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Virus called "Internet Security 2010" ?!!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    This piece of malware is so goddamned irritating...

    I let someone use my computer for an hour yesterday, and when I came back, the whole suite of 'XP Security 2010' malware was throwing warning pop-ups onto my screen, playing images of a fake security scan, telling me I had 32 infected files and had to buy their product immediately and so on.

    I never click "yep thanks" to anything when I'm on the internet, so I can only assume this dastardly programme has either been weaseling its way onto my system for weeks, or that the temp user clicked 'ok' thinking they were doing something right on my computer.

    The upshot is that the only way to properly remove this item is to install an anti-malware programme that will remove it, but it seems to also involve clearing hidden files out of the registry manually so the thing won't sit and wait for a reboot and then quietly reconstruct itself in the background as you continue surfing the net. (That is obviously not a technical description of what actually happens. :) )

    The biggest problem I had with it is being highly suspicious of the programmes that say they can remove it.

    This much I can tell you - you can't do something simple like uninstall it through your control panel, because it doesn't show up as an installed programme. The usual array of free registry cleaner and antivirus programmes you have on your system if you're not paying for antivirus simply don't recognise it. I'm not even sure a paid antivirus programme would recognise it - because it's not a virus, it's malware.

    The upshot simply seems to be don't pick up the goddamned thing in the first place - so don't go clicking any windows or XP security programmes, and stop and think before some panic-mongering warning appears on your screen demanding you click 'ok' now.

    Oh - and don't go buying the bloody thing either. Apparently the fcukers who wrote it have made millions.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 BigOwl55


    I've seen that one's older brother, XP Security 2009 also. Once it's cleaned off I had success with System restore to get the damage straightened out. For instance it had changed registry settings that kept me from changing screen settings so that it could use the wallpaper to display a fake warning. There were numerous changes but with the bugger gone System Restore helped. I used Super Antispyware and Malwarebytes if memory serves me at this advanced age.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 398 ✭✭SupaDupaFly


    colblimp wrote: »
    Well I have Firefox and I've just been infected with this damn virus tonight. Isn't it strange that I never had any virus until Boards was hacked...

    Same here! Never had a problem until boards was hacked into


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    There might be some instructuions on this site that might help.
    deletemalware.blogspot.com


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    Just wanted to say I have come across this virus 6 or 7 times on different machines. Each time, booting into safe mode with networking, then downloading and updating malwarebytes and running a full scan has fixed the problem. They were all windows xp pro.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    Yes, and I just read that on the sticky of this section as well and am trying it out on my machine.


  • Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've removed this on several occasions in the course of my duties, depending on the variant it can be an absolute prick to do. Some infect Windows system files such as ndis.sys, cdrom.sys or atapi.sys - if the AV deletes any of these then you'll have problems ranging from no internet to a BSOD on startup. Others change the userinit app to sdra64.exe so if you remove it you can't log on anymore - requiring offline registry editing to get the machine to boot properly again.

    I never like to let the thing beat me, reinstalling is the easy option but I guess your choice should depend on how much you value your time and/or data.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭30kmph


    Had this same virus and a technician appeared to fix it, only for the next day an almost identical virus to pop up which I zapped with the Anti-malware bytes programme. However, a few weeks down the line I was hit with the blue screen of death following an automatic windows update. Another technician fixed this for me and ran checks and everything was grand.

    Frustratingly, a similar problem has returned. Instead of Windows loading, a black screen comes up with various options "safe mode", "return to last working configuration" etc. Have explained this to the technician who fixed it last time, he reckons it may need a new hard drive.

    Any recommendations on what to do? I think the root of this problem stems from that Internet Security 2010 virus. Also, would a new hard drive be costly?


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