Re: Infected w-svhost / worm_rbot.ffx
- From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 16:29:17 -0400
From: "*rain*drops*" <rain@xxxxxxxxxx>
| I did an online scan using TrendMicro. It found "worm_rbot.ffx" in the
| system32 folder. I let it clean. I have not rebooted yet. I googled and
| most entries say svhost.exe is a bogus file with a worm in it. Some posts
| said it was a valid process that causes problems after an MS update. I'm
| confused.
|
| I found the file svhost.exe and checked properties -- no version or
| manufacturer. Its creation date was 2/15/2006 and modification date was
| 8/10/2004. My computer software was first loaded on 2/15/2006.
|
| I use MCE 2005 / XP SP2 with updates.
|
| Questions:
| 1. Is it a worm or a valid MS component?
| 2. Am I safe to reboot?
| 3. What other security measures should I take?
|
| Thank you for your assistance.
|
Reboot, "svhost.exe" is NOT valid.
Check to make sure ALL vulnerabilities have been mitigated...
http://secunia.com/software_inspector
Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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.
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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