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mitchntx
post Jan 2 2010, 01:55 PM
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Any one ever get this cock-sucker of a virus?

I've been fighting this thing for over a week.

So far the best results have been unplugging the network connection and doing deep scans with

Hitman Pro
Ad-Aware
Spybot
Spyware Dr.
Enterprise Nortons
ESET NOD32

The problem I'm having is that the HD activity goes berzerk at boot, progressively slowing the system till it crashes about 15 minutes later. So as you can surmize, I'm having to do these deep scans in small chunks.

Frustrating ...

Any one have any other ideas?
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post Jan 23 2010, 10:15 PM
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Been off-line for a while. Thought it time for an update.

Machine finally got to the point it would no longer boot. Even in Safe Mode.

Took the drive out and went to another machine

Malwarebytes would hang about 15 minutes in
re-install of Windows would hang about 1/2 way through
Spinright 6.0 worked for almost 30 hours and was 2% complete

At this point in time, I don;t know if the virus corrupted the boot sector, or the multiple hard crashes due to system lock corrupted a boot sector, or a combination of the two or I had a failing HD that made me think it was a virus the whole time.

I lost a lot of data. Most noteably was activation codes for software I had installed and received via e-mail. I have now fixed that problem by saving them to a web-based e-mail account instead of a local account.

What a PITA ...
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mitchntx   Google Re-Direct virus   Jan 2 2010, 01:55 PM
roy   Here is something from Geeks to go that may help. ...   Jan 2 2010, 02:46 PM
slowcamaro   My defenses consist of Avast!, Malwarebytes, a...   Jan 2 2010, 05:26 PM
trackbird   Malwarebytes has fixed lots of stuff for me on var...   Jan 2 2010, 06:57 PM
Blainefab   Is that related to AICMCTexas being down new years...   Jan 2 2010, 10:25 PM
mitchntx   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Jan 2 2010, 04:25 PM) ...   Jan 3 2010, 12:36 AM
SS2win   boot into safe mode w/networking, run combofix, ma...   Jan 3 2010, 09:18 PM
mitchntx   QUOTE (SS2win @ Jan 3 2010, 03:18 PM) boo...   Jan 4 2010, 12:50 PM
mitchntx   A little more information .... Apprently this li...   Jan 4 2010, 05:37 PM
mitchntx   And yes, I'm still battling this damn thing.   Jan 4 2010, 05:54 PM
Todd   QUOTE (mitchntx @ Jan 4 2010, 12:54 PM) A...   Jan 5 2010, 02:24 PM
DrivinSidewayz   im not sure what you want to save on your hard dri...   Jan 5 2010, 06:39 PM
mitchntx   That's good information. I have restore point...   Jan 5 2010, 07:22 PM
C3SS   Have you tried MalwareBytes Anti-Malware yet? It ...   Jan 5 2010, 08:11 PM
mitchntx   QUOTE (C3SS @ Jan 5 2010, 02:11 PM) Have ...   Jan 5 2010, 09:13 PM
Todd   if you absolutely have to fix this machine without...   Jan 6 2010, 02:01 PM
mitchntx   Todd, "have to fix" is a relative term. ...   Jan 6 2010, 02:51 PM
SS2win   I didn't see combofix in your list. Have you t...   Jan 8 2010, 07:24 AM
cozog   Ur doing it wrong. 1. Boot in safe mode. 2. REGED...   Jan 8 2010, 05:21 PM
SS2win   QUOTE (cozog @ Jan 8 2010, 12:21 PM) Ur d...   Jan 8 2010, 08:31 PM
Todd   QUOTE (SS2win @ Jan 8 2010, 03:31 PM) QUO...   Jan 11 2010, 02:25 PM
mitchntx   Been off-line for a while. Thought it time for an ...   Jan 23 2010, 10:15 PM

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