Joydownload Virus
June 6th, 2014 6:52 am
Be careful when you download new software. Â Download from the actual creator of the software as much as possible. Â Avoid getting software from bittorrents. Â If you do, at least look at the comments of the bittorrent you plan on downloading.
Search engines such as google are great for finding software, but not always the safest. Â Its best to get software directly from the organization that created not random sites.
For example, at one time “Joydownload. com” was among the top results for the “Yahoo Messenger” Â and other apps. Â But this site may have trojans in it.
Joydownload is a known malware distributions site:
- http://safeweb.norton.com/reviews?url=joydownload.com
- http://www.scumware.org/report/www.joydownload.com.html
Joydownload scan From VirusTotal:
| URL Scanner | Result |
|---|---|
| Avira | Malware site |
| Emsisoft | Malware site |
| Fortinet | Malware site |
| G-Data | Malware site |
| Sophos | Malicious site |