Virus +Rep!!

[Rapidshare]

Norton sucks but o well.

Unlike typical pop-ups (stopped with available blockers) 3rd party cookies are entirely different critters. When PC's (personal confusers) misbehave, like pop-up's, going to unrequested sites, goofy warnings, etc.; one step to help reduce annoying pop-ups & unrequested websites from being displayed on your machine is to turn off 3rd party cookies, and always leave them off.

INTERNET EXPLORER: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Advanced: here check 'Override automatic....'; 'Allow session cookies'; 'Allow 1st party cookies'; & 'Block 3rd Party Cookies'.

FIREFOX: Tools> Options> Privacy: here UN-CHECK 'Accept 3rd Party cookies'

OPERA, et al: not sure, check under 'options' for this.


Because architecture of the Internet (notably 'Flash' scripting), vulnerabilities are readily exploited in Internet Explorer, & it is now urgent that you use Firefox WITH the 'NoScript' add-on, which will prevent "Click-jacking'.
NoScript: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

For a somewhat detailed (but not overly tekky) explanation of all these 'Click-jacking' effects (and they are scary!) go to
http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm
episode 168.

Then, you'll have to ERADICATE MALWARE with Spybot, Ad Aware, and all available trusted cleaners & Anti-virus software, and suggested
TOOLS FOR SPECIFIC INFECTIONS listed from other posts in this forum.

Note: some current 'rouge' malware will undo this change, so you might have to redo this step after malware has been eliminated.

Search and destory


Search that on google and download.

Scan and clean.

[Kevin]

Norton is a really bad buy, it slows down your computer dramaticly and dosnt have very good detection rates

[Javascrypt]

I have this too on my laptop, it was alot worse though it has completely messed my laptop up, it's through spyware.

My laptop wont even load up so I can't even download any removals for it

DELETE IT WHILST YOU CAN!

Go into bios and get into safety.
If you can re-install windows and wipe your HD's

[Firehorse]

i hate re-installing vista, i did it about a month ago and it is very very annoying cos you lose everything from settings to gameplay stats. you can only keep the files you backup and everything has to be re-installed. (Not to mention the 100s of updates)

I'm still waiting for ad aware to do a full scan and if that doesn't work i'll try some other things.

*>

Thanks! You guys are real life savers! The ad aware worked and the malware has been quarantined. Shame it doesn't delete the files but just encrypts them.
Anyway problem fixed and hopefully its fully fixed..

Thanks again!:eusa_danc

[Firehorse]

Turns out that it's still here :/ This is a hard one to remove.

[Javascrypt]

Turns out that it's still here :/ This is a hard one to remove.

Doesnt you virus guard protect you?

[Jordan:A]

AVG is good

[Rapidshare]

Go into bios and get into safety.
If you can re-install windows and wipe your HD's

Doesnt you virus guard protect you?

bios safety??
wth...

no, virus guard wont protect against malware :rolleyes: not if it norton anyways .


Dude, did you follow my advice?

[tyo22]

try a scan with spybot s&d first, be sure to update it before you do so, though.

http://www.spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html


you can also try a-squared free
http://download4.emsisoft.com/a2FreeSetup.exe

or AVG free
http://free.avg.com/download?prd=afe

[iUnknown]

Try browsing in different browsers. If it only affects one browser, then it's likely that it's been injected into that browser.

Get into startup config (start and type in the search bar: msconfig and hit enter). Then click the Startup tab. Widen up the "Command" column and look through the list. If you see any exe files opening that you don't know, untick them (google them first if you can (eg. google: whuhdfsg.exe), as that will tell you if they are a common windows process or something to worry about eg. spyware). Save it (press ok) and restart. You can always do the same thing but with the list of processes in task manager.

I find this is the best way to find viruses like this. Trend-Micro Internet Security (costs), combined with ad-aware and my technique of going through task manager and msconfig etc. has kept me safe for years.

I would not recommend Norton/McAffee, both have been found out and sued for creating fake viruses that only they find to make them look like better virus protection.