Annoying virus - can't tell what process it's associated with...

[Guest lilone]

I caught a virus on my computer yesterday.

 

It brings me pop-ups every now and then and it has been really annoying. I

scanned my computer using Spybot and Symantec Antivirus (with the most

updated definitions) and deleted whatever they found. Symantec found a virus

called "Downloader" which I think I have seen before. It is saves as an htm

file. Symantec automatic scan in the back pops up every now and then saying

it found that virus and it cleans it sometimes but sometimes it can only

clean it partially.

 

I have tried to match up what I see on Windows Task Manager and Sysinternals

Process Explorer but I don't see anything strange or maybe I just can't

recognize it.

 

Another problem that arose after the virus infected my computer was that

Automatic Updates got turned off and I couldn't turn it back on through

Security Center, Control Panel or services.msc. It automatically turns off

itself once I try to enable it. So I tried going on Internet Explorer to go

on Microsoft.com to find an answer. However whenever I try, 40 pop-ups come

at once and freezes my computer (which is currently still freezing.)

 

Oh and another thing I noticed was Firefox (the browser I usually use)

wouldn't load up half of the websites I tried to visit. I had to switch to IE

because the websites still work there but I tried not to log on to too many

things as I don't want a Trojan or anything to be able to log what I did or

get my information.

 

Please help me!! Thank you sooo much in advance!!!

[Guest David H. Lipman]

From: "lilone" <lilone@discussions.microsoft.com>

 

| I caught a virus on my computer yesterday.

 

| It brings me pop-ups every now and then and it has been really annoying. I

| scanned my computer using Spybot and Symantec Antivirus (with the most

| updated definitions) and deleted whatever they found. Symantec found a virus

| called "Downloader" which I think I have seen before. It is saves as an htm

| file. Symantec automatic scan in the back pops up every now and then saying

| it found that virus and it cleans it sometimes but sometimes it can only

| clean it partially.

 

| I have tried to match up what I see on Windows Task Manager and Sysinternals

| Process Explorer but I don't see anything strange or maybe I just can't

| recognize it.

 

| Another problem that arose after the virus infected my computer was that

| Automatic Updates got turned off and I couldn't turn it back on through

| Security Center, Control Panel or services.msc. It automatically turns off

| itself once I try to enable it. So I tried going on Internet Explorer to go

| on Microsoft.com to find an answer. However whenever I try, 40 pop-ups come

| at once and freezes my computer (which is currently still freezing.)

 

| Oh and another thing I noticed was Firefox (the browser I usually use)

| wouldn't load up half of the websites I tried to visit. I had to switch to IE

| because the websites still work there but I tried not to log on to too many

| things as I don't want a Trojan or anything to be able to log what I did or

| get my information.

 

| Please help me!! Thank you sooo much in advance!!!

 

 

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http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

 

English:

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/0...virus-for-free/

 

To use this utility, perform the following...

Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }

Choose; Unzip

Choose; Close

 

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT

{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

 

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your

FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

 

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}

This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.

This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.

The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

 

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can

download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files

needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key

during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe

Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

 

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help

file.

 

Additional Instructions:

http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm

 

 

Please report back your results

 

 

--

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Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

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"lilone" <lilone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D54540B8-04BC-430B-BF59-CE77D0A1E0FC@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

>I caught a virus on my computer yesterday.

>

> It brings me pop-ups every now and then and it has been really annoying. I

> scanned my computer using Spybot and Symantec Antivirus (with the most

> updated definitions) and deleted whatever they found. Symantec found a

> virus

> called "Downloader" which I think I have seen before. It is saves as an

> htm

> file. Symantec automatic scan in the back pops up every now and then

> saying

> it found that virus and it cleans it sometimes but sometimes it can only

> clean it partially.

>

> I have tried to match up what I see on Windows Task Manager and

> Sysinternals

> Process Explorer but I don't see anything strange or maybe I just can't

> recognize it.

>

> Another problem that arose after the virus infected my computer was that

> Automatic Updates got turned off and I couldn't turn it back on through

> Security Center, Control Panel or services.msc. It automatically turns off

> itself once I try to enable it. So I tried going on Internet Explorer to

> go

> on Microsoft.com to find an answer. However whenever I try, 40 pop-ups

> come

> at once and freezes my computer (which is currently still freezing.)

>

> Oh and another thing I noticed was Firefox (the browser I usually use)

> wouldn't load up half of the websites I tried to visit. I had to switch to

> IE

> because the websites still work there but I tried not to log on to too

> many

> things as I don't want a Trojan or anything to be able to log what I did

> or

> get my information.

>

> Please help me!! Thank you sooo much in advance!!! </span>