Re: Virus?

From: Ian Kenefick (ian_kenefifck_at_eircom.net)
Date: 10/30/05

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    Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:02:40 +0000

    On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:27:31 -0400, "Moose" <gdewit79@rogers.com>
    wrote:

    >The other night, while I was chatting on MSN Messenger, I had a conversation
    >window pop up from a friend. The conversation states something along the
    >lines of:
    >
    >Wow, is this really you?
    >
    >There was a link and, in my stupidity, I clicked on the link. A program
    >loaded to my computer and now, I am unable to log into MSN Messenger, or
    >retrieve my Hotmail account via the Hotmail website. It also appears that
    >this program shut off my virus scanner (I have Norton), and will not allow
    >me to conduct a system scan. I tried to download AVG from their website (it
    >was recommended by a guy from work), and I cannot get onto the website. All
    >I receive when I do try is something about the page being unavailable.
    >
    >A friend told me to check the processes my computer is running and, to look
    >for SVCHOST.EXE, which I have 5 occurences of this particular file running
    >on my computer. I tried to shut down one of these processes, and my
    >computer gave me 55 seconds to save all unsaved work and proceeded to shut
    >my computer down.
    >
    >Any suggestions on how I can get this virus off my computer?

    SVCHOST.exe is a legit process also. Malware authors commonly name
    their creations after legitmate files to avoid visible detection by
    the user. You are most likely infected with an IM Worm and as part of
    it's payload it has prevented you access to security vendor websites.
    You can run the Multi_AV tool in normal mode to retrieve the database
    files. Boot in safe mode to execute the utility then to remove the
    malware from your pc. 

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Ian Kenefick
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