Have you been infected with Virtumonde?

[blues]

Hi blues,

No just a general FYI for the topic. We see a lot of infections caused by people downloading such.



Cheers.

ok, i understand

[kira666]

I have been seating on my laptop for a week strait trying to get rid of this vitumond thing and I am really new to the virus removal because I just got the internet for my laptop so i have no Idea what I am doing and I would love it if some on could talk me through cleanin all this crap of my laptop so I can get back to playing world of warcraft so if you want to help im me my profile gives it out but just in case its tdog21121

[drragostea]

Welcome to the forums kira666. I'm not a World of Warcraft player so I'm unfamiliar with it, although I've heard it's interesting.

However, I don't see how providing technical assistance in quick chatrooms in WoW might do any good.

Read:
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Consider posting in the Malware Removal forum and having someone take a look at your system.

If you decide to have an experienced malware removal specialist assist you, please follow the procedure in this link to run scans and produce a HijackThis log:

• "BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance).

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Virtuemonde can be persistent to remove. Start a thread and a malware specialist will assist you ASAP.

[JainaSolo]

You can (unfortunately) count me in the "yes" votes. Caught it about 2 weeks ago, and would've thrown my computer out the window by now if it weren't for the help I've been able to get here. I think some outdated software is what did me in. I only recently ditched my dial-up connection, and on dial-up, upgrading stuff like my Java and browsers was basically impossible. And I guess I didn't realize how vulnerable that made my system. Oops.

I was really surprised that my Norton Antivirus didn't catch this thing, only the occasional associated trojan. A friend who had the virus a couple months back told me her antivirus program didn't find it either. Digging around the Symantec site I found info on a really old Virtumonde/Vundo, and removal instructions and a tool that didn't do a darn thing.

Is this kind of thing common with viruses now? It's been ages since I've been hit with anything this bad, and that was back in the 90's, when I didn't even have an antivirus program. (Didn't think I needed one, either, because I had a Mac then, but that's a whole 'nother story.)

[drragostea]

Virtumonde is a trojan/adware. In other words, you can call it 'malware'. Anti-spyware applications detect Virtumonde, however modern anti-virus programs (AVG for example) have only began starting to detect the trojan. So, in my perspective it was 50/50 that Norton could not have detected it. What version is your Norton AV?

Dial-up can be a pain. I was a dial-up user once, and updated was a impossible feat .

Use a firewall and anti-spyware/virus application and safe surfing.

Welcome to the forums.

[lused-nightmare]

i have it right now..... i may be a computer wizz but i am only good with hardwere so i ask fore some one who is wlling to lend me a hand.... i have had it now almost 2 munths and im one step away from shootin my pc if you have the time then pleas help me and if you have msn you may be able to walk methru it step by step thanks

p.s
my msn is

[tashi]

Hello lused-nightmare,

Consider posting in the Malware Removal forum and having someone take a look at your system.

If you decide to have an experienced malware removal specialist assist you, please follow the procedure in this link to run scans and produce a HijackThis log:

• "BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance).

Regards.

[lused-nightmare]

i hve and all i have been tolde is what i can do yet none seem to work this virous is verry badly intrenhed in my computer now and idh what to d so i tryed suming rather unortherdox i formatted and reinstalled windws yet wen i downloaded spybot new and reinstalled it it ss i still have it

[lused-nightmare]

then may i ask how do i et remoat assistance?

[drragostea]

lused-nightmare, sir. You cannot receive remote assistance. The best thing to do right now is to wait for a response from a experienced malware fighter.

In the mean time, can you run a full scan with Spybot-Search&Destroy? If this does not work, try to run the scan in 'Safe Mode' (by tapping F8 during bootup).

Do you use a firewall? How about an anti-virus program?