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Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: Saintaw on January 03, 2005, 04:23:08 AM

errrm... I got this virus on my home computer for the last few days, and my anty-virus (AVG) can find it, but can't seem to be able to clean or remove it.

The file seems to be in a cab file in the windows/temp internet files folder... so I'm not too fond of deleting a cab file.

Any of you wise person here have a creative idea on how I could get rid of it?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: jigsaw on January 03, 2005, 04:35:37 AM

Replace the cab with one from the OS CD?

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: Saintaw on January 03, 2005, 04:45:48 AM

Aha! I knew I would find someone smarter than me! :D
Thx for the tip Jig, hadn't thought of that.

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: Suave on January 03, 2005, 05:59:30 AM

I never much liked AVG, for me it wasn't that effective. I'm a Kaspersky kind of guy.

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: oboe on January 03, 2005, 06:23:51 AM

I think a .cab file is the compressed file used by Installshield to store everything it needs to unpack and install when it ia activated.

I can't imagine there would be anything related to the OS in a windows/temp internet folder.  To my knowledge its safe to delete anything in these folders.

What's the name of the cab file?

Please post a followup to let us know how you came out?

Disappointed to here negative comments abotu AVG.  MY PC cillin subscript expired and I'm looking for a free alternative antivirus program.

I installed AVG on my sons computers as a test, but they aren't on the internet that much...

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: Saintaw on January 03, 2005, 07:24:20 AM

I'm not home right now Oboe, I will have a look at the filename this evening.

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: rpm on January 03, 2005, 07:51:15 AM

I picked up a nasty little virus from somewhere last week that wound up frying my HD. Macafee picked it up in a scan, could'nt clean it so I quaranteened it. When I rebooted POOF, there went the drive. I don't d/l pron or use fileswapping (Kazaa, ect). I think it must have been part of a right-wing conspiracy.

Title: Isbar 5G virus (trojan downloader) removal?
Post by: Saintaw on January 03, 2005, 10:39:41 AM

I deleted the file, It was located in:

.../WIN/system32/config/systemprofile/Local Settings/Temporary intardnet files/Content IE5/IPQN17KR/ysb_regular[1].cab