Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Sorry for a late reply. I got the same thing on Friday 10/8. My Spybot S&D pop up a message that something was trying to change Window registry. AVG also complained about some virus. I made a mistake of rebooting a machine. Some how the damage has been done and causing me a lot of problem. I ended up reformat my drive and load a different OS since I was so pissed off. Luckily, I back-up my data and restoring them was much easier than installing a OS. -Pasvorn On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote: > Today started fairly well. ?A spot of gentle exercise and then, as I > stepped > out of the shower, a voice said "Avast has come up with a message saying > there's a problem".... > > There were also warning balloons appearing from an icon in the system tray > on our XP system as well as a also a very convincing dialogue box which > said > that Anti Virus Pro 2010 had detected. ?The dialogue box invited me to > download some software to remove the virii and trojans. > > I smelt a rat, not having loaded anything called Anti Virus Pro 2010 onto > the system. ?At first I thought it was a Microsoft Utility, but on further > investigation, it turned out to be 'scareware'. > > So I have now spent the last five hours trying to clean my system and I'm > not there yet...Avast has now detected some sort of root kit virus and is > running yet another scan. ?I estimate it will take at least another three > or > four hours to complete the system scan and even then I don't know whether I > will have a clean computer. ?So I am already resigning myself to a disk > reformat, OS and software reinstall - so that's tomorrow taken care of if I > have to do that! > > I have always been very careful with respect to the security of my systems > - > apparently, I wasn't careful enough as it appears we have been the victim > of > a "drive by" attack. ?Lord knows how! > > So, I can't post my PAWs or process any pictures until I have finished this > activity. ?To say I am unhappy, would be an understatement. ?You have no > idea what I would like to do to these low-life if I could get my hands on > them... > > Good job I have Linux and Mac computers as well. > > Like I said - a pox (and a very nasty, painful one at that) on all virus > and > malware writers. ?I hate them with a passion. > > Mark > -- > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog > Picture a week (2009) > ?http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >