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Phosphoer
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Posted: 23rd May 2009 22:42
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I just formatted my computer and went to re-download VCExpress 2008, and all the other stuff required for DarkGDK, but all the download links on Microsoft are broken o.0 I managed to find a VCSetup.exe elsewhere, but it still has to download from Microsoft, and returns an error when it fails. Anyone else having this problem? I can't even download that Genuine Windows Validation thingy which is required to download the SDK.

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Phosphoer
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Posted: 23rd May 2009 23:03
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Bit of an update, I was able to successfully download the same files from a different computer...so something about my system ( Asus lappy running XP Pro ), is causing the links to be broken. ><

Is there perhaps some sort of 'virus' that prevents you from downloading from Microsoft? Though that sounds more like an anti-virus...*cough*

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flashing snall
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Posted: 23rd May 2009 23:17
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Yes there is, check out the downup virus. Also known as conficker C.

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Phosphoer
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Posted: 23rd May 2009 23:19
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Oh dear, good thing I have an image backup ^^.

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Phosphoer
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Posted: 24th May 2009 02:02
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Hmm, upon running the conficker removal tool, it claimed I was virus free...perhaps there is another problem ><

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Mr Bigglesworth
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Posted: 24th May 2009 02:28
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Does the MS servers connection get interrupted?

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Phosphoer
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Posted: 24th May 2009 12:00
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No, when I would click download, it just gave me a URL error. I reset my computer back to the way it was right after a fresh install, and it works now, so who knows what the problem was. ><

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 24th May 2009 12:49 Edited at: 24th May 2009 12:50
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Same with us, we have the Conficker Worm as well, stopping us from visiting any Microsoft-related sites. It disables BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) which is the main reason why. Here's a video explaining about it: Conficker Worm - Symantec.

-EDIT- Saw your last post, you may not have removed the error but might just've weakened it .

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David R
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Posted: 24th May 2009 15:13 Edited at: 24th May 2009 15:16
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BITS is used by Windows Update (and a few other components) and is nothing to do with downloading via HTTP in a browser.

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 24th May 2009 15:22 Edited at: 24th May 2009 15:22
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Well, naturally, you must pay an appropriate fee to the anti-virus company behind Conficker-C. If any other removal tool could actually remove it, they wouldn't make much money out of it, now would they?

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Roxas
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Posted: 24th May 2009 15:27
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Install Linux to your computer temporarily, until this whole Conficker thingy is gone.

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David R
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Posted: 24th May 2009 15:28 Edited at: 24th May 2009 15:28
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Quote: "If any other removal tool could actually remove it, they wouldn't make much money out of it, now would they?"


AV companies make free tools to remove a vast quantity of 'big name' infections. Especially since (in some cases) the infections can kill your AV - so the tools are also targeted at users who have had their AV program crippled by the infection.

Also, because each tool needs to do a full scan to root out each infection, it makes it inconvenient to rely solely on those tools (especially since you lack on-access protection as well) so there is still an incentive to buy + use AV.

I used the Blaster removal tools a few years back (provided by Symantec) and they worked fine.

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 24th May 2009 15:44
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@David R: I was being sort of sarcastic. Still, don't you sometimes get the feeling that most viruses / etc. malware are actually being developed by the AV companies, just to give people a reason to buy their latest products?
My computer hardly ever had any issues until I installed a more wide-spread AV than I had before, for instance...

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 27th May 2009 12:06
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@Rudolpho

It's not that hard to discover it yourself. Best way to check if you have the Conficker is insert a USB or other storage device and check if it has an autorun.inf file under 32kb, then it's the infection . Luckily we don't have it (bleeding Norton 360 ) but there's a corrupt file stopping BITS from working.

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