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O.P. Help with virus.spyware
help i haven't been able to removed a virus that keeps on adding its self to the process menu

what it does is:
it closes microsoft anispware and mcafee scirty centre
won't let me open the control+alt+delte menu
and if i type anivirus in on google it closes the brower
and it won't let me open regedit but lets me open msconfig

some of the process names are : msmbw.exe, formatsys .exe

please help






03-09-2005 04:10 PM
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RE: Help with virus.spyware
Try booting in Safe Mode and then run anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.

To do this:

1) Restart your computer.
2) Before the screen with the windows logo and a progress bar appears, press F8.
3) Choose "Safe Mode" and press enter
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03-09-2005 04:14 PM
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sounds like w32.pinfi to me, clear your hosts file of everything apart from the help information and local host (and the ip), and you should be able to access the sites that you want, this worked for me. Then download avg antivirus, and run that, deleting all instances pretty much, then re-download all of the drivers that you need, its a lot of hastle, but theres no way of healing it, it drives itself into the *.exe's and you can't do anything about it other than delete it...

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03-09-2005 04:41 PM
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RE: Help with virus.spyware
It's much easier. You got the new Serflog.A (a.k.a. W32/Crog.worm) virus (formatsys.exe and msmbw.exe are part of it).

Download the removal tool by Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FixSflog.exe
MIRROR (if the virus disabled that site): http://www.virushelp.nl/download/fixsflog.exe

Edit:
I'm reading the symantec site about the virus and it's pretty nasty :O. It does exactly the things you said: It terminates all sorts of anti virus and anti spyware programs and processes and it adds serveral file to your hosts file :O. More info

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03-09-2005 04:54 PM
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Remember to rename the removal tool because the virus may stop it working.
03-09-2005 05:41 PM
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No Absorbation :P.

Don't worry about that. How can the virus maker know how symantec is gonna call the removaltool BEFORE it is even released... :wink:
03-10-2005 07:27 AM
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It does seem silly but some buropia varients have stopped the tool from working proberly. I read it on another post. Anywayz this anit bropia so ur probably right. :D
03-10-2005 07:51 PM
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thanks everyone one for the help but i just reformatted every thing was messed up :@ but i had some problems with the restore disks but all working good now
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