Virus problem questions

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Bill Case

Hi,
I'm a novice on this stuff and need some help.

Four days ago, AVG virus shield on my computer (Win 2000 o/s, standalone),
detected and got rid of Trojan Horse Backdoor.VB.9.N. in files named
wowex32.exe and apropo*?*.exe . Everything was ok as far as computer
operation went.

Two days ago, while online, the AVG shield warned me of a virus, again
Trojan Horse Backdoor.VB.9.N. Almost immediately a program named "power
scan" that I hadn't seen before popped up along with some other piece of
crap called "internet optizmer".

I tried uninstalling, deleting things, and used AVG to run a virus check,
but then the real problem became evident. Something was taking up nearly 100
pct of the cpu time - AVG virus scan ran very slow as did everythng else.
Apparnetly, the two programs using the up the cpu were internet explorer and
windows explorer.

I couldn't figure out how to cure things - I deleted the virus file and AVG
found nothing else, but the problem with the cpu time being used at near 100
pct continued. I did a clean re-install and that cured it but that's a big
ordeal in itself.

Does anybody know what happend and how to avoid it? I've got all the MS
patches etc, and I had AVG running, and I strill got whacked by this thing.
How do you cure whatever is taking up the cpu without going through a
re-install?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

BC
 
Bill said:
Hi,
I'm a novice on this stuff and need some help.

Four days ago, AVG virus shield on my computer (Win 2000 o/s, standalone),
detected and got rid of Trojan Horse Backdoor.VB.9.N. in files named
wowex32.exe and apropo*?*.exe . Everything was ok as far as computer
operation went.

Two days ago, while online, the AVG shield warned me of a virus, again
Trojan Horse Backdoor.VB.9.N. Almost immediately a program named "power
scan" that I hadn't seen before popped up along with some other piece of
crap called "internet optizmer".

I tried uninstalling, deleting things, and used AVG to run a virus check,
but then the real problem became evident. Something was taking up nearly 100
pct of the cpu time - AVG virus scan ran very slow as did everythng else.
Apparnetly, the two programs using the up the cpu were internet explorer and
windows explorer.

I couldn't figure out how to cure things - I deleted the virus file and AVG
found nothing else, but the problem with the cpu time being used at near 100
pct continued. I did a clean re-install and that cured it but that's a big
ordeal in itself.

Does anybody know what happend and how to avoid it? I've got all the MS
patches etc, and I had AVG running, and I strill got whacked by this thing.
How do you cure whatever is taking up the cpu without going through a
re-install?

Any help will be appreciated.
Click to expand...

Horse Backdoor.VB.9.N seems to be not well known on Dr Google's
premises...

Did you activate/install a firewall?

In any case, a clean new install of Windows etc. is the only clean,
reliable solution.

Roy
 
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