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
Have you been infected with Virtumonde?
- Thread starter Tom.K
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ok, i understand
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
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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. :laugh:
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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:--
:cowboy: Virtuemonde can be persistent to remove. Start a thread and a malware specialist will assist you ASAP.
However, I don't see how providing technical assistance in quick chatrooms in WoW might do any good. :laugh:
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:--
:cowboy: Virtuemonde can be persistent to remove. Start a thread and a malware specialist will assist you ASAP.
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 I think some outdated software is what did me in.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.)
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.)
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?
:cowboy: Dial-up can be a pain. I was a dial-up user once, and updated was a impossible feat :laugh:.
Use a firewall and anti-spyware/virus application and safe surfing.
Welcome to the forums.
:cowboy: Dial-up can be a pain. I was a dial-up user once, and updated was a impossible feat :laugh:.
Use a firewall and anti-spyware/virus application and safe surfing.
Welcome to the forums.
lused-nightmare
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pleas i beg of you help me
:sad: 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
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my msn is
:sad: 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
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lused-nightmare
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i have
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 :sad:
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 :sad:
lused-nightmare
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then i do what?
then may i ask how do i et remoat assistance?
then may i ask how do i et remoat assistance?
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?
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?
lused-nightmare
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yes
i have ran ll of the above and more i have tyed every thing i can think of and all hat others have tolde so fare its some how gotten into the boot time segmant of my hardrives as well so its ow more then your standerd fore the standerd (virtualmondan(sorry fore the speling)) i hav 3 difarent forms of it one th standerd 2 ends in ".dl" and 3rd ends in "gtx"
i have ran ll of the above and more i have tyed every thing i can think of and all hat others have tolde so fare its some how gotten into the boot time segmant of my hardrives as well so its ow more then your standerd fore the standerd (virtualmondan(sorry fore the speling)) i hav 3 difarent forms of it one th standerd 2 ends in ".dl" and 3rd ends in "gtx"
Don't worry. A malware fighter will help your purge Virtumonde from your computer ASAP. However, remember that the Malware Forums is busy, I should say very busy and volunteers are not active 24/7.
Virtumonde can be persistent to remove, regardless of scanning in 'Safe Mode' or during bootup. So this is why I am asking you to await a response in the Malware Forums.
Virtumonde can be persistent to remove, regardless of scanning in 'Safe Mode' or during bootup. So this is why I am asking you to await a response in the Malware Forums.
lused-nightmare
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hmmm....
:sad:i know but in 8 days it will have been on my pc fore 3 munths and its relly anoyying me because it keeps downloading new things like "zlob downloader" and "adrevolver" all the time i have 13 standing problems of the virtuwal standrd 8 of gxt and 108 of .dll i do wait pashenty but im begining to think its now becomeing a hoples case.... im just worryed that some one may have acses to my contacts so i sreded them quickly... i know ppl in hi places so i had to but getting them back haha not so easy....:sad: but thank you eney way i hope sooner or latter that i will be able to sort it out.
:sad:i know but in 8 days it will have been on my pc fore 3 munths and its relly anoyying me because it keeps downloading new things like "zlob downloader" and "adrevolver" all the time i have 13 standing problems of the virtuwal standrd 8 of gxt and 108 of .dll i do wait pashenty but im begining to think its now becomeing a hoples case.... im just worryed that some one may have acses to my contacts so i sreded them quickly... i know ppl in hi places so i had to but getting them back haha not so easy....:sad: but thank you eney way i hope sooner or latter that i will be able to sort it out.
Then why have you not requested help during that 3 month period? 'AdRevolver' is not considered "malware" but it's just a harmless tracking cookie.
Do you use a firewall? How about an anti-virus program? At least using these tools will keep the spyware/viruses at bay.
A helper will assist you as soon as possible. So don't continue to worry.
Do you use a firewall? How about an anti-virus program? At least using these tools will keep the spyware/viruses at bay.
A helper will assist you as soon as possible. So don't continue to worry.
lused-nightmare
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yes and yes
i use avg 7.5 (new one) spyboy s&d 1.6 and hijack this (fore really bad problems) also i have avg anti route kit and on ocaston i usemy shotgun disk witch is an anti virous a skilled softwere dveloper made fore me ya just put it in and it gose to work on its own i have never had a virous before so ts all new ground also i use the comando plus fire wall because it works perfectly with windows fire wall yet this thing hass bypassed both them and all my spy were anti-virus were and anti rutkits so idk what to do at all now and i have been looking fore help just at other places and i have evern tryed re-formating my pc and it has had no efect witch relly pissed me off and it also maniged to get thru my firewalled v.p.n i-net switch
i use avg 7.5 (new one) spyboy s&d 1.6 and hijack this (fore really bad problems) also i have avg anti route kit and on ocaston i usemy shotgun disk witch is an anti virous a skilled softwere dveloper made fore me ya just put it in and it gose to work on its own i have never had a virous before so ts all new ground also i use the comando plus fire wall because it works perfectly with windows fire wall yet this thing hass bypassed both them and all my spy were anti-virus were and anti rutkits so idk what to do at all now and i have been looking fore help just at other places and i have evern tryed re-formating my pc and it has had no efect witch relly pissed me off and it also maniged to get thru my firewalled v.p.n i-net switch
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Well, really in my perspective... the virus or malware did not exactly "bypass" your solutions or Comodo Pro Firewall. I would call it... user decision. Usually careless mistakes would have resulted in this infection. Let it be a malicious .exe file from a unknown attachment or a malicious drive-by-download. You get the point.
I believe AVG 7.5 is no longer supported by Grisoft. If you're running a Windows XP OS, you can safely upgrade to AVG 8.0 as it offers simultaneous protection against both spyware and viruses. There's not really sense in running a outdated program when it can not actively defend you. As for AVG Anti-rootkitm it has not been updated in a while. I think it was in March 2007 that was when it was last updated.
HiJackThis is not a anti-spyware tool nor is it a substitute for any anti-spyware or virus tool. It is a diagnostic tool who provides detailed information about your running Operating System.
I believe AVG 7.5 is no longer supported by Grisoft. If you're running a Windows XP OS, you can safely upgrade to AVG 8.0 as it offers simultaneous protection against both spyware and viruses. There's not really sense in running a outdated program when it can not actively defend you. As for AVG Anti-rootkitm it has not been updated in a while. I think it was in March 2007 that was when it was last updated.
HiJackThis is not a anti-spyware tool nor is it a substitute for any anti-spyware or virus tool. It is a diagnostic tool who provides detailed information about your running Operating System.