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A week or two ago, my Spybot S&D found 20 entries of Win32.pornpopup. I found out that this virus is supposedly difficult to get rid of.
Spybot said it removed it, but then my computer began to slow and I believe I saw a popup appear on my computer for a split moment, with the picture of a woman on it. I decided to system restore to before Spybot had found the virus.
So far, everything seems ok, I'm doing regular scans and everything seems clean, but my computer has been going slower ever since this whole ordeal. I'm new to the site, so I apologize if this is in the wrong forum category, but my question is: Should I do another system restore to a farther back date, or am I just being paranoid?
Thank you so much.
Hello Mariah,
Previous topic: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58264
From the forum FAQ:
Please do NOT turn off System Restore trying to remove an infection. Doing so would only serve to destroy a known restore point (dirty or not) and won't remove the malware. Let your helper advise you as to when a System Restore flush is called for.
Best regards. :)
Hello Mariah,
Previous topic: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58264
From the forum FAQ:
Best regards. :)
Thanks for the advice.
Is it possible for the virus to still be in my computer after I've already done this system restore? Truthfully, my computer is acting better than it did when I knew I had the virus, but is a bit on the slow side. I just tend to get rather paranoid about these things since our computer crashed some months ago.
I have another issue that's been worrying me as of today...
When I check for updates with my Spybot, it will say "No New Updates available", or something to that affect, and won't let me check the page where I pick a place to download Spybot updates from.
It's never done this before. Is this normal, or is this the virus?
Hello Mariah,
Updates are generally released every Wednesday. Please open Spybot Search & Destroy > Help > About and let us know the version and date of last definitions. :)
Best regards.
Hello Mariah,
Updates are generally released every Wednesday. Please open Spybot Search & Destroy > Help > About and let us know the version and date of last definitions. :)
Best regards.
It says I have version 1.6.2.46
And it was last updated 7/7/2010.
Hello Mariah,
And it was last updated 7/7/2010.
Next definition update will be this week, Wednesday, 7/14/2010. Announcements (http://188.165.126.154/forumdisplay.php?f=2).
Best regards. :)
Hello Mariah,
Next definition update will be this week, Wednesday, 7/14/2010. Announcements (http://188.165.126.154/forumdisplay.php?f=2).
Best regards. :)
Alright, thank you. The update search is working again now, I just found it odd that it said "no updates available" when normally I leave a few things, like the iPhone updates, undownloaded, and it wouldn't even let me check the list. (The one that has the places where you can download from, with the country flags next to them.)
I got a little worried about that, since Spybot's never done it before. Again, I may just be paranoid, though, since we recently had that Win32 issue.
Hello Mariah,
Again, I may just be paranoid, though, since we recently had that Win32 issue.
What happened with that issue. :) Your previous topic (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58264) in the malware forum was archived so if you could provide more information please.
Best regards.
Hello Mariah,
What happened with that issue. :) Your previous topic (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58264) in the malware forum was archived so if you could provide more information please.
Best regards.
Ah yes, I'm very sorry for the lack of reply on that forum. I forgot to bookmark the page and never got back to it.
This is my DDS log, please tell me if you need the "Attach" script as well:
Hi Mariah,
Please don't post Malware logs in the Spybot forum, thanks :-) (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1266) ;)
If you believe the computer is infected please start a new topic in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) and copy paste the log into it, an analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Best regards. :)
Hello Mariah,
What happened with that issue. :) Your previous topic (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=58264) in the malware forum was archived so if you could provide more information please.
Best regards.
Oh yes, and sorry, I never really answered the question. The issue was that Spybot had found 20 cases of Win32.pornpopup, which is said it removed, but I still experienced some trouble with my computer's performance, and I thought I saw an ad pop up for a split second with the figure of a woman. I did a system restore to a point before I believe I acquired the virus, and the computer is better than when we knew it had the virus, but its performance is still lower than before we got it. It made me a bit concerned.
Hi Mariah,
Please don't post Malware logs in the Spybot forum, thanks :-) (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1266) ;)
If you believe the computer is infected please start a new topic in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) and copy paste the log into it, an analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Best regards. :)
Ah, alright, thank you very much!