Re: Fucking viruses
Posted: 2009-01-21 01:29am
The biggest problem is that much of this software hooks itself into the system files, so it is impossible to remove even in Safe mode as Explorer thinks it's now a system file and protects it from deletion. The only way I've been able to actually rid a computer of this junk is to load a rescue CD such as Trinity Rescue Kit and do a scan+fix with every available AV engine (usually a combination of ClamAV+F-Protect+Mcafee, whichever ones can actually update). Sometimes I'll also have to manually delete the infection.
I've managed to successfully do this several times on infected computers where installing a new copy of Windows was not an option, however it almost always took close to a full day to make sure the computer was clean, and on some the Windows Registry was corrupted beyond help so a reinstallation was unavoidable in the long run.
I've managed to successfully do this several times on infected computers where installing a new copy of Windows was not an option, however it almost always took close to a full day to make sure the computer was clean, and on some the Windows Registry was corrupted beyond help so a reinstallation was unavoidable in the long run.