I need help with a virus/worm?

Question

It is JS:Seeker-gen. It will not let me move it to the chest or delete it. I can not find it on my computer.If anyone with information on this please let me know. I am running Avast.

Answer 1

Sounds more like a worm to me, Its called a worm because it likes to hide.  Think what recent software you have installed or websites you have visited, you may find it that way.

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Answer 2

Try running Avast again in Safe Mode.  Safe Mode often prevents malware from defending itself.

To get into Safe Mode:

1. Log out and reboot your machine.

2. When the machine starts the reboot sequence, press the F8 key repeatedly.

3. Select Safe Mode from the resulting menu.

4. When the login screen comes up, log in as Administrator.  By default, Administrator has no password.

5. The machine will continue booting, but the Windows desktop will look different.  

6. When you're finished doing what you need to do, log out and reboot back into normal mode.

Good luck.

Answer 3

If the file is in the System Volume Information folders, it is more than likely in the system restore files.

Many anti-virus products cannot remove viruses from system restore thus the reason for clearing out possible infected points. For reference to this, see the link below:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorial...

There are several ways to disable system restore but the easiest is to go to Control Panel, System, System Restore tab and tick the box to "Turn off system restore on all drives", click Apply, click OK and reboot. Follow the same steps when you log back on to re-enable system restore by removing the tickmark.

It may also be situated in your Javascript cache. To get rid of it, you can run a product such as ATF Cleaner to dump that cache.

http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option...

You should also make sure that you have the most recent version of Java. Older versions have vulnerabilities that have since been patched. Also problems can occur if you are running more than one version of Java as they can cause conflicts with each other. Furthermore, Java has a nasty habit of not removing older versions when updating to the newest so you have to uninstall old versions manually.

Assuming that you are in the Administrator account, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and uninstall everything that says J2SE, Java and Java Runtime. Reboot (some computers require a reboot to complete the uninstall process). Then go to the site below and download the most recent version of Java.

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.js...

Afterwards, in IE, go to Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tab and scroll down to the Java section and tickmark the "Use 1.6.7 (version changes with each update) for applet". Click Apply, Click OK and reboot (a reboot is required for some computers for the settings to stick).

If you are using Firefox, again check to make sure that no older versions are listed in Add/Remove Programs and then install it from the webpage below.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Then go to Tools > Options > Content > Enable Java

Answer 4

JS.Seeker.B is a Windows Scripting Host (WSH) file which modifies Internet Explorer settings.Its a trojan

Answer 5

you need to turn off system restore or it will just keep coming back right click my computer click properties click the tab that says system restore turn it off then restart your computer in safe mode and run a virus scan avast will work but AVG free is better i would use it if i where you hope this helps

Answer 6

You can just go into safe mode, and check if everything is Ok, if you feel you have a virus or worm, you can scan the entire hard drive for problematic errors. then reboot back in normal windows,

good luck

Just tap F8 during system start up.

Answer 7

You've got a serious Trojan Horse.

Go online for further explanation and a tool to download and get rid of

JS:Seeker-gen at:

http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-js-seeke...