visionblue
2013-12-16, 04:19
Hi. I just removed win32.downloader.gen with spybot using administrator priveleges (thanks for that sticky).
But I see that others have said they still have to go into registry or other places looking for remnants or it will resurrect. Do you recommend this? Is there a link to step by step instructions for how to clean up further even after spybot removed it? (I have Vista).
Anything else I should do too - like remove last restore point? (this is something I do very frequently since my hard drive keeps filling up, which may well have been this malware though I haven't seen that listed as a symptom), and/or should I reboot computer? (seems sensible- but dont' want to activate the malware if its still lingering)
I found it surprising that this malware was the only thing of any kind find by spybot, even though its been a while since I've run it. I do now set temp files to erase on exit and other precautions so perhaps that's the reason- or perhaps the malware was hiding something. Spybot did say there were 120 files in use that could not be scanned- part of the malware?
A year ago I had some trojan that ate up disk space as soon as I could clear it. I seemed to remove it succesfully (don't remember its name) but now that hard drive fills up again more qujickly than it should, I wonder if same issue has come back.- in any event, makes me want to search and destroy any remnants to make sure its really gone.
thanks much
But I see that others have said they still have to go into registry or other places looking for remnants or it will resurrect. Do you recommend this? Is there a link to step by step instructions for how to clean up further even after spybot removed it? (I have Vista).
Anything else I should do too - like remove last restore point? (this is something I do very frequently since my hard drive keeps filling up, which may well have been this malware though I haven't seen that listed as a symptom), and/or should I reboot computer? (seems sensible- but dont' want to activate the malware if its still lingering)
I found it surprising that this malware was the only thing of any kind find by spybot, even though its been a while since I've run it. I do now set temp files to erase on exit and other precautions so perhaps that's the reason- or perhaps the malware was hiding something. Spybot did say there were 120 files in use that could not be scanned- part of the malware?
A year ago I had some trojan that ate up disk space as soon as I could clear it. I seemed to remove it succesfully (don't remember its name) but now that hard drive fills up again more qujickly than it should, I wonder if same issue has come back.- in any event, makes me want to search and destroy any remnants to make sure its really gone.
thanks much