Virus

[Chalk]

Anyone ran into a virus that over takes your browser? Manually updated AVG and it can indentify a worm generic_r.HU but that's all it will do. Checked all the proxy settings that are common with the facebook worm...nothing. Running Mawarebytes now. Searched the registry for the facebook worm entries...nothing. Been working on this SOB all day

AVG also showed a file called freddy63.exe

[Reel Navy]

Chalk..... I ran a google check on freddy63.exe and its a worm. Are you running Malware Bytes in the Safe Mode?

[Chalk]

No - had to download on my laptop and burn it to dvd....got two thumb drives I'm scared to use now

[Reel Navy]

Shouldn't be a problem. I've checked a few of my other go to sites (BleepingComputer, etc) and they recommend downloading Malware Bytes or ensure you have the latest update and run it. I usually do it in the safe mode, but they didn't specify that on the website. Keep me posted.

[Reel Navy]

Once you get this off your computer, run Malware Bytes on your thumb drives.

[Reel Navy]

Give me a call within the next hour if you have any questions.

[Chalk]

10-4 Thanks

[Reel Navy]

I'm an Andrew Dykes student of keeping "poop" off my laptop, and if you are not running SpyBot search and destroy, get it. It has an immunize function that I run after I check for updates every week. Once you get the new update, run the Immunize function and it will actually prevent you from getting some (if not most) of the nasties out there.

[Reel Navy]

Well Chalk, leave it to you to "live on the edge". Further research says this worm was first reported on 7 Sep 09. Hopefully everyone reading will update their virus and malware protection ASAP.

[Chalk]

Malwarebytes got it. Wife and Kids playing stupid games

I have run spybot, ad aware, zone alarm....only had zone alarm on this machine though

[Dubble Trubble]

Malwarebytes is the best I have found to get the tough ones....

AVG for everyday protection...

Dubble

[Chalk]

AVG didn't know what to do with it - except warn me every 20 seconds until I killed it. Malwarebytes took it down

[Dubble Trubble]

AVG didn't know what to do with it - except warn me every 20 seconds until I killed it. Malwarebytes took it down

The important thing is it let you know it was there. Then you can get the real good removal stuff going....

Hijackthis, Malwarebytes, ComboFix, etc....

AVG does fine on removing 99% of the stuff, better than anything else I have found....

Dubble

[BullHound]

One of your first problems is AVG. Is it the free version? Even if you paid for it, it's still not great. I am an IT manager for a finance company with over 100 offices. We used to run AVG until we were hacked and had about $100,000 stolen. Malwarebytes is a great program to clean the computer but if offers no protection. We now use Nod32. It's a good anti-virus that gives realtime protection and found a lot of stuff that Norton and AVG didn't.

Good luck cleaning your PC and let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

[boggob]

I recently got hit with "PC Antispyware 2010" which appears like a windows update. I normally don't click on such things but this one tricked me. I had to reformat.