Trojan

[JohnF]

My old laptop is falling to pieces--the hinge is broken and epoxy & super glue would not hold it.

Being a pensioner, I am broke, but last night I borrowed money to purchase a second hand HP mini laptop for $100. It came with Windows 7 and a Free Trojan Virus.

I tried deleting the virus, but that did not work-- I deleted all old down loads, one which had the name something like Gotcha.

Then I tried taking it back to the earliest recovery point, but that did not work.

Tried reloading windows that did not work,

So what do I try next.

[steveG]

Format the disk and reload windows from known virus-free media (preferably media that has the latest service packs etc).

If you are running a modem directly from the PC, then make sure you have the firewall turned on before you connect the modem or you are likely to cop something off the internet pretty quickly.

Steve

[JohnF]

this has a built in windows backup. Would that be infected.

[incisor]

better ways out of it than formating

what anti virus software is on it now?

first three things to do

1) download tdsskiller from kaspersky and run it

2) fsbl from F-Secure - How To - Remove threats - Free Tools - Blacklight (http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/removal/blacklight)

3) malwarebytes install and do full scan

[Chucaro]

The other option is:
Go the the Eset page and do a computer scan in line using NOD32
after that go to the Malwarebytes and download the free version of it.

I would not format the HDD

[KFACTA]

better ways out of it than formating

what anti virus software is on it now?

first three things to do

1) download tdsskiller from kaspersky and run it

2) fsbl from F-Secure - How To - Remove threats - Free Tools - Blacklight (http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/removal/blacklight)

3) malwarebytes install and do full scan

Malbytes and Superantispyware. These two come to mind. What trojan is it exactly?

[vnx205]

Tried reloading windows that did not work,

So what do I try next.

Get a copy of Ubuntu or some other Linux distro and install that. It's free. It works. What more do you want?

[incisor]

Neither superantispyware nor nod will do what tdss and fsbl do and will not directly sort the newer variants of tdss trojans

Depending on the issue you may need to run combofix as well

[JohnF]

Get a copy of Ubuntu or some other Linux distro and install that. It's free. It works. What more do you want?

that was to be my plan of last resort, as in your post in the "Does God exist" thread--

THANKS.

[JohnF]

Neither superantispyware nor nod will do what tdss and fsbl do and will not directly sort the newer variants of tdss trojans

Depending on the issue you may need to run combofix as well

thanks guys for your replies. I am not sure why, but i did have a down load of "Snow Leopard" on it, which I understand is the Forbidden Fruit operating system. This Laptop is an HP, not the Forbidden Fruit.

[JohnF]

Malbytes and Superantispyware. These two come to mind. What trojan is it exactly?

I got it up on windows defender Alert at the moment. Its subject line , is, Trojan:win32/Sirefef.O

And under resources I have:--
file:
C:windows backslash windows backslash 276132222:....... [[I]did not get to werite down the rest o this line.]

while I was writing this I got a Windows defender alert telling me

"Detected items have been cleaned automatically."

does that mean I am now virus free, and should just reload windows [and an up to date antivirus.]

I was going to download what inc sijjested, but have not done that yet.



But earlier I could not get rid of it through Windows defender

[incisor]

that is the dropper

it facilitates the rest of the payload being deployed

if it had deployed you would be seeing a new antivirus / anti malware looking program popping up saying you have hundreds of infections

i suggest you may have gotten it in time if you arent seeing that sort of activity

i would suggest you download and run combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix), download it from the bleeping computer link down the page a bit.

[JohnF]

I think I got rid of the virus by using combofix--thanks for the suggestion Inc.

will rescan it later. did reload Windows from the built in back up.

My old acer crashed last night, sparking at the broken hinge, so got this going just in time--but lost material on old Acer i was going to post on the "Does God exist" thread.

[Tombie]

I think I got rid of the virus by using combofix--thanks for the suggestion Inc.

will rescan it later. did reload Windows from the built in back up.

My old acer crashed last night, sparking at the broken hinge, so got this going just in time--but lost material on old Acer i was going to post on the "Does God exist" thread.

Devastated :p

[sheerluck]

Devastated :p

Yup!

I think that proves the argument that there is no god quite conclusively!