suspected virus/worm..

jimbo · Apr 4, 2009

In another forum, i logged on today to get a pm from an unknown member with the title 'important'. I clicked to open and instead of openning the inbox, a large pop up with loud sound came up, sounded like mario bros music. I closed it as soon as i saw it.
I notice my post count on the forum suddenly jumped to 666.
Im also getting various warning/alert to abort when im browsing.
Is this some kinda virus? ..is it true that virus can only come in the form of attachments in inbox?

MRCL · Apr 4, 2009

Sounds like it. Run a virus scan asap!

jimbo · Apr 4, 2009

Thanks for the prompt reply MRCL.. i've done a scan with microsoft onecare and it says no virus or spyware, but registry scan showed less files than the previous scan. :confused:

MRCL · Apr 4, 2009

Get yourself a free anti virus program like Avira AntiVir and run their scan. I wouldn't rely on Microsoft products when it comes to viruses and such...
You may also want to give Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html) a try, just to be on the safe side.

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 4, 2009

Microsoft AVs never pick up anything.... use a proper AV like nod32, Morton or kaspersky...I you don't want to spend money on AVs then do as MRCL says..

eidairaman1 · Apr 4, 2009

housecall

kenkickr · Apr 4, 2009

And grab malwarebytes, awesome antispyware program and seems to pickup more shit than any AV software, http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyt...4572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button

jimbo · Apr 4, 2009

i might try kasperspy as i have it in the cd that comes with the mb..
will system restore help?

paulm · Apr 4, 2009

jimbo said:
i might try kasperspy as i have it in the cd that comes with the mb..
will system restore help?

No, system restore won't do much for you.

I would just download a trial of a good AV (Avira or latest Kaspersky), and scan with that...

Hicks · Apr 4, 2009

kenkickr said:
And grab malwarebytes, awesome antispyware program and seems to pickup more shit than any AV software, http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebyt...4572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button

QFT!

Malwarebytes finds a lot of stuff...better than Spybot & Adaware. It's not a "AV" scanner per say, it needs to be used in conjunction with one.

Also if you have a virus, it's likely it is already in your sys restore file.

Get a good scanner...Avast has been doin me quite well as well as a bunch of my customers.

Hicks

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 4, 2009

LOL, a internet cafe near us is using avast, and it's not picking up anything!

jimbo · Apr 4, 2009

i just googled the usernmae "miglulikz" and learned that other users from various forums has also recieve this pm..

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 4, 2009

well then we need to make sure that we delete the PMs sent by him...

Hicks · Apr 4, 2009

h3llb3nd4 said:
LOL, a internet cafe near us is using avast, and it's not picking up anything!

Not knocking what you say, but I personally have never had a problem with it & same goes with my customers...even the ones that frequent the pr0n sites.

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 4, 2009

you never know what they're doing in that internet cafe

and it costs $7 just for 6 hours

jimbo · Apr 4, 2009

is avast free or at least a free trial?

h3llb3nd4 · Apr 4, 2009

yes I think all avs have a trial ver

Hicks · Apr 4, 2009

Yup it's free....you do have to register it...but not a big deal.

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Pickles Von Brine · Apr 5, 2009

I recommend you using the following:

A-Squared
Antimalwarebytes
AVG
SuperAntiSpyware

Running all of those should solve everything and find stuff that you never thought was on your system.

kiriakost · Apr 5, 2009

Microsoft system restore , will do miracles , if the Trojan does not blocking it .

It will recover registry , in to a healthy state.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=90172

Pickles Von Brine · Apr 5, 2009

That may work.

Marineborn · Apr 5, 2009

+1 for malwarebytes and kaspery

iamollie · Apr 5, 2009

funny i googled miglulikz and all it comes up with is you asking this question in about 4 different forums,
What forum was it on?
you got asked that before but never actually answered

jimbo · Apr 5, 2009

iamollie said:
funny i googled miglulikz and all it comes up with is you asking this question in about 4 different forums,
What forum was it on?
you got asked that before but never actually answered

yeh, i did signed up to 2 others jus to ask the same question.. u can tell im frantic bout this.
i do quite abit of online betting and gambling banking. the forum where i got the pm was asiafinest.com, a site i've visit for the last 5 years.
both avast and malwarebytes found infections

farlex85 · Apr 5, 2009

Back-up and reformat. That's really the best way to get rid of it at this point. Anti-virus/spyware are really better used as preventative measures, once something is on your system depending on the virus it can use various mechanisms to keep itself harming your computer. I'd try to quarantine it w/ a program, then re-format.

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