Re: Opinions sought re virus ?
- From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:37:27 -0500
From: "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxx>
| The computer is Windows Media Center 2005 - HP (not mine) running Trend fully
| updated.
|
| Computer totally freezes randomly. Nothing works. Have to reboot. That when I noticed
| during boot up - there appears to be something like a little man running across the
| screen prior to the Welcome screen appearing (whatever it is it's very quick). When
| Windows is loading and the green bars are going across.
| Dial up settings are not sticking - they are being ignored - such as disconnect when
| no longer needed. Randomly, unable to use OE.
|
| This flashing across the screen has appeared randomly whilst using the computer on
| line (so the lady of the house reported).
|
| Trend did not pick up anything (although I did remove temporary internet files).
| Running an online scanner is impossible due to the rather slow connection and drop
| outs.
|
| I haven't gone any further with this at the moment due to time restrictions and will
| look again at the computer next weekend.
| Any suggestions of what I may be looking for?
|
| Has anyone else had or seen something similar?
|
| Anything in particular I can download and use on the computer to scan?
|
| Any processes I should be looking for in Task Manager or anything in MSConfig,
| Add/Remove etc.
|
| Any assistance on this would be appreciated.
|
| Like I say I won't be able to look at the computer again until next weekend due to
| other comittments etc.
|
| One other thing which may or may not be relevant, the man who actually owns the
| computer complained of gross popups appearing on his compuer which disappeared when I
| told him to clear out his TIF. This would have been about 1 1/2 weeks ago.
|
| Kaylene
If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 6.0,
then you are strongly urged to remove any/all versions.
There are vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being exploited.
It is highly suggested that you update to the latest version which is Sun Java JRE/JSE
Version 6.0
Simple check, look under...
C:\Program Files\Java
The only folder under that folder should be the latest version.
Such as...
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
FYI:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102557-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102622-1
For non-viral malware...
Please download, install and update the following software...
* Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
* SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html
* SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe Mode.
I also suggest downloading, installing and updating BHODemon for any Browser Helper Objects
that may be on the PC.
* BHODemon
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=3550&file=11&evp=245a87539eea8ed6904332b4b8b8442d
For viral malware...
* Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close
Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.
You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
* * * Please report back your results * * *
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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