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Blaargh.exe

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Anyone know what this is?
I have it on my comp & i don't think i should have. I keep getting weird messages too. Can someone confirm that i shouldn't have it please?

I know this should be in computers...i need help on it though & no one goes there please.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i'd guess it's a virus. my advice would be to delete it. but, i might be wrong...

    http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

    that's an online virus scan - it's pretty slow though so you might want to leave it on overnight or sometime when you're not going to be on the computer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I get a message sometimes saying the ships have sunk or summat!:crazyeyes :eek2:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you want free av software best is probably from www.grisoft.com :)

    As for blaargh.exe it's a virus.

    Check out http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99560.htm for more details
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    I get a message sometimes saying the ships have sunk or summat!:crazyeyes :eek2:

    it may be a client virus thing - this allows 'hackers' to connect to your computer and play around with it. Some clients allow you to send weird messages to the computer you're connecting with.

    Or it could just be built into the virus. Either way, the 1 definition of a virus is that it's self replicating. It's probably best you do a virus scan to check that's not the only one.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by NinjaMaster
    If you want free av software best is probably from www.grisoft.com :)

    As for blaargh.exe it's a virus.

    Check out http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99560.htm for more details

    Bollocks, i know where i got it from now. Thanks very much. :)

    Thanks to shyboy aswell. I don't have any inti virus software like a mupper so i will download that thing you said.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    Bollocks, i know where i got it from now. Thanks very much. :)

    Thanks to shyboy aswell. I don't have any inti virus software like a mupper so i will download that thing you said.

    Kazza? The best virus spreading software around. :D

    Like I said try the grisoft AV software as well. And look into getting some kind of personal firewall also. Not sure what the best one is but I'm sure when this gets moved to Computers and Net :p someone will post some kind links.

    Good luck.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by NinjaMaster
    Kazza?

    Yep, i was about to moan that Chris downloaded summat as i rarely do, then it said if you download summat called "Xbox emulator(works)", and thought oh shit it twas me.:o
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    is Kazaa really that bad for virus'? eek! :crazyeyes
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by *TiNK*
    is Kazaa really that bad for virus'? eek! :crazyeyes

    :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by NinjaMaster
    :yes:

    :nervous:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kazaa is just plain evil. Anyone who uses it, download a programme called 'Adaware' and run it to see just how much spyware and adware they've installed on your computer.

    To be fair, you do 'agree' to let them do that when you install Kazaa - but no one read the licence agreements on these things anymore.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by lisa simpson's saxophone
    Kazaa is just plain evil. Anyone who uses it, download a programme called 'Adaware' and run it to see just how much spyware and adware they've installed on your computer.

    To be fair, you do 'agree' to let them do that when you install Kazaa - but no one read the licence agreements on these things anymore.

    I read the license agreement on k-lite. It told me by installing it I was breaking the law :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah Kazaalite is 'illegal' cos it's Kazaa with all the spyware removed so you break the original Kazaa licence agreement. But never mind, at least you haven't got hundreds of shitty files on your computer.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And you get from www.kazaalite.tk It's packed with many hacks making much better than the original, and of course no ad's:D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by lisa simpson's saxophone
    Yeah Kazaalite is 'illegal' cos it's Kazaa with all the spyware removed so you break the original Kazaa licence agreement. But never mind, at least you haven't got hundreds of shitty files on your computer.

    Thats the one i had, can't be that great.

    I have just removed 8 virus's from our computer.:eek:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    Thats the one i had, can't be that great.

    I have just removed 8 virus's from our computer.:eek:

    Well it doesn't stop you downloading viruses yourself! It just doesn't install any spyware with it, which the original Kazaa does. The bastards.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You should have some virus software really. I use a free anti-virus called Grisoft AV 6 (free). It's propbaly the best free AV you can get. Works a treat.

    http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
    http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Felix Da Housecat
    You should have some virus software really. I use a free anti-virus called Grisoft AV 6 (free). It's propbaly the best free AV you can get. Works a treat.

    http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
    http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

    I have now thanks, did earlier when ninja said. All sorted. Got the same one you have posted :).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by *TiNK*
    is Kazaa really that bad for virus'? eek! :crazyeyes

    No, it's not.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    No, it's not.

    The spyware is a real problem with KaZaA though.

    All p2p and ftp transfers bring with them the risk that youve downloaded something nasty, so the best thing to do is have AVG or NAV installed on your [puter in order to get rid of nastuies easily.

    As for the spyware, if you dont like it then uninstall kazaa, get adaware from Grisoft and delete the remnants.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I reckon best course of action is never to run an exe you got off kazaa that is less than 100kb.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kermit
    The spyware is a real problem with KaZaA though.

    Yep.

    Though whenever I say KaZaA, most people know I'm talking about KaZaA Lite.

    Dunno why people even bother with the official KaZaA :/
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    Yep.

    Though whenever I say KaZaA, most people know I'm talking about KaZaA Lite.

    Dunno why people even bother with the official KaZaA :/

    me neither.

    and btw - big .exe files can have virus' that are only 100kb or so implanted into them kinda :confused: so it's always best to check your files with a virus checker. i use system restore :)
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