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TR/Agent.7168.69

  • 20-02-2010 04:38PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭


    Anyone got a fix for this little swine ,Avira pops up a warning but won't clean it ,either will Malware bytes , even in safe mode ,I can't get the Avira rescue disk to load.

    Cheers


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    that virus name seems to be only used by Avira (classified as a trojan/rootkit) but they've feck all information on their site about what it actually is... usually AV websites include a profile of the threat including what other AV engines call it.

    you could try a rootkit remover: http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html

    but without more details on what the threat actually is I cant honestly recommend any course of action based on what you've supplied.

    as a general procedure try:
    boot in safemode and run stinger: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

    if its a windows system you could try booting to the recovery console and running a repair on the system files (then re-applying any service packs etc) to repair/renew any overwritten/modified dlls. - honestly , I DONT RECOMMEND THIS except as a last resort before you wpe and re-install


    Malware Bytes is very good but I find it misses stuff sometimes. always run a second Anti Spyware tool. Spybot Search and Destroy is pretty good - though I suspect it deliberately reports a few false positives to boost how "effective" you think it is...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    moving to the virus and malware removal forum.


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