Archive for the 'orkut' Category

How to remove “Use Internet Explorer you dope, I dnt hate Mozilla but use IE`r OR ELSE…” svchost.exe heap41a virus

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

I just clicked the firefox shortcut on my desktop like I do any other day, when suddenly, a message box appears :
“USE INTERNET EXPLORER YOU DOPE,I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE `r OR ELSE…”
Another virus which wants to waste my time. I didn’t think hackers would write [...]

Why does Orkut need Adobe Flash Player – Click here to download plugin ?

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Orkut.com – the social networking site of Google. It has become famous – popluar enough to have viruses run specifically for it !
But the problem I address here is that Orkut asks me to install missing plugins.
That Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page.
Click here to download plugin even.
When I [...]

Deleting Orkut testimonial

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

How to delete / remove a testimonial from Orkut Account profile
Recently (and now too) many viruses spread in Orkut.com which sent testimonials and scraps in Portuguese with links to the viruses’ website (always disgiused as a tinyurl.com or urlcut.com or my-own.net other short url) ( the extensions being rndx, muyt1, asd1 , yompks, …)
Contagion – [...]

6 degrees of separation – Social networking overload

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Once upon a time, 6 degrees of separation was an overestimate – uttered with a hope that one day, we’d all be connected …
Joined Orkut, Friendster , Hi5, Myspace, Twitter, … ?
Now, here comes the overload !

Testimonials and Scrapbooks affected by virus spreading via Orkut

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Testimonial and scrapbook orkut viruses
Testimonials and Scrapbooks affected by virus spreading via Orkut
Got this message in a scrap ? It’s from a virus. Tell the person who sent it to you that their computer is infected.
Remove Orcu virus from your computer as given here :
http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-remove-orcu-virus.html
Opa , como está? Olha, vazou na internet imagens amadoras do [...]