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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Martin (Admin) on September 22, 2010, 03:57:18 pm

Title: Another virus...
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 22, 2010, 03:57:18 pm

I've been caught for the last week with a malevolent & very irritating virus, it just pops up a new browser window
with a load of spam links. It's very clever and quickly redirects itself to several new directs so searching for the original link
was impossible.

AVG scan - nothing.
Malware scan - nothing.
Adaware scan - nothing.
Registry scan - nothing.
Rootkit scan - nothing.
Gmer scan - nothing.
Safe mode scan - nothing.

after MUCH searching on 'tinternet, I found something called Combofix  http://www.combofix.org/ (http://www.combofix.org/) which
initiates a scan like I've never seen before! It found something hidden in a Windows Driver fill - killed it and downloaded and
replaced the driver it self! NB. --- Don't run Combofix Unless you REALLY know what you're doing! ---

Seems to be gone now......   <*<

Full and very in depth discussion here:[ url]http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?/topic/190480-hidden-virus-opening-new-tabsredirecting/[/url]
Title: Re: Another virus...
Post by: DickyD on September 22, 2010, 04:12:26 pm

NB. --- Don't run Combofix Unless you REALLY know what you're doing! ---

Seems to be gone now......   <*<

Full and very in depth discussion here:[ url]http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?/topic/190480-hidden-virus-opening-new-tabsredirecting/[/url]

Wish you had told me that before I used it to get rid of that bug that Jay passed round to all his messenger contacts a while back. >>:-( >>:-(
Title: Re: Another virus...
Post by: essex2visuvesi on September 22, 2010, 05:28:06 pm
F-secure says I cant open the combofix file as its a virus lol