Appletree 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Everytime i connect to the internet i get a popup telling me Antimalware has detected a connection attempt to the suspicious host (www.instantchess.com) I put it in the block list. I have stopped using that site, what is going on, is someone trying to hack me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hackerman1 6 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 if it´s in your "Block list" then it´s normal to get a notification if some program in your computer tries to connect to that website, if your settings are to get notified. you can change your notifications about websites, fx. personally i have "Block silently" for all advertising sites. sorry, but i can´t tell you exactly where those settings are right now, because i´m using another computer at the moment, without EAM.... but i will be using my own laptop in about 30 mins, so i´ll be back a bit later with detailed info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Appletree 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 So what your telling me is that some program in my computer is trying to communicate with www.instantchess ? Could this possibly be a trojan not detected by anti-malware? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hackerman1 6 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 So what your telling me is that some program in my computer is trying to communicate with www.instantchess ? Could this possibly be a trojan not detected by anti-malware? yes, since you get a popup, "something" is trying to connect to that website. in your first post above you said: "Everytime i connect to the internet i get a popup..." exactly what do you mean, do you have your browser or any other program running so it opens the connection ? or does it also happens without any program running, when you open a connection "manually" by fx. clicking on the taskbar-icon ? i´m using my own computer now, so i checked where you can change the notifications, it´s under "Guard" →"Surf Protection". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Appletree 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 It happens when i connect power cable to modem as soon as modem have finished initializing i get the popup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob R. 20 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Check; Logs > Guard in Emsisoft Anti-Malware. Those logs will show what program tried to connect to instantchess.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Appletree 0 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 It says source is firefox.exe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob R. 20 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Most likely it's caused by a toolbar. Check if a toolbar related to instantchess is installed and uninstall it. Or ask for help in Help, my PC is infected and follow the guidelines given there.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Appletree 0 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well i have not been on 1 day and now when i log on i get lots of messages from antimalware about angryipscanner and phpnuke.org blocked so clearly someone hates me and now instantchess again, just someone hacking me, i dont like this... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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