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Riiight, cuz there aren't any OSX, Linux, or Android bugs and they haven't existed for decades...oh wait. As you can see the first malware wasn't even for MS-DOS, it was on DEC PDP-10.

Did MSFT make serious fuck ups? Yup and so has Linux, OSX, Unix,DEC, IBM with their System OSes, if its able to run programs and is more complex than a Hello World program? There is gonna be bugs, because humans are fallible.

Some news on the Mac functionally
OSX/FruitFly
https://objective-see.com/blog...
"New Mac backdoor using antiquated code"
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

See subject: I'd never have had to release APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux & BSD h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between characters & download) OR APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-1 32/64-bit for Windows https://www.google.com/search?... ... apk

MULTIPLATFORM for Windows & Linux + BSD variants keeping you SAFER & FASTER online vs. a myriad of threats (botnets, cryptominers, malware, malscript etc.) as well as more reliably connected (vs. DNS redirect poisoning security issues OR being down) + more anonymous (vs. script tracking + DNS request log tracking too).

* ... & neither would Malwarebytes (whose subsidiary hpHosts both HOSTS & RECOMMENDS my work above) in their new addon https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

APK

P.S.=> ... & accept NO substitutes for the best (see above)... apk

Malwarebytes Browser Extension (downfall is it's a browser extension = easily detected) https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

* Wouldn't SURPRISE me IF this IS you "reaming my ideas" (all I have to do is see how they implemented it to know & IF it matches the architecture you laid out BUT AVOIDED when I asked you about what toolchain you intended to use (JAVA etc.)).

APK

P.S.=> Again - HOW DO I KNOW I did it RIGHT & WELL (#2 & #3 below describe YOU perfectly)?

1st = User praise of my hosts engine https://tech.slashdot.org/comm...

2nd "ATTACKS" I GET (from UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous fools, just like Elon Musk got https://tech.slashdot.org/stor... )

3rd BEING IMITATED as "Imitation IS the sincerest form of flattery" https://linux.slashdot.org/com... ... apk

APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between characters & download).

Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any SINGLE solution (99% of threats = hostnames vs. IP address that most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

(Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" competitors slowing you, hosts speed you up 2 ways (adblocks + hardcodes u spend most time @) vs. competition loaded w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads (messagepass ('souled-out' to advertiser addons) + filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploitation).

* ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI on Linux!

Better vs. Windows model in speed/efficiency/merge.

APK

P.S.=> See subject & "Since most of these browser lockers are distributed via malvertising, an effective mitigation method is to use an ad-blocker" https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between characters & download).

Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any SINGLE solution (99% of threats = hostnames vs. IP address that most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

(Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" competitors slowing you, hosts speed you up 2 ways (adblocks + hardcodes u spend most time @) vs. competition loaded w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads (messagepass ('souled-out' to advertiser addons) + filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploitation).

* ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI on Linux!

Better vs. Windows model in speed/efficiency/merge!

APK

P.S.=> "Since most of these browser lockers are distributed via malvertising, an effective mitigation method is to use an ad-blocker." https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

See subject & APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p (remove spaces between characters & download).

Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any SINGLE solution (99% of threats = hostnames vs. IP address that most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER + NATIVELY 4 less!

(Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" competitors slowing you, hosts speed you up 2 ways (adblocks + hardcodes u spend most time @) vs. competition loaded w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads (messagepass ('souled-out' to advertiser addons) + filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploitation).

* ONLY 1 of its kind in GUI on Linux!

Better vs. Windows model in speed/efficiency/merge.

APK

P.S.=> "Since most of these browser lockers are distributed via malvertising, an effective mitigation method is to use an ad-blocker." https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

According to one security firm, the apps look legitimate

How the fuck can software "look" legitimate or illegitimate? What, the filename is spelled correct? (Did you spot that? A real post would have said "correctly." That's how you know I'm fake.)

And yes, it goes on to "explain," and the explanation is every bit as stupid as you might imagine. You're not imagining something stupid? Then try harder!

Imagine the reputation hit that would ensue should Alphabet/Google get known for bringing about a massive malware attack because someone snuck something through.

Perhaps you might argue the meaning of "massive" but it has already happened and there was almost no reputation hit.

None of the positive things have something to do with a walled garden. At best the malware thing has to do with an app store.
Walled garden only helps if somehow having e.g. root access makes you unable to resist installing random crap from the internet, but then I would say a better impulse control would on your side would be a worthy thing to strive for instead.
Security and updates you can mostly get from select vendors on Android as well, though admittedly it is a big issue because most smartphone companies are a sad joke when it comes to software competence, and the little they have they decide to spend on useless crap.

"Random crap from the internet"?!? Boy, THAT's rich!!!

HOW many reports of Malware have their been regarding APPROVED Apps from the Google Play Store?!?

https://9to5google.com/2018/01...

https://www.cnet.com/news/goog...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/p...

http://fortune.com/2017/09/14/...

https://www.digitaltrends.com/...

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...

https://www.wired.com/story/go...

Genuinely sorry if there are (likely are) dups in the above list. But you get the picture.

And if you say "Well, but Google REMOVED these Apps, proving the system works!" It begs the question, how many people downloaded and had their information stolen, etc. BEFORE an App was removed?!?

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(The shitty source article was your undoing, no mind - HOWEVER - the source it USED in malwarebytes, who hosts & recommends MY WORK (not yours, "ne'er-do-well") + is a great source!)

LASTLY - I SEE YOU TRIED "DOWNMOD HIDING" THIS LAST TIME I POSTED IT too, lol https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11715333&cid=56086197/

APK

P.S.=> See subject & NoScript is VASTLY INFERIOR & INEFFICIENT + SLOWER vs. hosts https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11715333&cid=56084073/ You STUPID little LYING unidentifiable anonymous piece of shit... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(The shitty source article was your undoing, no mind - its SOURCE in malwarebytes, who hosts & recommends MY WORK (not yours, "ne'er-do-well"), is a great source!)

LASTLY - I SEE YOU TRIED "DOWNMOD HIDING" THIS LAST TIME I POSTED IT too, lol https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11715333&cid=56086259/

APK

P.S.=> See subject & my source You STUPID little LYING unidentifiable anonymous piece of shit... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(The shitty source article was your undoing, no mind - its SOURCE in malwarebytes, who hosts & recommends MY WORK (not yours, "ne'er-do-well"), is a great source!)

LASTLY - I SEE YOU TRIED "DOWNMOD HIDING" THIS TOO LAST TIME I POSTED IT, lol https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11715333&cid=56086473/

APK

P.S.=> Going to celebrate this one w/ my FAV. Motley Crue song (describes my younger days (dumb but fun)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrOemQaEJGU/ as I KICK STOMP YOUR HEART motherfucker... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(Nicest part is IWantMoreSpamPlease has to EAT HIS WORDS behind his FAKE NAME for his FAKE LIE OF A LIFE bullshit here https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11715333&cid=56083705/ )

APK

P.S.=> Going to celebrate this one w/ my FAV. Motley Crue song (describes my younger days (dumb but fun)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrOemQaEJGU/ as I KICK STOMP YOUR HEARTS you loser motherfucker trolls... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(The shitty source article was your undoing, no mind - its SOURCE in malwarebytes, who hosts & recommends MY WORK (not yours, "ne'er-do-well"), is a great source!)

APK

P.S.=> Going to celebrate this one w/ my FAV. Motley Crue song (describes my younger days (dumb but fun)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrOemQaEJGU/ as I KICK STOMP YOUR HEART motherfucker... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

(The shitty source article was your undoing, no mind - its SOURCE in malwarebytes, who hosts & recommends MY WORK (not yours, "ne'er-do-well"), is a great source!)

APK

P.S.=> See subject & my source You STUPID little LYING unidentifiable anonymous piece of shit... apk

0.0.0.0 windows.microsoft.com.msf-help.info
0.0.0.0 msf-help.info

* SOURCE https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2018/02/tech-support-scammers-find-new-way-jam-google-chrome/

APK

P.S.=> See subject & my source You STUPID little LYING unidentifiable anonymous piece of shit... apk

Reported on the Malwarebytes forum yesterday: Malwarebytes Web Protection unable to turn on and a massive Memory Leak. Also, CPU use was extremely high, making computers slow. The issue was fixed in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but it cost many people a huge amount of time because it wasn't obvious what was causing the problems.

Recent automatic updates to Malwarebytes software have been destructive in other ways, apparently. The company says Malwarebytes can and should co-exist with other anti-malware software. However, recent updates have caused ZoneAlarm to fail on about 17 computers of which we are aware. Malwarebytes does not provide a software firewall, ZoneAlarm does, so ZoneAlarm is valuable.

Malwarebytes should change its name. "Malware bytes" is what the software protects against. If a company produces a pill that reduces intestinal gas, should the company name be "flatulence"?

Reported on the Malwarebytes forum yesterday: Malwarebytes Web Protection unable to turn on and a massive Memory Leak. Also, CPU use was extremely high, making computers slow. The issue was fixed in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but it cost many people a huge amount of time because it wasn't obvious what was causing the problems.

Recent automatic updates to Malwarebytes software have been destructive in other ways, apparently. The company says Malwarebytes can and should co-exist with other anti-malware software. However, recent updates have caused ZoneAlarm to fail on about 17 computers of which we are aware. Malwarebytes does not provide a software firewall, ZoneAlarm does, so ZoneAlarm is valuable.

Malwarebytes should change its name. "Malware bytes" is what the software protects against. If a company produces a pill that reduces intestinal gas, should the company name be "flatulence"?

See subject & my sources my program gets do it @ diff. intervals ALL AROUND THE CLOCK & I go 'above & beyond it' personally - how?

SECURITY SITES I WILL LIST FOR YOU (these are excellent finding all kinds of exploiters & malicious sites/servers galore for ALL types of threats):

http://blog.talosintelligence....
https://www.welivesecurity.com...
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/
https://researchcenter.paloalt...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...
https://securityintelligence.c...
https://www.cyren.com/blog
http://garwarner.blogspot.com/
http://www.malwaretech.com/
https://securelist.com/all/?ca...
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/t...
https://www.secureworks.com/re...
https://research.checkpoint.co...
http://blog.trendmicro.com/tre...
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/...
https://blog.comodo.com/catego...

That's 25 sources in total from the security community that UPDATES all the time around the clock - my program makes easy work of consolidating all that data is all! It works (see testimonials I posted in my other replies to you from /. peers).

APK

P.S.=> ... & YOU, personally, have FULL CONTROL OF THE DATA (try that w/ addons OR a REMOTE DNS - good luck on the latter & the former? You'd best know regular expressions)... apk

OK, they're ALL out to get you. If you didn't pay for it, you're the product. I fear my local government more than a far-away one. I'm a minnow, no some plankton living in the social/financial sea. It's only metadata. If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear. Ever uploaded something to VirusTotal/Google/MS/Amazon? If it's unencrypted in the cloud, it's probably now on someone's ELSE's cloud too. If encrypted, it's still fair game. KAV have good reviews. So I'll just leave this here and get my coat,

OVERVIEW
https://www.pcworld.com/articl...
https://www.av-test.org/en/ant...
http://chart.av-comparatives.o...

Free
https://usa.kaspersky.com/free...
https://www.bitdefender.com/su...
https://www.malwarebytes.com/m...
https://www.avira.com/en/free-...
https://home.sophos.com/
https://www.pandasecurity.com/...

Just PICK one just as long as it's not the default MS Defender. They couldn't stop it from getting in to start with, what makes you think their AV is going to do better?

There is a more technical breakdown of the malware from the folks at Talos that discovered it. According to them ClamAV has a signature to detect the altered installers. Also it looks like Malwarebytes has the signature too so if that is what you are using get the updated signature files and run a scan.

Otherwise look for outbound traffic attempting to go to 216.126.225.148, that is the hardcoded C2 server the malware uses.

Get good AV like Intego. https://www.intego.com/
A firewall product like https://www.obdev.at/products/...
RansomWhere? https://objective-see.com/
Malwarebytes https://www.malwarebytes.com/m...

Malwarebytes wrote: “This was probably some kind of kill switch... UPDATE: The second argument to InternetOpenA is 1 (INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT), so the worm will still work on any system that requires a proxy to access the Internet, which is the case on the majority of corporate networks.”

Okay,this article is a mess and it's missing some key factors and some VERY misleading information. The biggest, that people need a crazy amount of RAM to run basic operating systems. In my experience speed problems are not because you don't have the latest operating system. Contrary to popular belief, the newest operating system (especially Windows 8/10) actually CREATE slowdowns. Those "live" tiles, the windows store monitors, the data collection scanning/transmitting to ms your private data all take more Memory resources. Windows XP in fact consumes less memory but it's 64-bit version is virtual unusable because of lack of proper drivers for hardware. Windows 7 can be tweaked in a few ways. Take off those fancy graphical theme/effects that alone helps.I find disabling SuperFetch makes a significant difference. On a Windows 8 Mini computer (by Asus) I was able to improve performance significantly by disabling and uninstalling all the tile features (which is a pain in the arse), as well as Superfetch) made a difference. See these articles:

http://www.techregar.com/maste...
http://www.windowsbleu.com/201...
IT Professional often do NOT have the latest OS (except for testing) because we as professionals know of the memory consumption as well as privacy/OS control issues surrounding windows 8/10. So they will opt for Windows 7 pro (64-bit), a Mac or Linux variant (usually CentOS, Debian, or Scientific Linux..Linux Mint is for consumer use and it excels there).

Most people use computers for 4 things: Internet, Word Processing, Multimedia and gaming). The first 3 don't require that much memory unless you are creating a media server. If you are a gamer then you truly need the memory of the games. No way around that. And the latest games may not run as well as Windows 7 (but every game I've seen doesn't require Windows 8 or 10). But those systems are typically 1k to 2k USD to build. If you are an professional artist or musician or developer you may need more. I find 16 GB is a real blessing if you need to run Virtual machines or do a lot of Java development.

A few other things to improve Windows performance: There are services that truly have no business being there. The Update services that people seem to keep putting into systems are creepy. For example Mozilla Firefox actually installs an update service. Why would you even need a service running for a browser update? The browser gives you update alerts when it's running? Google has a updating service which you mess up the programs if you remove it. Adobe is one of the WORST offenders as they keep installing crap to try to push you to use their "cloud" services. The Adobe updater background applications can be disabled or removed. (they are sometimes preinstalled on laptops). Oh, And let's not forget Antiviruses. Some a great with memory, others are memory hogs. Symantec products are wasteful in resources in every respect. The best memory effecient antiviruses I've seen are Eset, BitDefender (not the free edition...sorry), and F-Secure. While I like Gdata it's a memory hog, no question. The most common reasons for PC slow downs are malware running on most people's PC without knowing it. For that I suggest a regular scan with Malware Bytes and Search & Destroy. I personally prefer the "classic" one without any of the automatic stuff but some may prefer the newer one. IT Professionals use these tools and a regular basis as they know no tool finds everything. Here are links to both:

https://www.safer-networking.o...
https://www.safer-networking.o...

and Malwarebytes:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/m...

There are free versions but some should

"... marketing geniuses..."

Apparently a lot of technically-knowledgeable people don't have social ability. Boom Supersonic!!! "Boom" is what you hear when there is a crash.

There are many more like that. For example, Malwarebytes is software named after the problem it is supposed to cure. Doesn't anyone at BOOM have a mother?

Son: Mom, what do you think of the name BOOM for our company?

Mom: No, son, that's not a good name.

Son: Why not?

Mom: You're only 3 years old. You'll understand when you are 4.

There have been a string of 'security researchers' being featured here on /. lately that are simply trying to get some limelight just by claiming the perpetrator being the boogeyman-du-jour, actually the same 'security researcher' wrote about a variation of this a few months ago: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/...
- You need to download it
- You need to run it (with various warnings being thrown up)
- You need to install Java for it to run (which does not come standard on a Mac, requires a significant download and few actually need for anything anymore)

This seems to be just a variation of the Tibet, Flashback and Adwind (dating from 2012), which all drop a small Java program as a payload which does screenshots, webcamming, remote control and/or ad proxy and dials back to a C&C server. I discovered a variant a few weeks ago that would generate random dictionary names for it's plists but it functions just the same as these.

APK Hosts File Engine is proprietary because APK fears that a malware author would rebrand it the way Chromium was rebranded as eFast.

Just purchase a copy of Malwarebytes (which is not very expensive, less than $25USD for a lifetime license - http://www.malwarebytes.com/), as well as up-to-date anti-virus (http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ - Microsoft Security Essentials which is free and is very good) and not have to worry about user competency. Malwarebytes is phenomenal in protecting PCs from Malware. I have serviced many PCs with the Full Version of Malwarebytes installed (which has real-time protection) and nothing has slipped past so far.