System tray virus/malware

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A friend picked up this from a website. It hijacks her browser and placed
a little icon in the system tray.
I saw this about 1 year ago, Im upset that symantec NAV and windows defender
were unable to stop it.
Is there a known malware that is recent and does this> Im sorry I dont have
the details yet as I have that PC offline and will probably just format and
reload

Carl

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[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

A friend picked up this from a website. It hijacks her browser and
placed a little icon in the system tray.

Do you know which website? What does the systray icon look like, and if
you hover over it, is there a descriptive tooltip? What other symptom
makes you think it is a virus or malware, as in my experience, those
things tend *not* to announce themselves.

I saw this about 1 year ago, Im upset that symantec NAV and windows
defender were unable to stop it. Is there a known malware that is
recent and does this>

Run some better anti-malware applications.
SUPERAntiSpyware: http://superantispyware.com/
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware: http://malwarebytes.org/

Im sorry I dont have the details yet as I have that PC offline and
will probably just format and reload

At this stage - especially since you don't know if it really is malware
- format and reinstall is juuust a bit of overkill.

 

[Gaz]

More likely an update to her browser, or an add-on that she allowed
when she installed something else.

Anyhow, without further info, it's impossible to help you.

BTW, all systray totems are started at boot, so you should be ale to
prevent it from starting by using a utility that lets you modify the
start-up list.

HTH

However, some nasty rootkits can do the same thing.

Gaz

 

[Dustin Cook]

A friend picked up this from a website. It hijacks her browser and
placed a little icon in the system tray.
I saw this about 1 year ago, Im upset that symantec NAV and windows
defender were unable to stop it.
Is there a known malware that is recent and does this> Im sorry I
dont have the details yet as I have that PC offline and will probably
just format and reload

Carl

If I may make a suggestion before you take the reformat/reload/hunt down
all drivers/tweak box/reload software route... Why don't you give these
programs a try:

http://www.malwarebytes.org
http://www.superantispyware.com