Re: BackDoor.Afcore.AT

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:39:38 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 13:53:37 -0800,
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>"EL" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>message
>>>news:049901c3be93$fb0bcb70$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>>Hi,
>>>I have this Trojan Virus in my C:/Windows/system32 in
the
>>>file stizoac.dll, but when I scan the antivirus program
>>>canīt find it. I know this virus exist because my
>>>antivirus program tells me so when my computer starts.
Is
>>>there a way to delete this file when itīs not visibly,
>>>eventough I checked the box for 'show hidden files'.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>E
>>>
>>>Just did a Google search on this "virus" but can't
find
>>anything about it.
>>>What is your virus scan program?
>>>
>>>Could it be some spyware? Download and run
>>this "Adaware" program, which you
>>>can download from this website:
>>>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>>>
>>>See if that makes any difference.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Jurren Bouman
>>>MVP Windows - Security
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>I did run the "Adaware" it found some things but when
I
>>rebooted the Window with the Text AVG Resident shield:
>>Virus: Torjan Horse BackDoor.Afcore.AT is found in file
>>C:\windows\system32:stizoac.dll.
>>To remove this please run AVG for Windows.
>>and so I do but the antivirus can't find the infected
>>file, most anoying.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>E
>
>Have you tried running a scan in Safe mode?
>This might find it. Have you tried a search and included
Hidden and
>System files? To remove it I would still suspect you
would need to be
>in safe mode since it through it into the system32
folder.
>
>hth
>jbrown
>.
>
I think I solved the problem thanks to the fact that this
virus has other alias, I found a program named
Hijackthis, where I located the file and deleted it. It
seems that only AVG 6.0 finds this virus.

E

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