ron said:
I have 2 files in the root directory of a WINXP Home Ed. machine. The
names are A2211.exe and 24tgs.exe. I can't find any reference to them on
the internet. just concerned that they shouldn't be there.
ron
Most virus,worm,ect. use random names.You should scan your system.
Beginning of standard canned reply.
Update Windows. Use a firewall.
Use an Anti-Virus of your choice and keep it updated.
In Windows Explorer, set Folder Options to “show all files”.
Clean out all temp, cache, ect. files.
Download BeClean here:
http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/
Download Sysclean from here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com
Read this(it tells you how to use it!):
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/readme.txt
Reboot into safe mode and run Sysclean, write down results, then reboot
normally.
If offending file is in “restore” read this:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam
Download AdAware from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Read the help files,download the winsock fix, and then Update and run
AdAware.
If you lose your Internet connection after running AdAware run the fix.
Winsock Fix here:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
Download Spybot Search+Destroy here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Read this:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html
Update and run Spybot (enable all protection).
Download Spyware Blaster here: (enable all protection)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Run a couple of online scanners (pick a different one than your main AV):
BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Norton:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/...d=sym&plfid=23&pkj=XHPGJRSOMVZGYYTZXPE&bhcp=1
Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
eTrust:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
If the previous do not solve your problems:
Download Bazooka here:
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
Download SwatIt here:
http://swatit.org/
Download KL-Detector here
http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm
Download CWShredder here
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
Download HijackThis here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Install, run and save the log that is created. Don’t let it fix anything
yet!
You can find forums to post the log to have it analyzed here:
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download Stinger here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Download eScan here:
http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Rename the downloaded file escan.zip and extract (with a zip program) to
C:\Downloads, which you will have to create. Run the updater
(kavupd.exe) and then run eScan (mwavscan.exe).
End of standard canned reply.
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Virus Cleaning+Fixes:
http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/TechPros
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