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Has anyone gotten a virus that seems to block internet connections to specific known anti-virus/anti-spyware sites, and also seems to inhibit such installed programs from actually running? I started noticing pop-ups this morning, so I ran AVG and picked up some stuff, rebooted. I wanted to follow up with Spybot, but now nothing happens when I try to start it up. If I go out and search for it on google, I seem to get redirected to bogus crap now. While I keep my important install executables on hand, reinstalling doesn't seem to help. AVG still seems to be able to scan and pick up threats, but it's not able to connect for updates suddenly. Edit - I'm going to try some of the other tools mentioned. Thankfully I've got my laptop and a thumb drive to get the apps over. Only concern though might be getting the updates. Varkas fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Dec 20, 2008 |
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Dec 20, 2008 20:06
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Otacon posted:Sounds like a rootkit, to be honest. The ones I've dealt with in the past wouldn't let me load up any cleaners, and changed some entries in HOSTS that redirected me to other sites when I tried to download fresh copies. I haven't tried it, but give that GMER a try, or RootkitRevealer, see what pops up. Thanks for the help guys. I used Avira AntiVir(which interestingly enough wasn't targeted by the rootkit), GMER, and ComboFix primarily to clean everything up. Everything seems to be back to working order now.
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