The Official Malware/Antivirus Thread - Need help or general advice? Read this first!

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

yes - I had the win7 - it is an utter pain in the ass! I just sprinkled minced garlic and holy-water on my keyboard and it left.

every time

reboot into Safe Mode w/networking
run rkill ( http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com )
run malwarebytes (updated)


I saw 3 rogues in 3 different counties today. A lot of these rogues are being bundled with rootkits as well... I caught a zero.access root today.

This would be a good time for me to throw TDSS killer out there as well for these nasties: http://support.kaspersky.com/downloa...tdsskiller.zip

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

every time

reboot into Safe Mode w/networking
run rkill ( http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com )
run malwarebytes (updated)


I saw 3 rogues in 3 different counties today. A lot of these rogues are being bundled with rootkits as well... I caught a zero.access root today.

This would be a good time for me to throw TDSS killer out there as well for these nasties: http://support.kaspersky.com/downloa...tdsskiller.zip

i have a computer scientist that handles all or any software issues. My t420 got the win7 and honestly, i think i got it on CP - CP and Youtube were the only two things open and i wasn't even at my PC. He cleaned it up and my god it's fast like you woudn't believe!

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

every time

reboot into Safe Mode w/networking
run rkill ( http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com )
run malwarebytes (updated)


I saw 3 rogues in 3 different counties today. A lot of these rogues are being bundled with rootkits as well... I caught a zero.access root today.

This would be a good time for me to throw TDSS killer out there as well for these nasties: http://support.kaspersky.com/downloa...tdsskiller.zip

I'll add that you guys need to turn off system restore while troubleshooting these malware episodes. Enable and create a new restore point when system is clean and behaving normally.
I anticipate this thread getting more and more attention.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

I'll add that you guys need to turn off system restore while troubleshooting these malware episodes. Enable and create a new restore point when system is clean and behaving normally.
I anticipate this thread getting more and more attention.

This is a really good point. If you have an infection, and it happens to go unnoticed by your virus scanner or if your scanner doesn't detect that sort of thing, the virus will get backed up into a System Restore point. And system restore info can't be scanned by normal antivirus/malware scanners. So if you get an infection, and it's able to go unnoticed and ends up in a sys restore point, it can infect your system later.

After you purge your system of a bug, always delete all of your restore points just to be safe.

1. Open System by clicking the Start button , right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.
2. In the left pane, click System protection. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3. Under Protection Settings, click Configure.
4. Under Disk Space Usage, click Delete.
5. Click Continue, and then click OK.