tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post3799227188519074300..comments2024-02-23T09:06:13.967+00:00Comments on Dynamoo's Blog: Beware of worid-of-books.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-32321363977258138562011-02-07T21:00:46.250+00:002011-02-07T21:00:46.250+00:00Cheers, that did the business Roger. What a relief...Cheers, that did the business Roger. What a relief!<br /><br />Go raibh míle maith agatRuaidhríhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763827068461469346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-53918377738350329032011-02-06T22:20:23.537+00:002011-02-06T22:20:23.537+00:00Ruaidhrí : Have you tried BitDefender QuickScan (h...Ruaidhrí : Have you tried BitDefender QuickScan (http://quickscan.bitdefender.com/)?<br /><br />The free version did the job for me, in conjunction with Malwarebytes (http://www.malwarebytes.org/), also free. (Start with BitDefender, then use Malwarebytes to clean up.)<br /><br />Good luck to you.Roger McKeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365190310923855102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-5692516393602962432011-02-06T18:32:52.951+00:002011-02-06T18:32:52.951+00:00I just got caught with this aswell, anti-Malware s...I just got caught with this aswell, anti-Malware software doesn't seem to be detecting it, can anyone let me know the best way to remove this without purchasing expensive software? Time's are tight you knowRuaidhríhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763827068461469346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-59804102667168431912011-01-30T21:44:46.711+00:002011-01-30T21:44:46.711+00:00I was hit as well. These people are crooks. When I...I was hit as well. These people are crooks. When I tried to download a book, what I got instead were three infected files:<br /><br /><br />C:\Documents and Settings\...\Local Settings\Temp\Fwk.exe --> Gen:Variant.Kazy.9776<br /> --> c:\windows\tasks\{62c40aa6-4406-467a-a5a5-dfdf1b559b7a}.job<br /><br />C:\DOCUME~1\...\LOCALS~1\Temp\Fwl.exe --> Gen:Variant.Kazy.9776<br /> --> Roger McKeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365190310923855102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-83857375756601895352011-01-09T00:46:29.868+00:002011-01-09T00:46:29.868+00:00I jumped at the offer of a free download of a fair...I jumped at the offer of a free download of a fairly obscure and hard-to-get scholarly article. My up-to-date Norton anti-virus failed to recognise the threat on the google search-page, but it did detect something amiss before I opened the file. It didn't name the threat, but recommended deletion. Which I promptly did, but we'll see... guess I'd better check my Task Manager. There'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204188663447123152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-12221649577929818132011-01-04T06:33:13.692+00:002011-01-04T06:33:13.692+00:00I discovered this terrible site because one of my ...I discovered this terrible site because one of my books was offered as a free download. I am an author and my work is copyrighted. I clicked "Abuse" and told them to stop displaying my book as I did not ever consent to a free download. Rest assured that I will get the word out to avoid worid-of-books.com!Mary Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17425134505340924899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804714437673009003.post-28368512735992504262010-12-17T02:07:13.528+00:002010-12-17T02:07:13.528+00:00This is one of the very few times I got fooled. I ...This is one of the very few times I got fooled. I was searching for a particular ebook, and this site listed it. I downloaded the file [booktitle].pdf.exe, and the little warning bell in my head didn't go off like it should have.<br /><br />I think I removed all the files manually, but I'm not sure if there are any registry entries.<br /><br />These 3 files showed up in the Task Manager:<Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473326737299320884noreply@blogger.com