Hey all: Found this on the hot zone – org, today – I scanned the program, that’s always clean by us, and this is what “Joe Dirt” did to it and is currently passing it out in Hazar’s – and MDL’s – name: Direct quote from the page: THE HOT ZONE (DOT ORG): By Joe Dirt Header/title Sticky: Windows 7 Loader Activator RemoveWAT 2.2 KB971033 joedirt BODY: Windows 7 Loader Activator RemoveWAT 2.2 KB971033 ~Result from Joe Dirt’s Version: he’s handing out a new version of RemoveWAT in Hazar’s name: it just happens to have: Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt (Ikarus) – found by at least 20 anti-virus Programs – Threat aliases for Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt: Alias Detected by Trojan Horse Symantec Generic.dx!gkj McAfee+Artemis Generic.dx!gkj McAfee Heuristic.LooksLike.Trojan.Click.L McAfee-GW-Edition Generic15.ALHO AVG TROJ_VB.JPU TrendMicro Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt.ay Kaspersky Trojan.Generic PCTools a variant of Win32/TrojanClicker.VB.NLC NOD32 Trj/CI.A Panda Trojan.Winlock.419 DrWeb Trojan.VBKrypt.ay CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.VBKrypt.CE VirusBuster UnclassifiedMalware Comodo Mal/Generic-D Sophos Win32:Malware-gen GData Trojan.Win32.VBKrypt!IK a-squared W32/VBKrypt.AY!tr Fortinet Win32.TrojanClicker eSafe TR/VBKrypt.AY.13 AntiVir High Risk Rootkit Prevx Trojan/W32.Agent.61440.QY nProtect Trojan/Win32.VBKrypt.gen Antiy-AVL Trojan.Win32.Malware.1 K7AntiVirus Win32:Malware-gen Avast (Point: Hazar now looks like he’s putting viruses in his programs thanks to Joe Dirt[Who puts viruses in all his programs!]) RemoveWAT 2.2.5 Update on : 26 Feb 2010 Works ON ALL Editions OF 7/R2! NOT FOR VISTA/ORIGINAL SERVER 2008!!!! IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 1.0: - renames slmgr on x64 as well - Works on unicode systems - silent mode with /s switch - UI tweaked slightly - No reboot necessary - Passes WGA on X64 This is a little tool I put together to remove WAT (Windows Activation Technologies) completely from the OS, whilst still retaining genuine status and receiving all updates (optional as well). You can also pass the genuine check in things like Windows Defender. There will be no windows activation section in control panel (thanks to nononsence) no slmgr no nags, no prompts, nothing. WAT gone. . In theory this should have a 100% success rate on all machines. - Hazar 2.2.5 out, fully protects from WAT and also disables trial time bomb in evaluation ISOs fully KB971033 - the fix for Windows Activation Technology bypass/cracks. The best thing to do is not to download the KB971033 update. But if u already updated it and the system said that it is not genuine, Just run the removeWAT, and it will return back to normal. “””””””””””” ~Just thought I’d pass this on, cuz it looks really bad for Hazar, in particular, and MDL, in general. He even made it a Sticky - second one down on this page: http://thehotzone.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49 - maybe it's just me, but I think it's BS. Raijen
Well ive visited that site and taken a look at this. Its outrageous to say the least. Joe Dirt, who is the administrator for that site is clearly passing Hazar's work as his own. Disgusting behaviour. Theft of someone else's concepts is not acceptable. Im sure though that anyone with any sense will realise that this re-hashed version of "Remove WAT", which i can confirm DOES contain viruses is ABSOLUTELY unrelated to Hazar. The annoying thing is that i tried to register at that particular site so that i could expreess some much deserved anger in the direction of Joe Dirt.......... Gues what ? Mr. Joe Dirt, administrator forThe Hot Zone has closed registrations so nobody is able to post Joe Dirt........ Shame on you !
The only way your are getting a virus from Hazar is when he got a flu and you are near him. Clearly, Hazar has nothing to do with this Dirty Joe.
I sticked this thread. I know that there are sometimes false-positives reported by some antivirus software - but they ARE false-positive. There never has been any malicious code in MDL products. Who doesn't trust the work of the MDL staff doesn't have to use it - but what JoeDirt is doing is just totally wrong. Unfortunately there isn't much to be done about I'm afraid. The only thing to is to keep up the good work and the quality so that people that come to MDL know they get the right thing - it's like saying "Made in [Country]" and you kind of know about the quality of the product once you read this
Always verify the hash, but that won't stop some poor slob from downloading the "dirty" version off a torent site and mistakenly blame Hazar.
You may actually be suprised what ppl do on warez sites dude! I have seen Hazar's loader, removeWAT, and Daz's loader all on various sites and the OP does not state who created it at all and it appears like they did themselves instead of Hazar. Now, I posted info on how to make bios mods on another site but I always source my links and state who created/distributed everything I post. That how it should be done but most ppl don't do it that way.