[SOLVED] Movie Sites Possible Malware

[x BlueRobot]

Is it okay to try and run //fmovies.to/home or will I just mess up the GOOD Work you have done.

I would strongly recommend that you stay away from that site, here is the VirusTotal result.

 

[Gary R]

You're welcome ...... hope you and yours also enjoy a great Thanksgiving.

VirusTotal

VirusTotal is a site that allows you to scan files and URLs for infection, you do not have to be a member to use its scanning facility, though you can join the community if you wish.

VirusTotal

As Corday pointed out in post #35 using sites that distribute/stream pirated content is never a safe thing to do, so it's your choice as to whether you want to take the risk or not.

Personally I would not advise it.

 

[ChuckR]

URL Scanning Details for FMovies | Watch Movies Online Free on FMovies.to

Safe Can this URL be trusted?	Clean URL - SAFE
Suspicious Indicates reputation issues and potentially malicious activity.	No Issues
Domain Domain name of the final URL after all redirections.	fmovies.to
IP Address The corresponding IP address for the URL's web server.	104.31.16.10
Malware Indicates if this domain has recently hosted malware, viruses, or C2 activity.	No Malware Issues
Phishing	No Phishing Issues
Risk Score Overall threat score from 0 (clean) to 100 (high risk)

The previous info came from .ipqualityscore . The results are different than virustotal . More confusion

 

[Gary R]

Of the 8 AVs that detected it as a problem at VirusTotal, only 2 are from well known AV companies. That does not however mean the site is safe, or that you can disregard the results from the other AVs that flagged it. It would help if we knew whether the detections were based on heuristics or not, since heuristic detections are not as reliable as definition detections.

That being said, as Corday, x BlueRobot, and myself have already said, personally we would not recommend visiting that site ................ and as I said earlier, with an unsupported, unpatched OS like W7, you need to be a whole lot more careful about visiting any site that is even a little bit suspicious.

 

[ChuckR]

Thanks. I have added ADW to (Malwarebytes which runs at startup). In Chrome I run( uBlock Origin and Malwarebytes Browser Guard).
I also run Microsoft Security Essentials. With all these I thought I was secure from the garbage that was removed.
Any suggestions on other Protection Programs I am missing?

 

[Gary R]

As I've said on at least two occasions now ...... you are using an unsupported Operating System (Windows 7) and it cannot be made secure

Just to reinforce that point once more, you need to understand that 3rd party protective programs do not patch vulnerabilities in your OS, so any unpatched vulnerabilites are forever exploitable, and trust me W7 was a very popular OS, so malware writers have spent a lot of time looking at it, and discovering its vulnerabilities.

If you want to improve your security, the only thing you can do is to upgrade your OS to one that is still being supported.

 

[ChuckR]

Using VirusTotal I checked vw1 - ffmovies - sc .gamesite .info to see, not to run any movies. It came back clean for all security vendors.
The movies do not have a unique url.
What would it require to update to 10 or 11?

 

[Gary R]

Provided your hardware is compatible with W10/11 (not likely to be for W11) then details of how to upgrade can be found at ... Download Windows 10

Minimum specs for W10 can be found at ... Windows 10 system requirements - Microsoft Support ... though it would not run smoothly with those.

I'm not the best person to advise on upgrading on old hardware, and if I were you I'd wait to see if someone with hands on experience of doing so can give you more appropriate advice than that which I've supplied.

 

[ChuckR]

The following is my system. It looks powerful enough for an upgrade if I choose.
Windows 7 Professional 64bit

CPU
Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz 40 °C
Bloomfield 45nm Technology
RAM
12.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 534MHz (8-8-8-20)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6X58D-E (LGA1366) 38 °C
Graphics
HP ZR24w (1920x1200@59Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (EVGA) 39 °C
Storage
119GB KINGSTON SNVP325S2128GB ATA Device (SATA-2 (SSD)) 31 °C
298GB SAMSUNG HD320KJ ATA Device (SATA ) 33 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device (SATA ) 40 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223L ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

 

[Corday]

You're OK for 10. Not 11.

 

[ChuckR]

11 must be a real sob if my system won't take it. Is it primarily for business or where there is a large network requirement?

 

[axe0]

It is for hardware that came out in the past few years due to certain security requirements that hardware from the past few years support. Considering your CPU came out in 2010, it is unlikely you can install Windows 11.

 

[Gary R]

As far as I can see, your processor is not on the list of supported processors for W11 ....

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors