Re: MS Update incorrectly warns of virus
From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 11/07/04
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Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:30:04 -0500
I think you mean you practice Safe Hex not Safe Sex, since this is a computer virus News
Group :-)
Let's make sure....
1) Download the following three items...
McAfee Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp
Latest Trend signature files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp
Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")
Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
Dowload the signature files (pattern files) by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt238.zip
Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
SYSCLEAN.COM.
2) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
3) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
4) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Stinger, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors found
5) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both.
6) If you are using WinME or WinXP, Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any
System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
7) Reboot your PC.
8) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point
* * * Please report back your results * * *
Dave
"Jonski" <!spam@nospam.co.nz.invalid> wrote in message
news:hguso09stlm3n7c60pkbrp659kmlac1svn@4ax.com...
| My MS Update subscription is incorrectly telling me I probably have or
| have had a virus, offering me the Mydoom, Zindos, and Doomjuice Worm
| Removal Tool (KB836528)
|
| The only reason I can think it might flag the "virus" is that I have
| MS Taskmon.exe in the windows folder. NOT the one in the %system%
| folder that is a symptom of Mydoom.
|
| I don't have and have never had a virus. I currenlty run 98se,
| Zonealarm and Nod32, practise safe sex, wear sunglasses and manually
| check the registry, ini files, autoexec.bat, startup etc.
|
| I used the Syphos and McAfee descriptions of the infection and went
| through all the things the virus could have done, and none of them
| were on the PC. I'm not promiscuous with the PC (e-promiscuous??) so
| there's no real chance I've caught a virus recently.
|
| How can I stop MS offering me this update that I don't need?
|
| Thanks in advance
| Jon
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