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re: Malware Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:09 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1666 messages posted) elmoticky wrote: |As I normally do, I ran a Trend Micro virus scan on my WinMe PC this morning and |the scan found one infection Malware named Troj_Fakeal.CP which does not |delete automatically when I press clear all, after the scan. Well it normally shows the location of this suspect file, can't you manually find it and delete it? It appears these Malwarebytes only work on WinNT systems. You could try Stopzilla. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:10 am Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Steve, as usual, you gave me sound advise again and I tried to figure out how to look for the infected file. I do not even have a clue to the file`s name, or where or how to look for it to delete it. I googled for clues and was directed to 'click my computer" and view its contents. I found this pretty hectic and confusing as nowhere do I find a file that may give me a lead. I ran another scan and this time chose selected items to be scanned: "yahoo" "my documents" and others and the scan came out clean. So I only see my yahoo mail as being the only feature that seems to slowed down significantly lately and that prompted my scan and malware discovered. I will appreciate any advise as to why this slowness in opening my mail browser is occurring. Thanks Elmoticky On Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:09 pm, Keith Stanier wrote: >elmoticky wrote: >|As I normally do, I ran a Trend Micro virus scan on my WinMe PC this morning and >|the scan found one infection Malware named Troj_Fakeal.CP which does not >|delete automatically when I press clear all, after the scan. > >Well it normally shows the location of this suspect file, can't you manually find >it and delete it? > >It appears these Malwarebytes only work on WinNT systems. You could try Stopzilla. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:33 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1666 messages posted) elmoticky wrote: |Steve, as usual, you gave me sound advise again and |I tried to figure out how to look for the infected file. Who is Steve? Yes I Googled for that info but I couldn't see anything useful. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 5:37 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) i would try downloading avast and see if that can get rid of it for you but trend micro should have gotten rid of it. so you should to post at these forums:http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php? and see what they can do for you On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:33 am, Keith Stanier wrote: >elmoticky wrote: >|Steve, as usual, you gave me sound advise again and >|I tried to figure out how to look for the infected file. > >Who is Steve? > >Yes I Googled for that info but I couldn't see anything useful. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 6:45 am Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Keith Stanier I apologize for the error in confusing your name to Steve`s. It was a regretful and careless typing. I want to ask you to disregard my request for help. I have concluded that it is no big deal to have this one infection on my computer. It does not bother in anyway my tasks while I am on line...Perhaps some other time when I really am in serious trouble, I will again ask you for help. Thanks Elmoticky On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:33 am, Keith Stanier wrote: >elmoticky wrote: >|Steve, as usual, you gave me sound advise again and >|I tried to figure out how to look for the infected file. > >Who is Steve? > >Yes I Googled for that info but I couldn't see anything useful. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:35 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1666 messages posted) elmoticky wrote: |Keith Stanier I apologize for the error in confusing |your name to Steve`s. It was a regretful and |careless typing. No problem I thought you were refering to Steve who uses this forum a lot. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:16 am Posted by Ricer46 (23888 messages posted) That could be a serious mistake. On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 6:45 am, elmoticky wrote: >Keith Stanier I apologize for the error in confusing >your name to Steve`s. It was a regretful and >careless typing. I want to ask you to disregard my >request for help. I have concluded that it is no big >deal to have this one infection on my computer. It >does not bother in anyway my tasks while I am on >line...Perhaps some other time when I really am in >serious trouble, I will again ask you for help. > >Thanks > >Elmoticky > > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:03 pm Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Ricer46, would you care to elaborate? On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 9:16 am, Ricer46 wrote: >That could be a serious mistake. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:57 am Posted by Ricer46 (23888 messages posted) Ignored virus infections could result in corrupted data files, depending on the nature of the virus. On Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:03 pm, elmoticky wrote: >Ricer46, would you care to elaborate? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:57 am Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Ricer46, thank you for your advise. Below is the virus infection I found in PC when I first wrote the forum. If you can solve this, and tell me what it is, I will appreciate it..I do not have a problem with the infection in my PC. But is would be nice to get rid of it. Troj_Fakeal.CP On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:57 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Ignored virus infections could result in corrupted data files, depending on the nature >of the virus. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:57 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23888 messages posted) I'm no expert in this matter, but I know that the XP forum often recommends websites that specialize in virus solutions. I've always used the brute force method - disk imaging, but then I haven't encountered a virus in more than 10 years. On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:57 am, elmoticky wrote: >Ricer46, thank you for your advise. Below is the virus >infection I found in PC when I first wrote the forum. >If you can solve this, and tell me what it is, I will >appreciate it..I do not have a problem with the infection in my PC. But is would >be nice to get rid of it. > >Troj_Fakeal.CP > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 3:51 pm Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Racer46, again thanks for your response. I have in the past read and interacted with website that specializes on virus solutions as you recommend. I have never been too keen in sending a copy of my whole computer log to a website for examination. I have not doubt whatsoever that they do great work in assisting those who they do. I am referring to a feature called 'highjack this' which asks that a copy of the log by saved and sent to a site for repairing and deleting the virus and infections. I am also not a computer genius, but the infections that I sometimes get are deleted through a virus scan I normally do using Trend Micro, which is free and very effective, as least the times I have used it. This time, though I think I have a pretty good idea where the infection is trapped, where the scan cannot delete it, but it does not bother me. As long as I do not run a scan, I am not even aware of the infection. So Racer46 thanks for taking the time to interact with me and letting me know what I know is a fact. On Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:57 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >I'm no expert in this matter, but I know that the XP forum often recommends websites >that specialize in virus solutions. >I've always used the brute force method - disk imaging, but then I haven't encountered >a virus in more than 10 years. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 8:11 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23888 messages posted) I don't see anyway that a HiJackThis log can possibly compromise the security of your computer. On Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 3:51 pm, elmoticky wrote: >Racer46, again thanks for your response. I have in >the past read and interacted with website that specializes on virus solutions as >you recommend. I have never been too keen in sending a copy of my >whole computer log to a website for examination. I >have not doubt whatsoever that they do great work >in assisting those who they do. > >I am referring to a feature called 'highjack this' which >asks that a copy of the log by saved and sent to a site >for repairing and deleting the virus and infections. >I am also not a computer genius, but the infections that I sometimes get are deleted >through a virus scan >I normally do using Trend Micro, which is free and very effective, as least the times >I have used it. This >time, though I think I have a pretty good idea where >the infection is trapped, where the scan cannot delete >it, but it does not bother me. As long as I do not run >a scan, I am not even aware of the infection. So Racer46 thanks for taking the time >to interact with me and letting me know what I know is a fact. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Friday, December 11, 2009 at 7:25 am Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) I agree with you Ricer46 with respect to the Hijackthis log issue. It is all my personal belief that it is so much hassle -- for infection that is not fatal to what I do with my PC. Like I said, the malware forums do a great job. On Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 8:11 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >I don't see anyway that a HiJackThis log can possibly compromise the security of >your computer. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Monday, December 14, 2009 at 5:01 am Posted by Alan Masterman (466 messages posted) Ricer46 is absolutely correct. This malware may be causing no offence to YOU but it may be causing considerable problems for others. It may have captured your computer as part of a botnet. In other words, without your knowledge, it is using your computer as a server for its own purposes (eg as a spam emailer). If this is the case, it will certainly take care to cause no offence to YOU because, as an innocent patsy, you are far too valuable! One way you might know this is happening is if you receive "undeliverable mail" messages, where the addressee is someone you've never even heard of. That tells you your computer is forwarding emails from somewhere without your prior knowledge. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Malware Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:15 am Posted by elmoticky (134 messages posted) Hello Alan Masterman. Thank you for your interesting comment with respect to the infection on my PC and how it affects other users. I am sure that if I were the expert you are on this subject I would have found the infected file and deleted it. On Tuesday March 31, 09 a member of this forum named Ancien instructed me step by step on how to delete an infected file akin to the one I have today.(I went back to check to date so that you may see it) if you like. That is the reason I came here seeking assistance as the one provided to me by Ancien. I may add, that I am "a bit" cognizant to the harm done by viruses, but not being expert and jealously protective of my personal privacy I only seek advise where I have gotten positive results. So having said this, I only wished Ancien had responded to my post -- not as if I do not appreciate your advise, it is only that I already know the dangers of viruses -- that still does not help me. Thanks ( See: Ancien on date shown in this same forum). On Monday, December 14, 2009 at 5:01 am, Alan Masterman wrote: >Ricer46 is absolutely correct. This malware may be causing no offence to YOU but >it may be causing considerable problems for others. >It may have captured your computer as part of a botnet. In other words, without >your knowledge, it is using your computer as a server for its own purposes (eg as >a spam emailer). If this is the case, it will certainly take care to cause no offence >to YOU because, as an innocent patsy, you are far too valuable! >One way you might know this is happening is if you receive "undeliverable mail" messages, >where the addressee is someone you've never even heard of. That tells you your computer >is forwarding emails from somewhere without your prior knowledge. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum