help me with this god damn trojan
Ok, so my virus scanner (avg) detected a trojan about a week ago. Before I could try removing it or quarantining it, the trojan just shuts off my computer. The wierd thing is, if I press any key the computer turns back on but shuts back off about 5 seconds later. This keeps happening for about 10 minutes until I can finally turn it back on. When I try to remove it, the same thing happens again…even in safe mode. So what should I do? I tried The Cleaner and online scanners but the same thing happens.
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Oh wait…
1. sdfix
2. download kaspersky anti-virus and activate a trial license
make sure avg is updated
install Ccleaner from
disable system restore
boot into safe mode
run ccleaner removing all temporary files
run avg
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profit
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make sure avg is updated
install Ccleaner from disable system restore boot into safe mode run ccleaner removing all temporary files run avg ??? profit |
tried that and the same thing happened
i even tried turning off all unnecessary startup programs in msconfig and scanning again in safe mode, but the same thing happens
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tried that and the same thing happened
i even tried turning off all unnecessary startup programs in msconfig and scanning again in safe mode, but the same thing happens |
did you try sdfix?
where can i get it from? couldnt find it on download.com
Does it put your system to sleep or does it actually shut it off and you have to boot from scratch?
it does both. when i press a button it turns back on and then it boots from scratch.
i ran system analyzer, it found the following:
trojans:
trojan-dropper.gen
viruses:
Mal/EncPk-C
Mal/Packer
Sorry to say, but it sounds like it’s time for a format…
Yea, it may be a hassle to have to backup all your data, and re-install everything, but it’s better than going crazy trying to get rid of a virus.
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Sorry to say, but it sounds like it’s time for a format…
Yea, it may be a hassle to have to backup all your data, and re-install everything, but it’s better than going crazy trying to get rid of a virus. |
ya, im just gonna take the route. thanks for the help guys.
Formating may not work too. Try this program before doing so.
This program will deactivate any running virus prog just click on autorun virus button within the program. Then scan your pc using the updated free tool form Kaspersky (with the to date definitions list), It works well.
The link for the autorun remover program is:
The link of the free updated kaspersky tool is:
Also you can use Adaware 2007 or the latest ver, just search for it on download com.
It always worked for me, give it a shot.
Wait, what? Formatting might not work? Erasing the drive and everything on it, including the virus, might not work?
assuming he will format partition c only (boot partition)…yeh, It may not work
assuming he will format the whole drive…It will work but It is the hardest non professional way to solve a virus problem.
If he reformats the boot partition, the virus may continue to reside on the data partition, but it will be inactive and a post-reinstallation virus scan will pick it up. Let’s not forget, computer viruses aren’t self-animated, they can only do their thing if the OS loads them into RAM and tells the CPU to run them. With the Registry wiped out, Windows won’t even know the virus is there on the other partition.
lol i fdisk’d and formatted the partition. everythings running ok now. thanks alot.
right and any double click on other data partitions will reactivate the virus again so one must open the partitions with explore command from the right click menu (if he has to open the data partitions before scanning). Anyway what I meant is formatting is the last solution to do for solving a virus problem.
congratz, hope you formatted the whole drive then.
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congratz, hope you formatted the whole drive then. |
Actually, he just needs a good, up to date virus scan util that’ll catch the virus before he’s infected again. So, scan all data before loading anything up.
The virus still isn’t going to get executed unless Windows is told to run it. I’ve never seen a virus that could embed an execute command for itself into the file allocation table, and AUTORUN.INF doesn’t work on hard drives, so I really don’t think it’s an issue. Besides, if you know you might have a virus, why would running a scan ever not be the first thing you do?
But whatever, it’s a moot point now.
You’re right but there are viruses that get reactivated by double clicking on the data partitions (for example the virus which hides the folder options from tools menu).
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Besides, if you know you might have a virus, why would running a scan ever not be the first thing you do? |
maybe I have stored the Antivirus program source on a data partition!
and as you said it’s a moot point now.
shit, the virus came back
my computer and internet are running slow again, and when i tried to run spysweeper my computer automatically shut off… same behaviour as when i was virused… fuck
i guess im gonna have to reformat again. how should i format this so that i can get rid of this problem for good?
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shit, the virus came back
my computer and internet are running slow again, and when i tried to run spysweeper my computer automatically shut off… same behaviour as when i was virused… fuck i guess im gonna have to reformat again. how should i format this so that i can get rid of this problem for good? |
did it come back immediately? did you run a virus scan against all of your data before you opened any of it?
i think it started happening after i transferred all my data from my usb drive… but i scanned everything (including the drive) after i did all the important windows updates and nothing was detected..
no, i transferred a few files before scanning it all.
you can’t do that. your files are obviously infected. if you scan it with one virus scan and it finds nothing, then you better scan it with every up to date virus scan that you can. and i don’t just mean scan as you open them, i mean the most involved scan they have to catch everything it can. otherwise, you are going to be doing this reinstall/get infected loop forever.
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shit, the virus came back
my computer and internet are running slow again, and when i tried to run spysweeper my computer automatically shut off… same behaviour as when i was virused… fuck i guess im gonna have to reformat again. how should i format this so that i can get rid of this problem for good? |
You should scan your all files before transferring them back to the drive. Anyway try what I’ve suggested to you in post
Good Luck
Did I not specifically say you had to scan FIRST? Why did you do anything else before you scanned your shit to find the virus?
because i read your post after i did it. ill try some of the other solutions
well heres the reason why my computer became infected again
fuckers were hiding on my usb drive. i found the trojan and 1 of the 2 viruses infecting me. time to clean this shit up.
If your computer just shut off, I’m thinking you have a hardware problem and not a virus problem…
Sorry, didn’t mean to be an ass. It’s just…you know.
Agreed. It might be overloading your computer and shutting it off. I agree with the person who told you to use Kaspersky Anti-Virus. I had a stubborn virus that would not go away no matter what anti virus program I used. The most up to date Norton would not get rid of it. Kaspersky on the other hand, got rid of it real quick.
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