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    Default Viral/malware nasty

    I have just come across a rather nasty virus/malware. Eset could not find it .
    It seats ms.dos files into your recycler bin and an auto.inf into each drive.
    When you double click onto a drive letter, it activates the program in the recycler. I found this out the hard way by formatting c and reinstalling xp on lt onlyto have it reappear when I clicked onto another drive letter.

    Removed all traces in safe mode and am reinstalling xp ...again.
    Will let you know how it goes


    Update: so far so good!
    Last edited by mandc; 02-02-09 at 05:08 PM. Reason: update



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    with a format on c it will be still on all other drives even USB drives u were using at time of infection.


    it is a bastard of a thing

    can't remember the program i used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swgw View Post
    with a format on c it will be still on all other drives even USB drives u were using at time of infection.


    it is a bastard of a thing

    can't remember the program i used.
    Yeah I found that out the hard way LOL
    Manually cleaned all recycle bins in each drive and that fixed it

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    Where have you been hanging out to pick that up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyGoat View Post
    Where have you been hanging out to pick that up?
    LOL That's the funny thing, I'm not sure although I had downloaded a few apps with "cracks" that day...deleted them all after of course.

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    You havent been hanging out in the pirate bay have ya ?????

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnhoward View Post
    You havent been hanging out in the pirate bay have ya ?????
    Nah, One of the few places I don't go to.

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    Probably just as well , god knows what you would catch in there

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    program i used was Flash_Disinfector removed it from all drives the one i used did not infect my PC with other crap so becareful where you source it from.

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