that it deleted some windows files.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 11 Feb 2010, 15:30

Yikes, thanks for the heads up!

sprocky · Post by **sprocky** » 11 Feb 2010, 17:31

Scott, which scenery was that?

scottr5213 · Post by **scottr5213** » 11 Feb 2010, 21:02

Hi Jan, Long time no talk, when I get my computer back will let eveybody know what to avoid.

scottr5213 · Post by **scottr5213** » 11 Feb 2010, 21:18

Kamchatka. The Lost World v1.0 this is the file name on AVSIM.RU thats infected.

Joseph29 · Post by **Joseph29** » 11 Feb 2010, 21:54

You sure that was the scenery infected? Cause I tried it out 2 days ago (didn't keep it) and my virus scanner didn't pick up any virus and my computer is running fine.

scottr5213 · Post by **scottr5213** » 11 Feb 2010, 22:31

My virus scan didnt pick it up eather. But thats the last thing I installed before the crash, it has somthing to do with the installer that came with the scenery.

Joseph29 · Post by **Joseph29** » 11 Feb 2010, 23:05

Thanks for the heads up.

I will keep my eye on my virus scanner. It has scanned my computer a few times since I tired the scenery and it hasn't found any viruses and the computer is still working correct.

What virus scanner do you use? I have Kaspersky.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 12 Feb 2010, 07:07

If the installer is a clickteam one, the same as the one that MAIW uses, then its not actually a virus. The latest checkers pick up the advert in the freeware version as adware.

scottr5213 · Post by **scottr5213** » 12 Feb 2010, 12:19

I use McAfee virus scan, and I dont think the installer was from clickteam, the one thing that I do remember is that it took a long time for it to start the install (45-60 sec). I have downloaded other things from AVSIM.RU and never had a problem, some of the floks over there has talant, and I'am starting to think it might have picked up somthing thru a portal depending on the route it took.

james84 · Post by **james84** » 16 Feb 2010, 09:24

You'd better tell this to Avsim.ru moderators too!
Anyway, sometimes auto-installers cause this kind of problems: for example, Norton 2005 didn't allow me to install ISD Project's Venice because it didn't like a script inside the exe file!

fishlips · Post by **fishlips** » 13 Mar 2010, 08:39

Yes,
My scenery development offsider also picked up a virus from an installer package off Avsim a couple months ago, in the end he had to buy a new hard drive, bugger.
I guess there are people out there that think its funny to make a virus.

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