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virus overwriting host file
Name: craydog Date: March 28, 2005 at 19:59:57 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium !V
Comment:
I have a trojan that I can't remove. I have tried everything. trojan remover, Microsoft antispyware (Beta). Mcaffee, AVG. It keeps overwriting my host file with redirects. I delete all the items and as soon as I save it this virus knows it and rewrites it again. I have detected Vundo and dropper.small during this process. Please Help.
Name: shlurpee Date: March 28, 2005 at 22:52:20 Pacific
Reply:
Try AdAware, Spybot S&D, and A-squared. Download each, update and run in safe mode. You can give your other progs a run again while in safe mode as well. Instructions for Safe-Mode and links to program at my homepage(link above).
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: March 29, 2005 at 04:12:39 Pacific
Reply:
I guess you mean HOSTS file.
Did you search you drive for Vundo and dropper.small?
M2
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: March 29, 2005 at 14:54:38 Pacific
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Not the answer obviously but it is worth making the hosts file read-only when you've got it right.
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