Stupid computer viruses...
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:35 pm
Hey y'all
I know that this isn't quite the type of forum to be posting this, but maybe someone's encountered the same problems I'm having and is willing to lend a helping hand.
My computer here at work's gone nuts with what I assume to be a trojan. The IT guys are telling me that the only solution to it is to format the HDDs to get rid of it, but I don't want to lose all of my data in there. I do back-up my work on a regular basis, but re-installing the multitude of programs I have in there all over again isn't something even remotely appealing to me.
I first noticed something to be wrong when Windows created a .exe file inside every folder, named the same as the folder itself. Fearing a backdoor, I turned to deleting every single one of those .exe files.
That done, I ran AdAware, and it got rid of 46 'threats' (tracking cookies, mostly).
I then proceeded to go to Symantec's Norton AV webpage so I could download the trial version, but the Explorer window closed automatically as soon as the webpage opened. Same went for Panda, PCCilin and every AV program I could think of. It was the only time at which I re-activated the workstation's LAN connection.
So I downloaded the trial version through another computer in the network and tried installing it, but it didn't work. The trojan (or backdoor virus, I don't know), closes all Explorer windows that are directed to any pages related to anti-virus software.
Something I noticed while doing so is that, whenever I tried to change the hidden files configuration, Internet Explorer tried to access an unknown webpage. When I did manage to turn all hidden files visible, there was a file on C:, named 'Baka'...something. I deleted it.
I know that this info isn't really specific as to the nature of the problem I have at the time, but any help will be really appreciated.
- A.
I know that this isn't quite the type of forum to be posting this, but maybe someone's encountered the same problems I'm having and is willing to lend a helping hand.
My computer here at work's gone nuts with what I assume to be a trojan. The IT guys are telling me that the only solution to it is to format the HDDs to get rid of it, but I don't want to lose all of my data in there. I do back-up my work on a regular basis, but re-installing the multitude of programs I have in there all over again isn't something even remotely appealing to me.
I first noticed something to be wrong when Windows created a .exe file inside every folder, named the same as the folder itself. Fearing a backdoor, I turned to deleting every single one of those .exe files.
That done, I ran AdAware, and it got rid of 46 'threats' (tracking cookies, mostly).
I then proceeded to go to Symantec's Norton AV webpage so I could download the trial version, but the Explorer window closed automatically as soon as the webpage opened. Same went for Panda, PCCilin and every AV program I could think of. It was the only time at which I re-activated the workstation's LAN connection.
So I downloaded the trial version through another computer in the network and tried installing it, but it didn't work. The trojan (or backdoor virus, I don't know), closes all Explorer windows that are directed to any pages related to anti-virus software.
Something I noticed while doing so is that, whenever I tried to change the hidden files configuration, Internet Explorer tried to access an unknown webpage. When I did manage to turn all hidden files visible, there was a file on C:, named 'Baka'...something. I deleted it.
I know that this info isn't really specific as to the nature of the problem I have at the time, but any help will be really appreciated.
- A.
