Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: titanic3 on February 13, 2013, 03:06:58 PM
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Just got done removing a malware that poses as a System Repair for a corrupted explorer.exe and HDD failure. It spams you with error messages and attempts to delete your files.
http://virusremovalvideos.blogspot.com/2013/02/svchostexe-corrupt-disk-fake-hdds-alert.html
^ Everything else you need to know.
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Those things are like quicksand, much like the Lizamoon virus. The more you interact with the virus, the more resiliant it becomes on your system.
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Yea, ran a trialware Trojan Remover (the one provided in the link), then manually went to each one and deleted them. Restarted and everything was back to normal except I lost some desktop icons. The programs were still there, the icons were not however. Now my only problem is remembering what icons I had and restoring them. :rolleyes:
Quite an adventure I had. :joystick: :airplane:
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Good thing you got your problem sorted.
Just for the record, if someone else is having similar problems, the programs recommended on the link are by Gridinsoft, whose pages have been ranked very low by WOT (Web Of Trust). Similar results can be achieved by known-good programs such as Malwarebytes' Anti Malware (http://www.malwarebytes.org/) and Unhide (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/405109/unhideexe-a-introduction-as-to-what-this-program-does/), not to mention all the good stuff on the entire Bleepingcomputers' site.
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Hmm time to visit the doctor I guess... :noid
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Good to know, danke.
One thing I haven't kept up with for a long time (should have) is malware issues. I still run AVG, at one point in time the were one of the best, of course many others have been too, is AVG still up to par?
:salute
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Good to know, danke.
One thing I haven't kept up with for a long time (should have) is malware issues. I still run AVG, at one point in time the were one of the best, of course many others have been too, is AVG still up to par?
:salute
No antivirus is up to par. You're going to get infected whatever program you use if you don't practice safe browsing and never touch pirated software. It's only a question of time.
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Good to know, danke.
One thing I haven't kept up with for a long time (should have) is malware issues. I still run AVG, at one point in time the were one of the best, of course many others have been too, is AVG still up to par?
:salute
What MrRipley said: All antivirus programs lag behind, they only can handle known viruses and behaviour patterns. Yet it helps to have one. AVG was ranked second best of the free ones in a Finnish computer magazine this January. A few points were lost due to it not being available in Finnish, some other for showing and advertising features that only work in the paid version. Conclusion: For those who like to tweak the settings.
Remember, though, that malware is much more than just viruses. The OP's case is a good example of malware which may bypass any antivirus program. Why? Because they aren't viruses! Several years ago Norton/Symantec was threatened by lawsuits if they continued "restricting legitimate marketing efforts of reputable companies" in the form of adware. No wonder that Norton was the fastest in scanning in that January AV reviews...
If you want to stay safe, the best anti-malware system sits between the back rest and keyboard. Use other browsers instead of IE, install plugins like WOT (WebOfTrust) to prevent you from accessing to known harmful sites and NoScript to block harmful or at least unnecessary scripts and other code. Tweak the browser settings to clean all temporary files when the browser is shut down. Run Ccleaner after heavy surfing to get rid of inactive malware lurking in Temp folders. Run an updated Anti-Malware scan regularly to find nasties other than viruses.
Use Linux for reckless surfing and Windows only for gaming and other tasks that are dependent on it.
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Malware tends to use Adobe products to infect computers so always keep them up-to-date. Javascript should be disabled in Adobe Reader, Sandbox enabled for all types/sources and the Browser plug-in should be disabled.
If Sun/Oracle Java is in use the browser plug-in needs to be disabled - multiple holes over several versions now.