Guest anthony Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan Vundo infection. I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away for re-use.
Guest Mick Murphy Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 RE: Trojan Vundo removal guide? If you do a clean reinstall, deleting the existing XP partitiion, and formatting: Yes -- Mad Mike "anthony" wrote: > I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from > Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan > Vundo infection. > I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else > fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I > do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away > for re-use. >
Guest nass Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 RE: Trojan Vundo removal guide? "anthony" wrote: > I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from > Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan > Vundo infection. > I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else > fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I > do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away > for re-use. T answer your Question, Yes a clean install will wipe out the infection. But if you got a backup storage which may be infected you couldharbor the infection back if you restored data from these backups, so if you do San the backup before restoring Data! Go through these cleaning steps: 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies by doing this: Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options. On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs: General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs | Advanced Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies. Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option: [&] Browsing [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box. Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the culprit and update it or remove it. How to manage Add-Ons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256 Scan for malware from here: SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm Run a scan from here on-line: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html Run disk clean up on your Drive. You can download this tool o run clean up: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-slim Download Hijackthis and send me the log. (http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) my address is : to_you_ross(at remove this and repalce with the obvious)yahoo.co.uk ( _ is underscore) Step-By-Step Windows XP: Installation http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx Step-By-Step Windows Vista: Installation http://www.w-tweaks.com/html/windows_vista_setup__step_by_s.html HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest ju.c Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: Trojan Vundo removal guide? F-Secure's Virtumonde Repair Tool (F-Vmonde) F-Vmonde tool detects and deactivates Virtumonde from Windows XP/2003 systems. Virtumonde is adware that serves pop-up advertisements. It uses special techniques to avoid removal, which are circumvented with this tool. F-Vmonde: Main page: http://www.f-secure.com/security_center/malware_removal_tools.html Download: http://www.f-secure.com/tools/f-vmonde.zip Download: http://www.f-secure.com/tools/f-vmonde.exe Readme: http://www.f-secure.com/tools/f-vmonde.txt ju.c > I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from > Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan > Vundo infection. > I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else > fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I > do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away > for re-use. >
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: Trojan Vundo removal guide? Always reply to your original thread, please. Yes, a format & clean install will address the infections. A Repair Install will *not*. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ anthony wrote: > I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from > Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan > Vundo infection. > I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else > fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I > do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away > for re-use.
Guest anthony Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 Re: Trojan Vundo removal guide? On Sep 25, 12:30 am, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote: > Always reply to your original thread, please. > > Yes, a format & clean install will address the infections. A Repair Install > will *not*. > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > AumHa VSOP & Adminhttp://aumha.net > DTS-Lhttp://dts-l.net/ > > anthony wrote: > > I posted a message re an 'auto update turned off' warning from > > Microsoft which persists .... and was told it was possibly a Trojan > > Vundo infection. > > I'm going to follow the tips provided for removal -- but if all else > > fails, will my problem be solved by a clean wipe of my hard-drive? I > > do have all XP discs, and all software applications safely filed away > > for re-use. Thanks to all for the fantastic assistance -- with your help I now have a fully-functional system again, which seems fast and clean-as-a- whistle. The 'superantispyware.com' site seemed of most assistance and I'll keep using it often! So good to be able to use Firefox again -- whatever bug I had in the system was preventing me from using Google Search, and some other common functions. All seems great once more.
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