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(Message started by: jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 1:45am)
Title: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 1:45am
"Trojan horse dialer...Status::Still infected"

Anyone know of a cleaning tool for this, I cant screw with it now got to get my ass to work....gonna start a new scan now....takes over an hour.

Thanks

...............................jonny
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Linda_Howell on Sep 23rd, 2003, 2:16am
I promise Jonny.  

When you send me any mail.  I won't open it.


LindaH
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by CC on Sep 23rd, 2003, 6:15am
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button

try that
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by ShariRae on Sep 23rd, 2003, 7:11am
help from Symantec on this:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/ dialer.trojan.html

Good luck :)
Shari
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by don on Sep 23rd, 2003, 7:45am
Not even the ones in the plain brown wrappers?
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Mark C on Sep 23rd, 2003, 9:11am
That sucks...
Trend Micro's on-line scan is here (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp). It will want to download a small file to operate...it's OK, I have used it for years. Check the "Auto-Clean" box and let er rip.

Symantec's page is here (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/dialer.trojan.html).

Another good spot is pcFlank's trojan scanner here (http://www.pcflank.com/trojans_test1.htm).

One of these spots should kill the Trojan or at least tell you how. Use the scanners to verify removal. If you are running XP disable system restore. Let me know if you have anymore problems.

PFDAN's
Mark
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Jewel on Sep 23rd, 2003, 9:26am
Hey musclehead: Don't send me an e-mail.  Just kidding.  Hehehe!   ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by cootie on Sep 23rd, 2003, 11:24am
Oh so at least now I know what caused the rash and itching. Blahhh-ha-ha-ha. I use that free internet "housecall" off and on......it takes a while but does a thuro job it seems and found stuff even my Norton 2003 missed !!! Mine scans messages as they come in and go out and I runa bout 3 different scans a week and one daily. I downlaoded the Mcafee free Stinger too ta run now for trogens ect worms. I found JOKE virus deal not long ago.......had to be deleted can't be cleaned it said. Good luck with the infection......I'd try not ta scratch Pam  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Jewel on Sep 23rd, 2003, 12:19pm
Tee-hee-hee!  Pam, you're a riot!
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by echo on Sep 23rd, 2003, 2:47pm
No worries>  8)
You never email me anymore anyway. ;D
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by cathy on Sep 23rd, 2003, 3:01pm
Take the advice DO NOT OPEN ANY MAIL ...it could be infected with a trojan horse....or a trojan mule....  :o

Cathy
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 4:42pm
Ok, after 4 1/2 hours of scans, D/L'ding new AV software, running tests on my firewall I finally (Manually) track this sucker down.

I have a folder called "My music" and in that file is almost 400 songs (With a few short porns ;D) one of these porns was infected (Go figure...LOL)...I scanned the "My music" folder and up came the infected file, my options where to run the AVG AV (Which picks it up but does nothing with it) or delete that bastard myself. Befor I realised what I was doing I deleted it and emptied the recycling bin....along with my 400 songs

My question is if I do a systems restore will that folder and all the songs come back?...I dont care about the virus at this point because its only function is to dial 900 numbers and that cant be done on a cable modem, plus its way low risk virus from what I read

Anyone?

................................jonny
Oh ya, I D/L'ed PC-cillin AV and even that didnt pick up the trojan.
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by ClusterChuck on Sep 23rd, 2003, 4:55pm
Jonny, I ain't too smucken fart, but I think the term here is SOL ...  Sorry!

Chuck
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 5:06pm
I was afraid of that  :'(

Anyways, thanks all for the help....I appreciate it.

CC, thanks for the link...I D/L'ed it and it cleaned up alota crap on my puter, thanks man!

.....................................jonny
Title: Well...
Post by Opus on Sep 23rd, 2003, 5:19pm
The songs aren't gone until they are written over. The best way is to use a boot disk recovery program but you will need to down load it.  Do you have the songs in the same partition as windows, if so they may already be gone, it not then I would try restore since it should only write to the C drive. I am not a windows expert but I know you can restore a deleated driver on xp using restore ( I have done it) Until then try not to use your computer until someone can help you. Do you have a back up or a recient disk image? See if you have an undeleate utility on a rescue boot disk that you have made or that came with the computor. It may be a CD-rom. That would be the safest way.

Hope this helps in some small way,

Opus/Paul
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Big_Dan on Sep 23rd, 2003, 5:42pm

on 09/23/03 at 16:42:47, jonny wrote:
one of these porns was infected (Go figure...LOL)...

................................jonny



... fif-teen dolla make you hallah... and give you soovaneer....


-Big Cliché
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Ree on Sep 23rd, 2003, 5:48pm

on 09/23/03 at 16:42:47, jonny wrote:
(With a few short porns ;D) one of these porns was infected (Go figure...LOL)...I scanned the "My music" folder and up came the infected file,


Each day the canvas gets clearer and the picture of who you are becomes more interesting jonny............ LMAO

do I have to slap your hand and tell you PORN IS WORK OF THE DEVIL AND THAT IS WHY YOU GOT A VIRUS!!!  ok back into my saintly corner...........just kiddin with you again cuz I have nuthin  to do til primetime tv comes on and no one emails me anymore..........that doesnt mean I want any infected mail from you though NO THANKS...ree
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Ueli on Sep 23rd, 2003, 7:47pm
jonny, there are programs that can recover deleted files.

Actually, deleting a file just overwrites the 1st character in the directory entry and returns the disk space to the free pool.
But as long as the diskspace occupied originally by the deleted file is not over written by something else, recovery can sometimes be done.

Most important, don't write anything to the disk partition were the deleted files are. (Partitions are those thingies called C: D: E: ... in the Windows explorer.

Then go to http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/amd/887/rescue/index.html and download Drive Rescue (freeware) install it on another partition and start recovering.

Good luck,
Ueli
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Lone_Wolf_FLA on Sep 23rd, 2003, 7:52pm
D@mn, all that previous advice right out the door!! ;)
Now you gotta rely, (more like gamble) on system restore. System restore, may return your songs, (and the trojan) providing the parent directory and and sub directory(s) were undisturbed in the delete process. (maybe). All too often what you'll get is a folder with the files, now with slightly differing attributes, and therefore worthless, or a partial sub directory with some files, again worthless. But, as we say in Fla; "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then", and occasionally system restore actually restores something that works. I say give it a shot what have ya got to lose that you haven't already lost? You may get all your songs, you may get some, you may just get the trojan :P. I say backup those files, and just in case I run Norton Professional, the "Full Ticket" AV, Firewall, and All Utilities, that way system restore is one gamble I don't have to make.
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Opus on Sep 23rd, 2003, 8:05pm
Sorry Ueli,
But the program is no longer freeware, I have been looking for my links for freeware recovery and cannot find any that are still freeware. The only one I have experience is Getbackdata which is $70 but it did a great job of restoring a partially reformated partition. It doesn't use a boot Disk so I had to Install windows to anouther HD to do the restoration. Anyway

Everyone repeat after me " I will Back up once a week" for a great freeware back up utility go here.

http://www.pb-sys.com/   and get task zip.

It doesn't span disks but it can run anytime you want, even at night.

Opus/Paul
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 8:13pm

on 09/23/03 at 17:48:52, Ree wrote:
Each day the canvas gets clearer and the picture of who you are becomes more interesting jonny............ LMAO


Ree....your kidding right?......I've been in 42 movies....

Ueli...Wolf.....I've already restored back to June, no music, no virus....but the AV I D/L'ed today is there....hmmmm

I'm gonna give your link a try Ueli...but not now cause im ready to drop (Not CH)...................Fuckin tired, man

Peace out family

......................................jonny
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Charlie on Sep 23rd, 2003, 8:20pm
You think this was bad Jonny?

What's scary is that even I know what Ueli is talking about.  :o

Glad to have you back Jonny even if you no longer email me.

I'm keeping the jewelry you bitch.   :o

Charlie
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by jonny on Sep 23rd, 2003, 8:28pm
Shut up charlie....people will talk.....LOL

The one thing that i forgot to say was im virus free (Well, my puter is ;D)....ran multiple scans including scans by new AV downloads including scans from Mark's links.

Someone reach out and touch me......its been lonely  :-*

.......................................jonny
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by cootie on Sep 23rd, 2003, 8:46pm
42 movies ech......were any of em on the Disney channel ? Blahhhhhh-ha-ha-ha-ha.......Pam that wasn't sure if that was you in green tights
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Ueli on Sep 23rd, 2003, 9:45pm
Yeah, Drive Rescue is nolonger available, but if anyone wants it I can send the zip file (1,2 MB)

There is another free recovery program:
PC Inspector File Recovery at

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm

I hope this works  ;D
Ueli
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Mark C on Sep 24th, 2003, 8:31am
I could use some sugestions on doing a full system back-up. Got about 50 gig total but I have many of the back-up discs already for the OS etc. My main concern is the 40 gig or so of program files, documents and settings and the software I do not have discs for. Many images and media files. I have CD-RW so I thought I would use that medium for the standard back-ups I hope to start doing on schedule and CD-R for archive type stuff, if I could just decide what needs to be done regular.

I know there are programs for helping manage such a task I am just not familer with them. At work I just back-up to the server, I guess I could buy some space and keep a disc image off-site but I bet it ain't cheap.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Mark
Title: Re: Dont open any mail from me!!!!!
Post by Opus on Sep 24th, 2003, 2:47pm
Mark,
  I gave up trying to back up to CD-roms, there are programs to span discs , I can look for you if you would like, I finally bought a removable hard drive kit $5.00 and put an old 13 Gig in it. I put the drive in on friday night and Task Zip
http://www.pb-sys.com/
backups everything while I sleep. I use Letter assignor
http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/index.html
to always keep the removable drive at E whether it is in or not. I remove it to keep it safe from viruses. I scan before the back up. I use zip genius
http://www.zipgenius.it/
to back up my wife's IE and OE stuff.
That's my plan for backing up. If you would like I can send you my complete freeware page.

Opus/Paul


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