Re: FirewallerV10.exe
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:29:17 -0800
Big.banny wrote:
> I have just re-installed xp after a full format and the first thing
> after sorting out my IE connection was to go to the microsoft site for
> any updates. During the setup of the updates i got a pop up about
> vunerabilites and visit
> "Fixnow"?? I just closed that and carried on. I then installed
> Zonealarm and it found a programme called "FireawallerV10.exe" trying
> to access the internet. In a search I found it in the windows prefetch
> folder. Read about this folder and decided to allow this programme to
> access the internet. My connection ground to a halt. I removed the
> programmes permission to connect to the internet and within 5 seconds
> the thing had tried to connect over 500
> times with varying target IP's. I downloaded netguard from NTL and
> ran a sweep. It dectected this file as a virus but no virus info was
> given??. I tried to delete and searched the reg for any strings but
> everytime I re-boot the strings are there again.
> I cant find the file anymore in explorer.
>
> Another re-install tonight but how do I stop it happening again?
You should not connect a Windows computer to the Internet without a
firewall and antivirus in place. After a clean install, after you
install the hardware drivers (from a known-clean source), make sure
that you don't install any programs until you've gone to Windows Update
and also updated your antivirus definitions. Also see:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get
Infected Anyway?
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Malke
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