Virtumonde all the time

[dlbhina]

I'm not sure....I'm using Vista. Every time I scan, it detects Virtumonde, in c:Win/sys32/zipfldr.DLL. So I run the program as Administrator, and clean it. Then when I reboot, and Spybot starts it auto search, there it is again! So I'm wondering is it not really cleaning it or what? Anyone have an idea? Thanks!

[Matt]

Hi dlbhina,

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Which version of Spybot do you use?

[kenmur]

I too have the same problem. I use Windows XP Media Centre Edition.
Is this a real threat? Event viewer sees c:Win/sys32/zipfldr.DLL as a protected windows file and windows keeps restoring the file after Spybot cleans it up.

[Matt]

Hi kenmur,

to Safer Networking Forums.

It sounds like a false positive from Spybot 1.5.x . But this verison is out of date. If you use this version, I would like to uninstall Spybot 1.5.2, reboot your computer, delete all leavings manually and install Spybot 1.6.2 from here.

For the two of you:
Which version of Spybot do you use?

[kenmur]

Thank you Matt.
I tried as you said and it seemed to work.
btw I was using 1.5.2.20 and now 1.6.2.46
Cheers,
Ken.

[Matt]

Thank you Matt.
I tried as you said and it seemed to work.
btw I was using 1.5.2.20 and now 1.6.2.46
Cheers,
Ken.

You're welcome.

[dlbhina]

Thanks Matt. Was on vacation and didn't get to your reply until now.

[Matt]

Thanks Matt. Was on vacation and didn't get to your reply until now.

I hope you enjoyed your time.

Happy Safe Surfing!

[Gerry_D]

While I have not seen any classic symptoms of "Virtumonde", I always seem to find it in a scan.

I've been getting a simular false positive on a dll file or dll files that come under different names. Always in the C:\WINNT\system32 area.

Copying one of them and renaming to a txt file displays a company name in the file as: w w w . h e l i x c o m m u n i t y . o r g

This relates to RealPlayer (which I've tried to remove many times).

My version of S&D is 1.5.2.20

What worries me is the advice; "delete all leavings manually".

So if one does miss something, then what?

TIA,
Gerry

PS: While I donated many years ago, as soon as this old retired fart get's some expendable cash, I will do so again.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

This is a false positive in older versions.
You seem to be using a dated version of Spybot-S&D.

Please uninstall Spybot - Search & Destroy according to the following link:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/howto/uninstall.html
Then download our current version Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2. That should fix it.
You will find links to several download locations for this new version on our web site:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot