Hey guys. Yesterday I was on my PS3 just tryin' out the browser when I decided to do a general search for online comic book websites. I found a couple of hits. I randomly clicked a website and it did take me to a library page where I could search for any comic I wanted. But just as I was about to search for something, this chatbox appeared with a weird name (it looked like a Facebook chatbox) and someone on it said that they would like to meet me and a whole load of baloney. I'm a naturally suspicious guy so I didn't click on anything, I just exited the PS3 browser. Is this some sort of malware? I'm not so worried about my PS3 being infected, what I am worried about is the fact of some botnet, backdoor, or worm hiding on my Internet network. I have 2 internet networks for my house. One that came with the builder (of the house) and the other is from the ISP. The builder's network is unsecured (meaning no password on it, anyone can join) but I do plan to secure it. The ISP one is secured and I use this one for my computers. I used the unsecured one yesterday (for my PS3). Do you think my unsecured network is infected with malware? Could it spread to my secured network and onto my computers?

Hi, I don't know if this has happened to anyone here, but I checked for Windows updates today and found a whole bunch of them. So I installed them, rebooted. Then, just as a precaution, rebooted again (one extra time after the initial Microsoft reboot). After I logged back in, I noticed that this Microsoft Update KB2647753 was being repeatedly offered. I've installed it 2 times already and after each reboot it's still there. I checked about this update and there are also other people having the same issue and posting on answers.microsoft.com. Here are a couple of links:

http://answers.micro...506bbe2d?auth=1

http://answers.micro...ac4596ee?auth=1

So you see, this is a widespread problem, not just with my machine. Seems to me like Microsoft has a faulty update on their hands. Who knows when they'll get it fixed. If anyone has any information they would like to add explaining about this problem, it'd be more than welcome. Thanks and have a great day!

I know this has probably been talked everywhere, but what are your thoughts on Opera and Firefox? I've been using Firefox for a couple of years and yesterday decided to finally download Opera, just to check it out. It's pretty cool, a lot like Firefox but with more options. I also really like the panel and all the options about the websites I visit, like the info thing. It lets me know everything I need to know about the website I'm currently on. Anyway, I know Opera isn't widely used, but why? Is Firefox more stable, or secure? Opera has Adblock and WOT. It has it's own version of NoScript, I don't know about BetterPrivacy but I'm sure it has it's own version of that too. So, which browser is better? I'd really like some facts as well as opinions (I'm sure there'll be a lot of those).

P.S: I know this is off-topic but does CCleaner delete LSOs a.k.a "Super cookie/Flash cookies"?

Hey guys, I just found some really weird permissions in CCleaner. I don't know if this is malware related or not. There are about 6 of them and they all have checks next to "Special permissions". I uploaded a pic, let's see if it shows up :


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And these are only 3 of them, if I scroll down, there are three more, all with a check to "Special permissions". I'd really appreciate it if you guys would check your CCleaner (if you have it) and tell me if this is present on all CCleaner installations. I've checked my other icons (Avira, MBAM, HItman Pro) and they are all normal. I've just noticed this after updating CCleaner to it's latest version. What happened was, I downloaded the latest CCleaner and tried to install it over the previous (like it says), but it started acting weird and not opening. So, I uninstalled it all together, downloaded it again (the installer), scanned it with VirusTotal and it got a 2/40 (Jiangmin & Trend Micro HouseCall). I read the comments and they all said that it was #goodware and that Trend Micro is known for false positives. The vote was 22/0 saying that it was clean (the green smily face had 22 votes). So, I know that I don't have an infected CCleaner. I always download from Piriform (the official site). Hope you guys can help!

Also, if this helps at all, CCleaner has stopped asking me for confirmation when I open it. Like, Windows doesn't say "Would you like this program to make changed to your computer". This has all started happening yesterday (after downloading the latest version and the mishap that happened). Really weird.

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