Information about ComboFix being infected and what you should do

[Starbuck]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/Combofix_infected.jpg

 

Posted by Grinler at Bleeping Computer today:

 

Unfortunately it has come to light that the program ComboFix had a file in it that is infected with the Sality virus. The minute we heard about this, we pulled the executable so that it is no longer available from BleepingComputer.com. Unfortunately we have no control over other sites that may have mirrored ComboFix without permission, so please do not attempt to download it elsewhere.

 

The developer, sUBs, is currently looking into what happened and when I have a full update, I will be sure to let you know. From the limited information that I have, it appears that the affected version has been available since approximately 2am EST on January 29th, but it may have been earlier. If this timeframe changes, I will update this topic to let you know. If you have used a new copy of ComboFix in the last day or so, then you should examine your system for possible infection. If you have used a copy of ComboFix prior to this version, then you should be ok.

 

Hashes of known affected versions are:

 

SHA256: 4524611a78ddd40afa7e13238da230302786c546d1f824e6e7dea480a5d55333

MD5: c71b0515ef1200755ae61a5c4c9e8a86

 

In the meantime, it is important for those who may have used ComboFix recently and are concerned they are infected to get the help they need. As the Sality infection has been around for a while, almost all antivirus vendors will have detected it and blocked it when you ran ComboFix. Unfortunately, not everyone has up-to-date virus definitions or uses an AV program, so it is important to examine your system if you have downloaded a new copy and used it since 2am EST.

 

The steps we suggest you take to make sure your computer is not infected are:

 

Scan your computer with ESET's Online Scanner.

 

Download and scan your computer with the Kaspersky Rescue Disk

 

Use SalityKiller if you are unable to use the above tools for some reason. When using this tool, you should disconnect from your network first.

 

Use AVG Sality Remover Tool. When using this tool, you should disconnect from your network first.

 

 

All of these tools should be able to detect and remove Sality from your computer. Sality is also able to spread through mapped network drives and shares. If you share any folders on your network, you should perform the above steps on those computers as well.

 

If you need help with any of these steps, or would like us to check your computer, please feel free to ask us in the forums. You can either post in the Am I infected? forum or create a virus removal assistance topic in the Virus, Trojan, Spyware, and Malware Removal Logs forum using these steps.

 

We are here to help you, so please do not hesitate to ask.

 

I sincerely apologize for any issues this may have caused and assure you that we will do our utmost to help anyone who may have been affected by this situation.

 

Lawrence Abrams

BleepingComputer.com

 

Source:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic483431.html

[Plastic Nev]

Nasty indeed, if the hackers can get malware into a malware removal tool, what next?

 

Nev.

[Starbuck]

I know Nev, it's scary.

The big question is.... how did it get there?

We're waiting for sUBs to tell us.

[Starbuck]

ComboFix is now live, clean, and available to download from its normal links.

[seedy21]

Starbuck

 

 

Did any body found out how the download got infected????

[Starbuck]

Nobody is saying anything yet.

[Starbuck]

Posted by sUBs today:

 

I was infected. Actually not so unlikely since I have to on a daily basis, download/processes a large amount of malware specimens. After so many years, this is the first time which I unintentionally infected myself; reason being a faulty mice which triggered an unwanted double click within a zipped attachment of live samples. For those affected, I offer my deepest apologies. It was never my intention to distribute malware.

 

Source:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic483431.html/page__view__findpost__p__2962903

[neill10]

"Faulty mice" I had a batch of them once, the snakes refused to eat any of them! ( sorry bored ridged and couldn't resist )