Synology with ND5 XS and Tags (issue and fix)

When I tried MP3Tag today it caused my computer security system to object, I said to trust it & install. Then I had all sorts of nuisance pop ups appearing promising to fix my registry & clean up my OS.    I was also not so impressed with how it worked - OK only a quick look around - so I decided its not for me, I used too many dodgy progs in the past & still have the scars. Then I have just found uninstalling is another problem,  it hangs up & does nothing for a long time,  in fact uninstall doesn't actually seem to be working.  

Thats how it is right now,  I'll give it another go but it looks like I am gonna need to delete to get rid of it & then do a clean up sanitize job.  

My opinion is not impressed & advise to be very careful.

Hopefully Synology will come up with something. 

I'm sorry to hear of your trouble with MP3Tag, I suspect the copy you got had been infected by someone then uploaded to a distribution site (this is often a risk with obtaining programmes form internet sources).

Does your anti-virus report any viruses, or is it other malware such as adware & trojans.  I've found that Adaware from Lavasoft (there's a freebie version available) works well for general malware (I use Kaspersky for anti-virus protection).  On the rare occasions it can't fix the problem it will give a detailed report of the name of the malware and you can then use this to look up more specific inocculation procedures.

Caution is always advisable when obtaining applications from the internet - I try to go to the original author's site if possible; if not, there are only a very small handful of generic download sites I'll trust.

Hi Huge,  you are reading my thoughts.  

My security system is McAfee & comes with my broadband package, it did not flag up any issues  other than advise against installing, normally if it found anything it always flashes up a big danger warning. 

However the MP3tag program is was not what I would call professional, the install was not straightforward, it has a bunch of unwanted popups linked to it & the uninstall needed some extra tricks to complete the process.  I'm now going thru a deep scan. 

Mike what version of the software did you DL?

No idea,  I hit a www that appeared to be called MP3TAG,  it was the top item on the mp3tag search list.  But if it was  a 3rd party or genuine I don't know & will not be trying it again to find out.  I can live with my few tagging issues & will wait for a professional program that attaches  to & is approved for my (& other) NAS.

Mike,

the official website is: www.mp3tag.de

And as always, don't hit those large green or red "DOWNLOAD" buttons. If you look closely you will discover that those are advertisments that will lead to all sorts of obscure sites.

Make sure you get the propper download link from the menue of the page.

There is absolutely no malware involved in the correct download.

Good luck.

You could be right PH & thanks for taking the time to post.

Yes I might have hit a big green button,  but why should we be subjected to to this kind of stuff, polluting our PC's with crap is like dropping trash & pissing in public - not socially acceptable.

I wasted enough of my too short time on decontaminating the mess yesterday,  so in the cold light of dawn I think I will stick with my last post & wait for something from one of the recognised NAS/Server outfits. 

Sadly there are too many people with no conscience who will exploit this kind of thing.

The relatively benign approach is to use the hi-jacked code to 'send' http calls to advertising websites that pay for references.  This causes 'pop-ups' to appear, but otherwise does no harm to the computer.  It is however both fraudulent and extremely annoying to the user.

The other extreme (but fortunately much less frequent) case is to hijack an application, and use it to start a hidden process in the background.  It then either waits for you bank details and steals them or it connects to the criminal's own website, uploads a bank's secure communications data and using tens of thousands of hi-jacked computers attempts to crack their security codes.  This is why it's important to have a two way firewall that only lets authorised applications talk out to the internet.

Doing a full virus scan on your computer now, should detect this latter type of attack.

H

Your right about the need to run a scan Huge,  last evening after I finally un-installed, I ran a full scan.  That found 45 "unwanted" files  & 1 virus. All downloaded yesterday & my one & only download was that program & my last full scan was my regular weekly scheduled on Sunday last.  

Hi Mike,

I'm glad you managed to get rid of it.

The approach I outlined:

"go to the original author's site if possible; if not, there are only a very small handful of generic download sites I'll trust"

together with good a/v software has worked well for me - I've not had a single virus infection on my PC in 20 years of networked use.

Happy hunting, happy listening

H

Ive been using Mp3Tag for some years now and never had an issue with it. So thought id have a look around on the net, and it appears that there maybe two applications called Mp3Tag.

I use the free version via the link Huge has mentioned, but have just had a look on www.http://download.cnet.com/, which i've always used for software without issue, and there is another version which is a free trial.

Its unusual to come across this. In fact i don't think i've come across this before. Mike-B maybe you downloaded the cnet one and not the correct one, if it can be called that.

The Mp3Tag version i use is a really handy piece of software. Even better its free

Regards Graeme

I appreciate your feedback Huge & Foxman,  but I am not prepared to waste another few hours on this & are quite happy to live with the few rips & downloads that could be improved with  some tag work.  Whilst they may not be well presented in the Artist/Album & Album/Artist listings,  they are as I expect them to be in the Folder list.