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Getting a virus via Eve?

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2013-11-15 15:29:34 UTC
Debora Tsung wrote:
Rhivre wrote:
So, whats the name of this evolving virus then?


We should name it.

Something with Doom and/or Mutatoe.

Virus Doomius Mutatoius...

So a Dominix?

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Markku Laaksonen
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#62 - 2013-11-15 15:33:40 UTC
If you gave money to Eroitca 1 you might have gotten compAIDS.

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Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#63 - 2013-11-15 15:35:45 UTC
Jake Warbird wrote:
Debora Tsung wrote:
Rhivre wrote:
So, whats the name of this evolving virus then?


We should name it.

Something with Doom and/or Mutatoe.

Virus Doomius Mutatoius...

So a Dominix?


Nice nice, but I think it lacks a little on the mutation side AND the Doom side.

Doominix Maximus?

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Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#64 - 2013-11-15 16:10:32 UTC
Sozo SteelMist wrote:
wow troll central. Abidel its only happened twice and not in quick succession. So how is that insanity? And jim i doubt it. he's a freind he didn't even touch my computer the first time i got the virus. He didn't even know what eve was.
CBA to read the whole thread.
But EVE has no viruses built in, that would be a quick way to end your company.

So that leave's 2 feasible alternatives.
1. Your friend is having you on, so you have to get him to fix your PC.
2. Your friend's IT knowledge is severely limited.

Since you trust him it's probably 2. Either he's believing a false positive from a virus checker, or he is guessing at the source of a virus that is in fact somewhere else.

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Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#65 - 2013-11-15 16:13:38 UTC
Jove Death wrote:
However I have been slightly worried my pc camera seems to go on everytime I use the shower. Im guessing thats just Falcon Lol
My camera started doing that for a while too. What I did was started to leave the shower curtain open so there was a clear view. I heard a little bit of faint vomiting noises and a thud, and it's not come back on since.

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Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#66 - 2013-11-15 16:14:41 UTC
In the interests of being constructive,

-No random ******* can send you a virus via EVE
-The "computer guy" who helped you probably has no idea what he's talking about and I would advise against getting his help on the future
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#67 - 2013-11-15 16:30:56 UTC
There are a few possibilities here:

1. False positive from the virus scanner. Virus scanners are weird, and can screw up. Solution: tell your antivirus to ignore whatever it is.

2. Virus entering through the Eve Browser. Eve uses an old version of the Chromium code base (same stuff Google Chrome is based on). To my knowledge, though, it has not kept up with the releases, which theoretically might be problematic. Solution: try to identify what the last sites you visited in the IGB before the virus was detected were, and don't visit them anymore using the IGB.

3. Virus unrelated to Eve. Double check that there is definitely no other way a virus could have infected your computer.

Personal advice: The Eve browser is not as fully-fledged, well-supported, compliant, or reliable as a dedicated browser. Unless you simply must use the in-game browser, try to use something external, like Firefox or Chrome. To ease the alt-tab process, set Eve to use "Fixed Window" instead of "Fullscreen" mode. There is a slight performance drop, but your computer will no longer flip out when you try to alt-tab.

I am moving this to Issues, Workarounds and Localization, plus editing the title to be a bit more descriptive (so it doesn't sound like you're talking about hacking/exploiting Eve).

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Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#68 - 2013-11-15 16:37:36 UTC
Right, I had forgotten about the IGB.

Solution: Run EVE in fixed window and don't use the IGB.
The Legendary Soldier
United.
#69 - 2013-11-15 16:51:54 UTC
Sozo SteelMist wrote:
He was in a hurry so he didn't give me much details but he said i got the virus through eve. Anybody know about this.


I know you need to find a real computer guy to sort out your PC. ^^

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To Be Me
Doomheim
#70 - 2013-11-15 17:33:06 UTC
well eve is known for eating your credit card monies

better run your anti firewall virus malicious

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Ziranda Hakuli
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#71 - 2013-11-15 19:02:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Ziranda Hakuli
Sheldor Amouh wrote:
The only way you could have gotten a virus through eve is from the in game browser. While it may be possible for CCP to put a virus in the client itself it would a) be fairly self destructive of them amd b) be talked about more on the forums because everyone playing eve would have. If he found the infected file in the cache folder for the in game browser then thats your anseer. If he didnt, then it has nothing to do with eve at all.


is correct. if you Uninstall Eve from your computer you also need to make sure that any folders remaining are also removed.
reboot your com at this point. run an virus scan then reinstall


oh i almost forgot. biomass your toon.

oh i did forget.....if it happens again then your problem is more problematic and may require a wipe.


and do not forget to biomass
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#72 - 2013-11-18 12:12:25 UTC
Ziranda Hakuli wrote:
and do not forget to biomass


No matter how much biomass he puts in his dumpster, I doubt it'll ever help his computer...

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

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Jamwara DelCalicoe Ashley
New Eden Tech Support
#73 - 2013-11-19 12:55:41 UTC
Sozo SteelMist wrote:
well he's already done that once he rebooted my os then i download eve again for about a month then i get the same thing but now its even stronger the virus i mean. thats what he says


I think he meant "permanently" or maybe not... hard to tell.

Thank me later :D