Tired of everytime I install calibre or do an update

cvkemp · 01-24-2015, 08:04 PM

Everytime I do an update for windows I get all kinds of trojans, adware. It only happens when do update of calibre.

BWinmill · 01-24-2015, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Everytime I do an update for windows I get all kinds of trojans, adware. It only happens when do update of calibre.

Are you downloading calibre from http://calibre-ebook.com/

cvkemp · 01-24-2015, 08:20 PM

Yes I am. Also I am use windows 64 bit version.

jgaiser · 01-24-2015, 08:32 PM

Is your antivirus program reporting calibre as a trojan/virus? Because of those antivirus programs are a *little* over rambunctious in their reporting. If you are actually downloading from calibre-ebook.com and not from some third party, the program is clean.

See:
http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....a-virus-trojan

JSWolf · 01-24-2015, 08:39 PM

If you are downloading from the official Calibre site then you aren't getting infected by Calibre.

cvkemp · 01-24-2015, 08:42 PM

Well this is a new windows install of the os and calibre is the first site I have been to other than opening the browser which goes to google. This has happened to me 5 times before. I am always getting some kind of adware.

gbm · 01-24-2015, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Well this is a new windows install of the os and calibre is the first site I have been to other than opening the browser which goes to google. This has happened to me 5 times before. I am always getting some kind of adware.

My advice to you is to download Malwarebites, sounds like you have a possible rootkit.

luck:
bernie

theducks · 01-24-2015, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Well this is a new windows install of the os and calibre is the first site I have been to other than opening the browser which goes to google. This has happened to me 5 times before. I am always getting some kind of adware.

Watch where you click (on many sites), there are big download buttons via paid ads that support the site.

The one you want is just a LINK in the Center above the Yellow Support Calibre Button. Any place to the right is an AD

JSWolf · 01-24-2015, 09:02 PM

I'm using Adblock Edge with Firefox and Ghostry. I get no ads on the Calibre website. No ads means no dodgy ads served up. Some ads served can contain junk in them. On another forum, Google said there was a risk to use the site because of some dodgy ads being served. So if you don't use MSIE and you do use proper protection, you'll be good to go.

cvkemp · 01-24-2015, 09:08 PM

I know what to download. There are issues with that site and adware I just did a test by disabling Java Sponsors in my registry and now the website will not even fully load. The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre.
Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

theducks · 01-24-2015, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

I know what to download. There are issues with that site and adware I just did a test by disabling Java Sponsors in my registry and now the website will not even fully load. The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre.
Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

How about naming the programs being installed. Is the hook being set into IE?
I know how to use Regedit, Process explorer

AVG and Malwarebytes find nothing

JSWolf · 01-24-2015, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

I know what to download. There are issues with that site and adware I just did a test by disabling Java Sponsors in my registry and now the website will not even fully load. The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre.
Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

I went to Calibre's website with an unprotected MSIE. I downloaded the latest version of Calibre and I installed it. I did NOT get a virus or malware. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH CALBRE'S WEBSITE!

kovidgoyal · 01-24-2015, 11:04 PM

What nonsense. There are no trojans of any kind in calibre or its website. If you are convinced otherwise, I suggest you stop using calibre, no one is forcing you to do so.

DoctorOhh · 01-24-2015, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre.

You obviously aren't downloading from calibre's site. For the last 6 years I have downloaded and installed virtually every update of calibre from calibre's site and I never once had any adware installed on my machine.

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

Just because you're an "IT professional" doesn't mean you're qualified to analyze a personal computer. If you are having adware installed it is time to look closer (local network, images or backups you're using etc...) because the adware isn't coming from any of calibre's download pages.

davidfor · 01-24-2015, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cvkemp

I know what to download. There are issues with that site and adware I just did a test by disabling Java Sponsors in my registry and now the website will not even fully load. The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre.
Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

I think I've downloaded and installed every release of calibre for the last three years. I have never seen any adware attached to it.

The ads on the right side of the page have always been there and occasionally there is something that looks like a download link for calibre. This as gotten people into trouble. The ads on the page are from Google. I have no idea how that would relate the "Java Sponsors". I would have expected them to be completely separate, though maybe it uses Google for ads.

Can you post the actual link that the page has for the download? Or a screenshot of the page. This is to confirm to us that the link is getting to you correctly and the page is displaying as we are seeing it.

And I am also an IT professional. I've spent far to much time fixing problems where the user "hasn't changed anything" or "How could clicking on a link do that". And that includes PCs owned by other "IT professionals".

01-24-2015, 08:04 PM	#1
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,412 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	Tired of everytime I install calibre or do an update Everytime I do an update for windows I get all kinds of trojans, adware. It only happens when do update of calibre.

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cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,412 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	Yes I am. Also I am use windows 64 bit version.

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jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Is your antivirus program reporting calibre as a trojan/virus? Because of those antivirus programs are a little over rambunctious in their reporting. If you are actually downloading from calibre-ebook.com and not from some third party, the program is clean. See: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....a-virus-trojan

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If you are downloading from the official Calibre site then you aren't getting infected by Calibre.

01-24-2015, 08:42 PM	#6
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,412 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	Well this is a new windows install of the os and calibre is the first site I have been to other than opening the browser which goes to google. This has happened to me 5 times before. I am always getting some kind of adware.

01-24-2015, 09:02 PM	#9
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I'm using Adblock Edge with Firefox and Ghostry. I get no ads on the Calibre website. No ads means no dodgy ads served up. Some ads served can contain junk in them. On another forum, Google said there was a risk to use the site because of some dodgy ads being served. So if you don't use MSIE and you do use proper protection, you'll be good to go.

01-24-2015, 09:08 PM	#10
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,412 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 5,iPhone 13, IPad, MacBook Air	I know what to download. There are issues with that site and adware I just did a test by disabling Java Sponsors in my registry and now the website will not even fully load. The adware on that site is so in control that anytime you download calibre you are also downloading the adware and it is installing right along with calibre. Sorry folks but I am an IT professional and I have my ways of find this out.

01-24-2015, 11:04 PM	#13
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	What nonsense. There are no trojans of any kind in calibre or its website. If you are convinced otherwise, I suggest you stop using calibre, no one is forcing you to do so.

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