Ahh!! Trojan Virus Vundo.k

[weedo_86]

hey guys i got a virus on my laptop a trojan anyone had dealings with this i cannot get rid of it its driving me insane, windows live care picks it up but i cannot delete it ive tried norton as well but nil result. please help me

[AttaBoy]

HA!!! I got exactly the same virus, apparently I'm using McAfee it is able to remove it!! But this little bugger kept coming back again once every often. So I'm awaiting for a new virus definition from McAfee to be able to stop it permanently. Just hang in there but I would advice you to find a way to get rid of it as I don't know what it does to the system. McAfee classified it as a program not virus, could be the same thing, dunno.

[weedo_86]

bugger! lol so frustrating everytime i go to do something it pops up with potentionaly harmful program found i reasearched it and it came up with a severe risk no info on how to get rid of it or anything

[RVN 355]

Format ur drive,best way

[weedo_86]

dont really want to lose data

[Grennan]

Format ur drive,best way

Yea that will get rid of it, but if you dont want to do that, try performing the virus scan in safe mode. And turn off system restore so the virus cant hide in there.

I had one a few months back i couldnt delete to save myself. So i just reformated haha.

[dufus]

follow the steps on this website, sorry for linking to another forum

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610.html

[weedo_86]

cheers for that ive downloaded one of them runnin through the system now

[dufus]

cheers for that ive downloaded one of them runnin through the system now

cool, hope it works for you

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Best bet is to download a removal tool, as you are probably doing, and turn off system restore then turn it on again. That will clear out the data stored in there and kill the virus.

[AttaBoy]

Yeah it is not a good idea to reformat the drive just because of ONE virus as it can be removed. Just got to find a way apart from formatting.

[matty88]

Safe mode, run AVG antivirus (it's free), make sure you UPDATE it, and it should remove it.

What's the difference between Windows and a virus?
A virus is free.

[VTPREDATOR]

i dont know if this is any good, but i run 2 programs called spybot and adaware and that seems to not let anything thru. plus i run a virus program called vet antivirus, seems to pick everything up. havent had anythin for donkey years lol. touch wood.

[weedo_86]

thanks for your help guys i used the tool to get rid of it (touch wood)

[angelo.vs]

Noob question, apart from opening up emails that contain virus', how else can a PC contract a virus?

[DavidPartay]

Formatting your computer is a LAST resort, NOT a first resort.

The two best Anti-virus programs are Norman Virus Control and VET Anti-virus. I have heard good things about Trend Micro as well.


Steer clear of Norton Anti-virus and McAfee. I'm not sure about AVG.

[kowan]

I have used Avast for the past 5 years and I have had no trouble at all.
As I receive over 100 emails per day from all countries, most are trying to attach all kinds of programs to my PC's so far Avast has stopped all the bugs.
Avast is FREE, I like FREE...... http://www.avast.com

Yes to all you wannabe Noobs, pheakies and to all the puppy wannabe hacks, It can be broken.

Vet, AVG, NORTON, McAFEE totally screw your computer and let in all unknown bugs.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Noob question, apart from opening up emails that contain virus', how else can a PC contract a virus?

Certain websites are riddled with Trojans. When you click on a download link it downloads a virus too. Mainly sites that have 'cracked' software or keys to unlock certain software. Sometimes a P2P download will give you one and bit torrent.

[AttaBoy]

A smart virus can also detect an opened net port (something like that) on your computer and use it.

[S Pack]

Best bet is to download a removal tool, as you are probably doing, and turn off system restore then turn it on again. That will clear out the data stored in there and kill the virus.

Do system restore once your antivirus has removed it. Still having probs this site below is great help.

http://www.computerforum.com/

[Low_VX_Taxi]

I have used Avast for the past 5 years and I have had no trouble at all.
As I receive over 100 emails per day from all countries, most are trying to attach all kinds of programs to my PC's so far Avast has stopped all the bugs.
Avast is FREE, I like FREE...... http://www.avast.com

Yes to all you wannabe Noobs, pheakies and to all the puppy wannabe hacks, It can be broken.

Vet, AVG, NORTON, McAFEE totally screw your computer and let in all unknown bugs.

Go AVAST!!! I use it to, good stuff auto updates (software and virus definitions) AND FREE
I also use spybot process guard Kerio personal Firewall...... all pretty good n keep my comp- clean

[joshsvs]

hey all
earlier it was mentioned that you should turn off system restore before running a virus scan in safe mode. How do you turn off system restore on XP? i had a quick look through control panel but i couldnt find where to disable system restore?
anyway know how?
cheers

[albert5268]

If you are running XP goto your start menu... right click on 'my computer'... click on 'properties'... there should be a tab labelled 'system restore', click that... then tick the box that says 'turn off system restore'. reboot your PC... check for viruses then follow the same steps to re-enable system restore.



hope this helps

[joshsvs]

aah.so thats where it is.thanks mate
cheers
joshsvs

[mulligan-can]

Just for the record - this virus/trojan patchs rundll32, explorer.exe and winlogon.exe

That makes it pretty goddamn tough to remove (I had two PC's come through work with this on it and honestly it turned out cheaper (by that I mean quicker thus being able to charge less) to just backup the data, reformat, reinstall windows and reisntall all the drivers, applications etc. It's too much of a headache trying to get rid of this trojan....