msn virus

SEEMS OTHER FOLK HAVE HAD IT TOO. THIS IS FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE I VISIT .


Hi All

If you get a message saying

Check this out somecoolstuff BRB

somecoolstuff is a link DO NOT OPEN IT!!!

IT IS A VIRUS sorry I got sent i not knowing opened it now have a awful virus have wiped my pc twice in the last 2 weeks not knowing where it came from only found out today, cause a friend on my list got the message from me thankfully she didn't open it



AND ALSO.

my pc has been effectively terminated this week by a trojan downloader.

we had AVG antivirus running, also spybot, firewall was on, this virus was specifically written to get through AVG, it was transmitted to us via msn messenger. The pc is now unuseable. We can pay Tech Guys to try and recover the data - photos, documents etc, I cannot replace some of the photos, also I had around 40 gigs of music stored on the pc, all lost if Tech Guys cant salvage it. GRRRRR.
The virus could not be removed by AVG so if this is what you are using on your system please take care, especially if you use messenger.
We are now looking to buy a new pc which will cost us around £600, plus a bill to recover data from the old one.

The virus, once its on your computer, uses msn to transmit itself to all your online contacts without your knowledge, it downloads a host of malicious software that deletes vital files and leaves you unable to even log on to windows. We had some help from a friend who showed us how to make a boot cd and we did eventually manage to get into windows, but the virus has blocked access to every function so we cannot carry out system restore or access any data files, we cant even get in through BIOS or recovery console, in short, its totally wrecked.

I plan to stop using AVG and switch to Bitdefender, and we are aiming to use yahoo messenger in preference to msn. PLEASE EVERYONE KEEP YOUR COMPUTER PROTECTED
 
it got past NOD...... and a few others i tried before spyware dr picked it up.............
 
So if I follow your Ubuntu link and download the thing it will be a better option than my Windows xp that I have now? ( and it won't cost me owt?)
In basic English please.....:rolleyes:
 
cherokee, you can probably save teh data yourself.

Download teh Ubuntu CD from teh link I posted, burn the disk and boot your PC with it. Unless teh HD is broken physically(i.e. won't spin up) or the partition table is borked (although even this is fixable if you really know what your doing) your data is safe.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES LET ANYONE FORMAT THE HARD DISK UNTILL YOU HAVE LET ME HAVE A GO AT IT.

A lot of these computer shops/etc have very little clue in stuff like this. I have rescued loads of data from properly messed up disks before now.
 
lindsay ormerod said:
So if I follow your Ubuntu link and download the thing it will be a better option than my Windows xp that I have now? ( and it won't cost me owt?)
In basic English please.....:rolleyes:
Click to expand...

Its a 'different' option. It runs your computer just as windows does. Windows programs don't work(hence viruses etc being useless on it) in it but there is usually a free alternative or in the case of some programs a linux version. It was also designed to be secure from the ground up whereas Windows is insecure out teh box and then you have to start installing all these AV/firewalls/Spyware/adware/etcprograms

e.g.

Firefox/OPen Office, Opera, all have linux versions as well as Windows ones,

instead of Outlook there is Evolution which is a clone of it, GIMP is effectively Photoshop, Amarok is a superb MP3/iTunes replacement, Pidgeon is MSN/Yahoo etc al rolled into one.

Another thing is there is usually a choice in "Everything" to do with Linux. Even down the what we call the Window Manager. The two main fully featured ones are KDE and Gnome, KDE is more 'windows' like, Gnome is more MAC like in appearence. You choose which one you like best and can even switch between them as you see fit. There are others that have fewer bells and whistles that are made to work on low powered machines (IceWM, think anything from a pentium 166 with 128M RAM upwards yes, that 166mhz as opposed to your 2000Mhz machine!).

Linux is free to use as is pretty much all the software. You don't even have to mess about with CD's etc as all software is available online. you just say "install that that and that " and it goes and gets the latest version and installs it all for you, no more clicks or installers to mess with, choose this that or otherwise.

whats its downsides? untill the last couple of years you had to have a clue to install it and if all your hardware isn't supported it could be a pain to set up. That has changed dramatically this last 2-3 years. Unless you have absolutely bleeding edge hardware you should be fine. The beauty is of course you can "Try before you buy". in that you can actually run the whole OS from a CD without touching your Windows install(extremely useful in cases like Cherokee's where Windos is screwed, You can use it to rescue all that data because your not even trying to run Windows). If all your hardware is fine and you fancy giving it a go you can install it to the hard disk( takes about half a dozen clicks and ~ 30 mins all in IIRC). even now it doesn't remove or touch your Windows install. at startup you just get a menu saying do you want windows or linux today?


Better???? I certainly think so, Different - yes, Full of choice - yes, secure - yes, The Future? - who knows, its certainly not going to go away, Most web servers in the world run Apache(the web server software) on Linux.

hope that answers it, feel free to ask more if you like
 
If You Do Use AVG then please read on
If you have not done so yet please update your AVG to version 8.01 free from here most of you will still be using version 7 or 7.5 this is a big update
but installs easy keep upto date it helps

AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.01 - Computeractive
 
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One of my friends was infected with the imageXX.zip, MSN worm variant a few weeks back.
At that time I did a google search for this”ok I DO NOT like my new hair color.. but people on facebook do. what do you think? And no laughing! lol” as it’s one of the messages you received with the file.

According to some of the sites I found 'and theres many', it appeared that you could only remove it manually (diy) and many fixes were given.
imageXX.zip, MSN worm variant - C.I.S.R.T. - Chinese Internet Security Response Team (GMT +0800)

Also found this;
MSN Virus Removal Software - Download

Anyways, my friend installed and ran AGV and the problem was sorted, no need for diy :)

:alright:

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