re: Exploit on my computer?
Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 3:38 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mistergil
(915 messages posted)
Here is a detailed report on the virus:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100927
The file you are trying to get rid of may also be in your system restore files. Here
is how to disable sys/res:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
After it is disabled run the adaware/spybot/avg (and anything else you may have)
again to attempt to clean it out. The reason I'm confused is that if you performed
a clean reformat and reinstall, the sys/res section should have been clean. It leads
me to think that the questionable item is on your recovery cd.
On Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 12:22 pm, Alanna` wrote:
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>This is the first I've seen it described as a trojan, and I've looked at a lot of
>sites trying to find out what to do. And they all say to just download the windows
>update and that's it. I deleted the files that it was in and because of freezing
>and error message pages I just reformated my hard drive. By that I mean I put the
>original disk that came with the computer and had it redo my hard drive. But then
>I got that message and I have this data file in my cookies folder that I can't get
>rid of. When I saw the data file there I reformated again to try to rid my computer
>of it but it's still there and I have no idea how to get rid of it but I know this--it
>ain't good. I have Norton Internet Security on my computer plus the free version
>of AVG and spybot and AdAware. After I reformated, Spybot caught that I had a DSO
>Exploit on my computer and I told it to fix it....but that file is still in my cookie
>folder. Thanks
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