Possible Orly Taitz Website Virus

May 21, 2011 | Vanity

[matt1]

I visited Orly Taitz' website yesterday to catch up on any news re the various court proceedings she is involved in and immediately a pop-up appeared asking if I wanted to run a script. I closed the browser without responding. Thereafter, everything on my desktop disappeared, the Task Manager was disabled and many important applications were wiped out. This was on my work computer and I had to get an IT guy to look at the PC. It took nearly 4 hours to restore everything. The IT guy said that if it was a personal computer, the machine would have been almost destroyed.

The most probable culprit is democrat operatives who DO NOT want the public learning about Ms. Taitz and the serious fraud allegations she is making about obama.

I just wanted to post this so that others from FR will be careful when visiting her website. Hopefully, Ms. Taitz will do the necessary to protect her site and its visitors but for now I won't be able to visit her site until a remedy is in place.

[max americana]

>I’m also in IT. I can’t remember the last time I couldn’t defeat a rootkit,

ME NEITHER. I am more scared of rootkits than malwares. The true malware and rootkit “technicians’ will do everything in their power to save the hard drive and the info inside WITHOUT a total re-boot of the OS.

The nastiest one I witnessed? It took out the paid version of Malwarebytes and wouldn’t allow me to download OTS and Combofix. The TLD4 rootkit. Yup, that nasty. It even manipulated the Windows settings once I was able to pop in GMER and read the logs carefully.

That’s why I laughed at this “IT” guy.

[CommieCutter]

Spend a few rounds of reinstalling Windows, your programs, and you’ll understand why one will not go to her site when the same information get’s posted here.

[CommieCutter]

Paid version of Malwarebytes disabled? Good night!

I had one that kept shutting down my computer if I ran Malwarebytes. Combofix would run in safe mode but wouldn’t get rid of it.

Alas, my second Windows reinstall of the year...

[Georgia Girl 2]

I never go to Orly’s site because its totally infected with virus’s.

[max americana]

>Paid version of Malwarebytes disabled? Good night!<

Back then, we had a loudmouth AV nerd who said MWB was ‘PERFECT’. I believed him until that very incident. Now I try to tell people about TDSSKILLER, which is far more efficient than MWB’S free version. It took out TLD 4 and 5 rootkits in one shot, unlike DDS but DDS at least corrects any “unknown” variables you deem a threat. Obviously you have to run the logs again to look at stuff manually like before. I’m not in the AV industry anymore as I;m in Hollywood doing something else.

[CommieCutter]

Tell that to faucetman on post 38...

I know I’m not taking the chance.

[CommieCutter]

I’m downloading TDSSkiller right now. Thanks.

[CommieCutter]

That’s a really quick scan on TDSSkiller—why is that? The different type of Malware it’s looking for?

[CanaGuy]

Not only do pinko operatives infest sites with viruses, they also warn of viruses that don't exist. Some will even say there are no viruses, when there ARE viruses, to lure you into trouble. Interesting what people do who DO NOT want the public learning about the truth.

For someone only 2 months old at this site, how would you expect us to behave at your overly concerned news? I still consider myself a NOOB, compared to some of the grizzled pros in here, but I've learned enough about posting behaviour and reading between the lines to be skeptical at all times. Goes with the territory.

If you're a legit conservative newcomer, welcome to the "trial by fire" ritual that all newbies go through at one time or another. If you're an Obama-loving, socialist tax&spender troll.....pedal it somewhere else.

[max americana]

TDSSk is designed to search and destroy for the Alureon, Win32 and TLD-types of rootkits...the worst of the worst and known to hide and dig deep in hidden sectors of your system. They are classified as ZERO DAY malwares meaning...MWB could not detect them because they are hidden so deep in Win parameters not even a full scan will detect them.

Like the previous Freeper whom I answered originally...a rootkit is FAR, FAR destructive. But the best way to always know is to run GMER or Combofix and READ the logs. I’m MCSE certified so I read the sector logs. You can also find me on the Avast forums as an “evangelist” but I cannot tell you which name I use as the forum members might pounce on me if they knew I was a member of the rightwing forum RN.

[TheCipher]

The main attacks her site seems to get are Javascript insertions. So, before going on her site, disable Javascript ( and Java to b eobn the safe side ) in your browser. In Firefox, it is under Tools- Options - Content.

[CommieCutter]

Thanks for the tip. Going to keep it with my arsenal of free programs.

[Admin Moderator]

This has been on our radar for a while. We’ve had a lot of complaints about Malware on her site which is why we don’t allow links to it here.

[bigheadfred]

Thanks for the info.

Ya know, with all the talk of the Rapture happenin’ yesterday my cat went missing and I was going to listen to some music on my computer this morning but apparently my audio drivers have gone missing also. So if my cat DIDN’T get Raptured and you happen to see her would you please ask if she knows anything about my missing drivers?

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if she sabotaged the computer and then went walkabout.

[Red Steel]

Javascripts are contained in their own sandboxes that are separate from operating systems, and they are prohibited from manipulating the computer's hardware or making direct calls to computer operating systems.

Now, ActiveX for Windows Explorer is a different matter.

Orly's website always seems safe to me, but I usually know what to do if I suspect malicious coding.

[Red Steel]

Here is some real info in post 55.

[bigheadfred]

Is Active X running mostly on IE? Or is it being run no matter what browser you use?

I use BitDefender and I don’t have any problems, except it eats up a lot of my RAM. I have a fairly old HP. 8 years.

But thanks for the info.

I’m slowly learning. Slowly.

[Red Steel]

I use FireFox as my main browser It doesn't use ActiveX. FireFox is usually a more safer browser platform than Windows Explorer. And just to be sure, I went to look:

"Q: Why doesn't firefox use Active X Controls?

I need to have Active X Control to access my banking process. I have this on IE but prefer to use Firefox, how can I make Active X Control work on Firefox "

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/692062

I use BitDefender and I don’t have any problems, except it eats up a lot of my RAM. I have a fairly old HP. 8 years.

If you ever upgrade to Windows 7 Operating System, it comes with "Microsoft Security Essentials." It does real time protection against viruses and spyware.

[bigheadfred]

I use Firefox too.

Getting the wife and daughter to do the same is easy.

I just go in and have BD deny access to IE. ;-)

[TheCipher]

It is not he Javascripts themselves that are manipulating the operating system. The insertions redirect them to a page that downloads a virus (malware ) without them knowing it ( usually executing a PHP script ). I agree with you on Active X. That is why I NEVER use IE.