Serious Virus attack - please help me

Question

I have just been attacked by a rouge anti virus called XPAntivirus 2009 this then cause me to have 108 Virtumonde Trojan horses.

After 5 hours straight of try to get rid of the virus I think it is gone but is there any way to tell for sure?

Please help asap.

Thanks, FDX

Answer 1

I use avg 8 by grisoft and lavasoft adware also superantispyware.

all are downloadable for free you could also download avast trojan detector. I don't suffer from any trojans getting through. and they will pick up yours if they are still in your computer.

Answer 2

Try AVG

Answer 3

Better,Back up ur files and format ur system completely and copy ur files to ur system (back up)

or

download Eset anti virus or Nod 32 anti virus and scan the system completely

Answer 4

Try going here and you'll get advice on removing malware http://www.spywareremove.com/

But my advice is to use safe surfing ie not downloading anything from adult sites/torrent sites/file sharing sites.

Answer 5

Firstly, antivirus programs will NOT remove these as they are malicious codecs, they may find reference to them which it removes but it comes back.

SmitFraud Removal

This tool will remove Desktop hijacking malware. Firstly, download the removal tool from here:

http://downloads.securitycadets.com/Smit...

How to use:

http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2007/08/24

RogueRemover:

http://www.download.com/RogueRemover/300...

Download, install, update, scan and follow on screen prompts.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Removes Antivirus:

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant...

Download, install, update and select Full Scan.

Remove all infections that it finds after scan.

Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring:

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst...

Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.

SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition:

http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware...

Download, install, check for updates, then select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan

VundoFix:

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/gl...

Disconnect your computer from the internet

Run vundo

Restart your computer

Run the tool again to ensure no traces are left.

If there are the reboot into Safe Mode and run FixVundo again.

Wallpaper Hijacker Removal Tool:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Wallpaper_Hija...

Note: You should hit all "Repair" buttons even though it may not say "Found!" This will fix a wallpaper hijack everytime if all repair buttons are pressed.

Answer 6

Run malwarebytes,its free, you can also scan for malware with windows, enter..mrt..into the run commands.

Answer 7

I recommend you use security task manager:

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/downlo...

Its a shareware program (it runs for ages before it stops working, just annoys you a lot about buying it) that displays nicely what is currently running on your system.

Use it to find any rouge programs running on your computer; it should flag them up if it thinks they're a threat. (It is also very use-full to stop junk running in the background but that's going off topic)

You may then want to check what's running on the startup of your computer (just have a look in the registry).

If you do all the above and find nothing, you can be happy that the virus' are gone. However, they may still exists as files on your computer so beware when you find random .exe's on your system.

I suggest you clear all temp folders because that is where they are most likely to hide.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Restart your machine and make sure that your running process list is clean by checking in task manager.