[Stealth]

here's the image that Agressor sent me:



any ideas?

[Aggressor_Squad]

Oh 1 point to add to this.

Arc, thnx for showing me the link to one of those virus removers. I thought the problem was fixed after apllying it, but the messages still appear... Any ideas?

[Stryke 9]

Failed to detect. That sure as hell looks like a hacker note to me.

Try bringing up the Task Manager and seeing if it gives you a more useful name. Or, track down recently added/modified files and look for anything funky.

[Stealth]

yeah, note the "checkin' the walls" as the title of the 'error'

[Stryke 9]

I think I see your main problem, though. You've got a virus on your comp. Big ****er, too. REALLY hard to get rid of completely, and until you do, it's gonna mess up everything.


My solution, back up all your important files, format your hard disk, and get a copy of Windows 98. The XP virus'll never bother you again, and hence you'll be a good deal less vulnerable to... well, everything.

[Aggressor_Squad]

i have been trying to figure out if there's a pattern on the pop-up, and i think i might just have found one. The message seems to pop up everytime i do a scandisk of my c:\ drive. I'm only 16:mad: , so i can't really do anything major to my computer without of parent's approval, since both my dad and mom uses it ..*Sigh* Oh welll I will have to bear with it for now...especially when my dad is one of those people who thinks that all anti virus softwares are useless and they get obsolete the second they are released...

[Stealth]

www.my-etrust.com

download their virus protector (the demo... it's fully functional, but for 30 days)... then when you've downloaded and installed it, go to:

OPTIONS --> PROGRAM --> FULL SCAN
then click 'OK', then select all your HARD DRIVES (on the top left) (if you've got more than one... if you don't, then just select the default (usually "C") drive) then click "go" (top middle)

i believe the format may have changed, i've got a pretty old version of it (completely updated signitures though) but it should be pretty easy

then you can delete it after 30 days, or after you've found the virus/whatever it is that's causing you the problem.

Try it, and let us know how it goes.



Good luck,

Regards
~Stealth~

[Nico]

Originally posted by wEvil
you got a virus.

www.centralcommand.com and use their online scanner, than you'll need to find a clean bootdisk and get rid of it.

where the hell do you see an online scanner on that page

[Stealth]

he also told me to post this:

[Stealth]

looks like my idea worked

send us the log file, so we can see exactly what you had on the computer

you DID do a "full scan", right?

it said all the files were CLEANED?

you shouldu be good now

[Aggressor_Squad]

w00t all the infected files are clensed.  I no longer get the weird message at start-up anymore...Thnx for all the help people Especially Stealth.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Arc
Hi! err...sorry, first post nerves.

A new poster slipped through the cracks!  Fire the welcome beam!



Ow...
*massages shoulder*
*reminds himself to put the beam cannon on a tripod next time*

Uh, flamethrowers are under your seat, plasma rifles are in the lockers to the front, exits are to the left and right, and if you see a five-legged creature with glowing eyes, give it your lunch and back away slowly.

Anyway, what was the effect of the virus?  Did it delete any files or did it just keep popping up that message?

[Stryke 9]

Now, I'd follow the hacker's advice, jefe. Next one won't just tack on a friendly note.

[Arc]

Waahey!!, thanks Goober

Hopefully nothing serious has happened to Aggressor_Squad's machine. Turns out the worm contains a payload that attempts initiate a DOS attack against 3 web sites (although Symantec can't get it to reproduce that in their lab) and to delete the contents of %windir%\*.*, %windir%\System\*.* and %windir%\System32\*.*, but it's only supposed to show the 'Patch the leaks...' msg after it's deleted the files.

I suppose it's possible the fact he's running XP helped protect against that...

Anyway, I guess the moral is 'keep your anti-virus updated'