She got a virus that her antivirus took too long to detect called PE VIRUT.XK, any idea how to remove it? It keeps infecting her files even when her antivirus removes it and she reboots the computer.
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Pesky virus plaguing my friend
She got a virus that her antivirus took too long to detect called PE VIRUT.XK, any idea how to remove it? It keeps infecting her files even when her antivirus removes it and she reboots the computer.
Jackass Penguin
Delete the System Restore.Originally Posted by Axel157
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I'm sorry but can you explain how she could do that?
She used her computer's restore disc and it didn't work, it cleared her entire PC out, but a few minutes later, the virus appeared again and now she can't get online anymore, or use the Task Manager.
Last edited by Axel157; 28th-August-2007 at 02:24.
Elite
easiest way would be to right click on my computer, go to properties and system restore, and turn it off.
Jackass Penguin
Sorry
Right click My Computer, select Properties. Click the System Restore tab. Click the little box next to "Turn off System Restore on all drives".
That will delete the system restore points, and the virus that keeps getting put back on after she reboots the computer.
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she gets this message when she tries to do that
"Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS2\system32\rundll32.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the start button, and then click search."
edit--
Sorry to double-post but this virus is annoying both me and her, she got it while possibly downloading Alcohol 120% and when I tried to send her my rundll32.exe (she can't go on IE or Firefox but AIM was working before the virus showed itself again) it disappeared when she received it, I'd appreciate any help for her, most of her homework for college is online.
Last edited by SegNin; 28th-August-2007 at 03:57.
Cookie Thief
Rename the file to rundll32.ex_ before sending. Then she can rename it to ".exe" after and put it in her system32 folder.
Elite
what antivirus is she using?
maybe she could get an alternative one and get rid of it.
Member
Thanks to all of you, she turned off system restore and scanning her computer for the virus, once she restarts her computer, I'll be able to see if it worked or not.
She thanks you too.
b1gwi11, she's using Trend Micro, I recommended to her that she use NOD32 (I use AVG though)
Last edited by Axel157; 28th-August-2007 at 03:33.
Elite
alright good.... hopefully that gets rid of it
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We're still not sure just where exactly it came from, but our first thought was of course the most recent thing she downloaded, which was Alcohol 120%.
Elite
maybe she had it beforehand, just didnt show up till you went to download alcohol 120%
not sure just dont blame that program... its really a good piece of software.
Teh Big Banana
If she downloaded Alcohol from a p2p like E-mule, then yeah, she could have gotten a virus from that.
Same if she downloaded it from a dodgy web site.
People embed viruses and trojans and such into .exe files for popular applications and put them on file-sharing networks and sites to spread them.
I found this out myself when I downloaded a freeware game from a GeoCities site, and got a virus that infected every .exe on my comp.
Not sure if the virus was added by the game maker or if somebody hacked his site and put the virus in the game.
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Oh, nah I'm not blaming the program, just blaming the source a bit, see it was a torrent file, she was burning a backup of my PSOv2 disc, she did it, but then the next day all this happened. I know Alcohol 120% is an excellent program (though I stick to DiscJuggler) but maybe there was something bad in the torrent she got that gave her that virus.
Teh Big Banana
The ed2k network, used by E-Mule, E-Donkey, Shareaza, etc. is even worse.
You have to know what to look for or you will download a trojaned app.
And even when you know know what to watch for, it's still risky.
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