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Computer virus
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:38 am
by Fast Eddy B
Just found out I got zlob.downloader.vcd worm. Been trying to get rid of it, and it just keeps coming back. Trying the support forums of lavasoft, and spybot....it's taking a while.
Am running scans on spybot, ad aware, and mcafee behind a firewall, but I'm suspicious of having to download anything else to get rid of it. Am not afraid to edit the registry if I know what to look for....
Anyone?
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:59 am
by slimcolo
I had a simular problem (malacious adware) and had to do a system restore to clear. Even the fix that Microsoft had didn't work.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:41 am
by blues2cruise
It sounds like you need more of an anti virus program than a spyware program.
If you don't already have anti virus program, you could download AVG safely....for free.
I have used it in the past and I know lots of people who currently use it.
Re: Computer virus
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:24 am
by JC Viper
Fast Eddy B wrote:Just found out I got zlob.downloader.vcd worm. Been trying to get rid of it, and it just keeps coming back. Trying the support forums of lavasoft, and spybot....it's taking a while.
Am running scans on spybot, ad aware, and mcafee behind a firewall, but I'm suspicious of having to download anything else to get rid of it. Am not afraid to edit the registry if I know what to look for....
Anyone?
Your options are to get HiJackThis and find out whatever it is and remove it (Windows Safe Mode works best). Then go use CCleaner to clean out any corrupt registry files. Of course this is to be used if your anti-virus doesn't work.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:54 pm
by Fast Eddy B
Thanks for the tips. Right now I'm not sure what new progs to trust. I'll look up AVG and HiJack This.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:19 pm
by Skier
I hear AVG is great.
HiJackThis is a program that looks at everything running on your system. You can post the information it records on forums and they will analyze it for you.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:25 am
by Kibagari
Another option is to stop running Windows; it's crap.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:21 pm
by Fast Eddy B
Well, I went to Spybot S&D forums and posted under Malware Removal. They have a great free service there. It helps to read the stickies, follow the instructions, then post your logfiles from HiJackThis or any other program they tell you to run. Then an expert analyzes the results and suggests fixes.
This virus has been a bad one. I'm at about 8 hours gettting rid of it so far. But it almost over....