CINEFORM Site Trojan Horse?

reberclark wrote on 5/3/2010, 7:19 AM
I tried to visit the www.cineform.com site this morning and received a virus warning of a trojan horse. I tried this twice - once for the main Cineform page and once for the NeoScene page. Any ideas? Anybody else having this problem? Thanks.

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ritsmer wrote on 5/3/2010, 7:45 AM
My Kaspersky says that Cineform has got the HEUR:Exploit script.

How nice to have a good virus protection - even when you "always" visit only well known and therefore "safe" sites :- )
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/3/2010, 8:38 AM
someone should e-mail them so they know. but odds are it's on their hosting provider & that's how they got it.
ECB wrote on 5/3/2010, 9:09 AM
They are aware of the problem and are working on it.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/cineform-software-showcase/477980-cineform-website-unsafe.html
A. Grandt wrote on 5/4/2010, 1:43 AM
I did email them, and they were aware of the problem even then.
jabloomf1230 wrote on 5/4/2010, 8:41 AM
There are so many scripts running on web pages these days, it's hard to tell the malware from the adware & spyware. Since I use Firefox, I use the add-on NoScript:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

NoScript is freeware (It does update a lot and take you to its homepage, though) and it allows you to selectively block specific types of scripts from selected (or all) web pages). No more key logging, annoying adds and spyware. Just a suggestion, if you want to see who's messing with your computer.
reberclark wrote on 5/4/2010, 9:29 AM
Does anyone know of any progress on this? I hesitate to visit the site without an "all clear."

I am in the midst of switching machines. I need to deactivate my old Cineform NeoScene and re-activate on the new machine - fairly soon.

All info appreciated. Thanks.
rs170a wrote on 5/4/2010, 10:20 AM
Not yet.
I just tried it on my work machine and our anti-virus immediately popped up a warning.

Mike
Tom Pauncz wrote on 5/4/2010, 11:21 AM
Free Avast also went into a tizzy at the site.
Tom
LReavis wrote on 5/4/2010, 2:27 PM
that's why I browse the web with a virtual machine running Linux. Not that Linux is immune to virus problems (but probability favors Linux). However, in a virtual machine, it probably can't get out into your hard disks. And if you suspect an infection, you just delete the virtual machine files and copy them from your original installation or a recent backup and in 10 minutes you're good to go - without the virus.
A. Grandt wrote on 5/5/2010, 1:58 AM
For the life of me I can't figure out where it comes from, but whenever my Firefox is open, I get a warning from Avast every 2-5 minutes about http://techblog.cineform.com/?feed=rss2
I don't recall having any such feeds, though they probably aren't a bad idea, normally.
A. Grandt wrote on 5/5/2010, 2:01 AM
LReavis, on a Virtual machine, you can also run on snapshots, if you are willing to take a slight performance hit. That way you can always roll back to a clean state.
Simply create a snapshot before starting the machine, and delete it when you are done.