I got a freaking VIRUS!!

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Originally Posted by Bella713

Sorry Nat that stinks, what the heck is wrong with people
I actually thought you were sick when I read your thread title, so I'm glad your not
Well, the sickness she has is not contagious.... freakiness!
 

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http://download.drweb.com/drweb+cureit/

Go to that link. Scroll down and download the Cureit file.

Click the .exe file to install the program. Then run it. It has to go through an initializing phase first. Then click to scan.

Delete everything that it shows in the display window after the scan is done.

This little program picks up viruses and trojans and adware and tracking programs. However, each time you run it you have to go and download the newest version because the freebie version doesn't give you updates. I use this program all of the time.
 
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Well I changed all my passwords for msn and yahoo..and then did another scan because I noticed I got another thing like the one that was sent to icklemiss..It found a different one called "Trojanhorsedropper.agent.CRP"...I vaulted it then deleted it from the vault right away.

After that I followed the path to where it was, and it wasn't there..so I hope its gone.

:censor::censor::censor::censor:, I am so annoyed by this. I seriously want to reformat. Tomorrow morning if I have another one, I am going to use your idea Linda!
 

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Another TCS member has suggested avast to me along with Ediwo. I had an email a couple days ago that was blocked thankfully. Do you use outlook and the preview pane(I think that is what its called?) That can stop you from opening some emails before making sure that they are legitimate.
 
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Originally Posted by GailC

Another TCS member has suggested avast to me along with Ediwo. I had an email a couple days ago that was blocked thankfully. Do you use outlook and the preview pane(I think that is what its called?) That can stop you from opening some emails before making sure that they are legitimate.
I don't have outlook at home..just at work. Thanks for the ideas though..if I have another one tomorrow, I will have to try something else because apparently AVG is not catching them.
 

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Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Well I changed all my passwords for msn and yahoo..and then did another scan because I noticed I got another thing like the one that was sent to icklemiss..It found a different one called "Trojanhorsedropper.agent.CRP"...I vaulted it then deleted it from the vault right away.

After that I followed the path to where it was, and it wasn't there..so I hope its gone.

:censor::censor::censor::censor:, I am so annoyed by this. I seriously want to reformat. Tomorrow morning if I have another one, I am going to use your idea Linda!
Last year I was plagued with stuff like that. I had a guy in my MSN and he was anything but careful. Not long after I added him to my list I started to get popups indicating that MSN virus.

I talked to him about it and he admitted that he has been having problems too and when he thinks he got rid of it he gets it back again.

I told him that I was deleting him from my MSN and asked him to remove me from his email address book too (I was also getting virus emails to that address). After I deleted him from my contact list and he deleted me from his email address book, my problems stopped.

I'm afraid that the only way you will get rid of it is to delete the person who is giving it to you because they keep infecting themself from one or more people in their contact list, and then passing it along to you again. Then do a scan and don't readd them to your list until they are virus free and so are those in his/her contact list.

If I were you I would also send a note to all of your friends in MSN and in your email address book providing them a link to the "Cureit" program and tell them to do a complete virus scan of their computer using that program and to delete anything that it shows in the display window.
 
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Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Last year I was plagued with stuff like that. I had a guy in my MSN and he was anything but careful. Not long after I added him to my list I started to get popups indicating that MSN virus.

I talked to him about it and he admitted that he has been having problems too and when he thinks he got rid of it he gets it back again.

I told him that I was deleting him from my MSN and asked him to remove me from his email address book too (I was also getting virus emails to that address). After I deleted him from my contact list and he deleted me from his email address book, my problems stopped.

I'm afraid that the only way you will get rid of it is to delete the person who is giving it to you because they keep infecting themself from one or more people in their contact list, and then passing it along to you again. Then do a scan and don't readd them to your list until they are virus free and so are those in his/her contact list.

If I were you I would also send a note to all of your friends in MSN and in your email address book providing them a link to the "Cureit" program and tell them to do a complete virus scan of their computer using that program and to delete anything that it shows in the display window.
Do you really think deleting the guy will help? I don't really talk to him much anyway, It wouldn't be a big deal...
 

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Yikes! That stinks. I'm glad you were able to vault it and hopefully get rid of it.
 
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Originally Posted by ClaireBear

Uh I hate virus's. The people that create them seriously must not have a life
Amen to that!! How would those jerks like it if they got a virus? Why don't people ever think of how THEY would like it.

Originally Posted by mzjazz2u

That sucks. If it is in your virus vault it is probably at least contained. What virus software do you have? There are some online ones that are free that can sometimes do what your regular software can't.

Here's one: http://McAfee StingerMcAfee Stinger

Another is Trend Micro: http://TrendMicro Free Virus ScannerTrendMicro Free Virus Scanner
I use AVG, it works way better than McAfee did for spyware..I also just did a spybot scan, and it found 55 problems..and lot of them looked like bad ones..so I hope tomorrow I get no more weirdness.
 

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Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Do you really think deleting the guy will help? I don't really talk to him much anyway, It wouldn't be a big deal...
That helped when it happened to my other computer- I deleted MSN messenger from my computer, and the person I got it from- then I re-loaded everything back on it and it was fine- give it a shot, it won't hurt anything!
 
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Originally Posted by babyharley

That helped when it happened to my other computer- I deleted MSN messenger from my computer, and the person I got it from- then I re-loaded everything back on it and it was fine- give it a shot, it won't hurt anything!
I just deleted him! Woot!
 

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For those of you who keep having problems install a firewall. The one with XP only blocks incoming traffic, not outgoing, if you're already infected it does nothing to protect you from anything that might install more or use your bandwidth (and IP) for attacks on others.

Turn off the windows services you do not need, services such as Remote Desktop are extremely exploitable and the average person does not use this. If anyone remembers the sasser worm it would exploit this, using windows default " restart comp on service failure" to well.. restart your comp. On services you might need, set to manual start or restart service on service failure. This can have the added bonus of speeding up a comp a little too, as less memory is used loading and running them. A google search for terms like "unnecessary windows services" or "unneeded windows services" should provide you with a list of unneeded ones and settings for others, as well as where to find them.

Antivirus programs, Norton is generally consider bad, known for having "holes". Avast is good but can sometimes miss things or not be able to remove all the pieces, in which case manual removal as I mentioned before. It does scan certain commonly used ports as well, such as msn. I do believe Panda antivirus is suggested as a good antivirus as well.

It's usually suggested that people don't use IE, firefox and opera have popup blockers and are somewhat less targeted.

There's probably a couple things I'm forgetting

but those are a few that help the most. Doing this I've only had one actual trojan infection in 7 years, antivirus programs and firewalls have prevented the rest. Unfortunately an icky one called yazzle that was a bundle that installed other stuff made it through, I suspect it was embedded in an ad or in a post on a forum. It didn't stand a chance though.
 

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Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Do you really think deleting the guy will help? I don't really talk to him much anyway, It wouldn't be a big deal...
It helped me. I've never gotten another notification of that virus after I deleted the guy from my MSN.
 
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Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

It helped me. I've never gotten another notification of that virus after I deleted the guy from my MSN.
You know what sucks though, I am still on his list...he IM'ed me last nigth so I know I can still get things from his puter...:censor::censor::censor::censor:!
 

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Originally Posted by Trouts mom

You know what sucks though, I am still on his list...he IM'ed me last nigth so I know I can still get things from his puter...:censor::censor::censor::censor:!
Block him!!
 
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