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reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:34 AM by tommyboy1981
reply to post by Strype


Theres a link in this thread somewhere to download PIFTS.exe from MediaFire! Download it an unzip and then you can use Anubis to analyze the file... ANUBIS UNKONWN BINARY ANALYZER


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:38 AM by Strype
Originally posted by ANNED
WARNING WARNING

Antivirus360 has gotten into the act and if you try to google Pifts.exe you will walk into one of there traps.
www.ripoffreport.com...

You will first get a pop-up for pifts.exe and then get a warning from AV360 that your computer is infected and them trying to sell you there Antivirus.

I believe pitfs.exe is a piece of malware that was seeded on the internet BY AV360 and the seeded a large number of AV companies sites asking about it so that people would go to google looking for information on Pifts,exe and walk right into AV360s trap.

That is why it looks like the Antivirus companies are pulling it from there forums.
What they are doing is banning the poster (shill for AV360)that posted it on there site.
This deletes the subject from there forum.



Yeah, I hit one of these virii via googling "pifts.exe." Both McAfee and Anubis squashed it immediately. Not sure why that's important, but be careful when searching this file. I vouch that virii have been found by just searching for pifts.exe.

Heads up.


- Strype



reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:41 AM by Gemwolf
reply to post by dankanight13


I take it it's been deleted by now?

Edit:

lol! Gemwolf is gonna get you!


community.norton.com...



Seems like they've given up on deleting the spam...

[edit on 10-3-2009 by Gemwolf]


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:41 AM by DJMessiah
reply to post by dankanight13


That was me. XD

I was trying to warn whoever is doing it.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was a new virus out there being made with the same name as the file in question.

As for now, I would suggest everyone avoid searching websites for it, until there is an explanation by Norton.


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:47 AM by DJMessiah
reply to post by dankanight13


Ah, I misread your post.

Yeah, I said "Gemwolf is gonna get you," not "Gemwolf I'm gonna get you."

I would never threaten Gemwolf.

They already deleted the thread.

[edit on Tue Mar 10th 2009 by DJMessiah]



reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:48 AM by dankanight13
reply to post by DJMessiah


sorry, I misread yours as well.

>.<

[edit on 10-3-2009 by dankanight13]


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:48 AM by pegasi51
Originally posted by fooffstarr
reply to post by nikmti


Would have to be a hell of a hacker to break an Antivirus company's link to it's software.

They'd go away for years if they were caught.


Unless of course "they" were the boys holding the kite strings of big brother.


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 06:54 AM by DJMessiah
reply to post by pegasi51


Norton could easily blame it on a hacker, if it were their software, and they were found out to have implemented a malware file without the consent of their customers.

If the EU finds out, Norton will be banned and heavily fined.


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 07:01 AM by Strype
Originally posted by pegasi51
Originally posted by fooffstarr
reply to post by nikmti


Would have to be a hell of a hacker to break an Antivirus company's link to it's software.

They'd go away for years if they were caught.


Unless of course "they" were the boys holding the kite strings of big brother.



Yes. As I mentioned in a previous post, the large AV companies are known to actually pay expirienced programmers to "beat" their software. I cannot currently source this information, as if it's not somewhat obvious regardless. I can, however, direct you to my boss who is a former Symantec employee (He was only a network assistant, but I have no reason to doubt what he has told me). U2U me if you'd like to contact him regarding AV companies (at very least, Norton) paying high level programmers to "defeat" their security.


- Strype



reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 07:06 AM by DJMessiah
reply to post by Strype


It sure beats Microsoft releasing a product after alpha testing, and having the consumers do a live beta test.

The amount of cyber-sabotage that occurs in the business world would surprise many people. Businesses will literally pay hackers to hack their competition, so that consumers will lose trust in that business's product, once the exploit is revealed.


reply posted on 10-3-2009 @ 07:18 AM by Strype
reply to post by DJMessiah


Yes. Microsoft is definately a bit loose when it comes to revealing their products.

And you're absolutely correct about the cyber sabotage. The market is enormous and the people involved are ruthless. It becomes even more disturbing knowing that the destructive scripts these people are payed to write will inevitably end up all over the web. It's a virtual plague that will never end.

- Strype
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