RE: High threat trojan virus or spyware

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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:05:03 -0800

Thanks for the post Dave. I just want to clearify a few things. You said
that I wasn't careful downloading. I thought that this DIVX site was for
real. I do download lots of software, Never in almost 9 years have I ran
into a problem that couldn't be solved with viruses or spyware. That is why
I have these tools. All the references brought up no information on what you
recommended. It keeps telling me that it cannot find the server. Your
statement between the asteriks stating:
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I see you are posting from Earthlink via Level 3 Communications using the MS
CDO web
front-end so you have your work cut out for you.
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I do not understand exactly what you are referring to that I have my work
cutout. I know that Earthlink is not my server but my connection is
controlled by whoeverhas put this on my computer. I wish that you can tell
me more what the MS-CDO web front-end is. I really could use quite a bit of
help on this as I am really stuck. How do you erraticate something when it
cannot be found with the exception of what my spyware detection indicates. I
have other posts on other forums which I still seek a response. I do
appreciate if you or someone else can give me a clearer understanding what I
should do. Would it be easier to install my win xp from scratch? Will this
remove all traces or should I zero the HD out? Should I purchase a software
package to wipe my drive clean? I know there are a lot of "what ifs" but I
am getting the feeling that more damage can be done if not taken care of this
trojan. Don't get me wrong. I do appreciate you communicating with me. I
hope others can see my messages as well and to hopefully send me any ideas.
Thanks again.

> Hi:
> I was reading up on all the posts, hopefully to find a fix for my problem.
> It seems that not only spyware is constantly getting on the computer but
> backdoor trojans as well. According to the posts there are quite a number of
> users who are experiencing various problems with different trojans. My
> concern is with the Amitis 1.3 trojan which falls into the RAT catagory.
> Several days back I downloaded a media player from a web site called DIVX.
> After this download is when I started to have strange problems with erratic
> behavior on my computer. I have several spyware checkers and the one that
> picked it out was CounterSpy. The funny or not so funny part of it is that I
> cannot delete it automatically, manually, or whatever else. I cannot even
> find files related to it. It's purposely hidden somewhere, but where? I
> scanned everything, searched out everything but was not able to find it. I
> found some resources and I found an excellent descriotion of Amitis on the
> eTrust Spyware Encyclopedia at this web address.
> "http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453076220"
> Not only is there a detailed description but screenshots of what the
> interface looks like. You would not believe the activities that can have a
> hacker plague your computer. For example, if you look at the 2nd screenshot,
> middle column of buttons and take note a the 2 button from the bottom, you
> will know what I am talking about. When searching for this program, I
> momentarily found it and gives explicit warnings before entering the site. I
> trided going back to it again so I could post that web address but unable to
> find it. It is definitely a hackers download tool site. By the way the
> author is named: "stacked_shit" who developed the program and is done in
> Delphi. Also, my Norton antivirus checker did not pick this up. I even have
> Pest Patrol, Spy Sweeper, Spybot Search and Destroy. Microsoft new spyware
> checker which is the beta version and System Spyware Integrator which I found
> a link in this forum. Like I said, the only one that found it was the
> CounterSpy. Of course some of the others picked up different spyware and was
> able to rid of it. Counterspy keeps indicating that I still has this very
> serious threat and will not remove it. Please check out the encyclopedia on
> eTrust so you can read the info in more detail and also if anyone has
> experienced this on their computer and please let me know what you find. If
> anyone has a sure fire way that I can find the trojan, I certainly will be
> grateful. There are rotten apples in this World and determined to screw up
> your computer. Before I go, I want to mention the tricks it plays on me.
> 1. Has made my computer sluggish.
> 2. When booting up to my desktop, it takes another two minutes before I can
> do anything with or at least until my Norton Antivirus Monitor appears in my
> sys tray and during this time, my drive sounds like a buzzer.
> 3. I found a folder in my computer cabinet that was labeled "help", opening
> it up showed nothing and being that it is oin my documents folder, it would
> be safe to delete it. When I did, the computer immediately shut-down without
> going through the shut-down protocol. After it rebooted, the folder was gone
> but still took a long time before I could do anything.
> 5. Believe this or not-it messed up my printer head alignment. I can under
> something being a little out of align but this was bad. The printouts was
> garbled. I realigned the heads and far it is aligned.
>
> Thats it and please respnd to this message and believe me anything that is
> pertenent will help. Thank you for reading this.
>
> Regards
>
>
>

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