Trojan Installs Limewire

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mstrspy

My daughter's computer has some sort of trojan/virus that keeps
installing that lousey Limewire software. I assume that Limewire is
the cause of slowness of my internet connection. Please correct meif I
am wrong. Anyway, is there anyway I can get rid of it? I deleted the
software, but I assume it will be back because I haven't gotten to the
root of the problem.
Her machine also has some program called eetu.exe that I assume is
more rubbish from the moorons who are badgering people on the
internet.
M
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "mstrspy" <[email protected]>

| My daughter's computer has some sort of trojan/virus that keeps
| installing that lousey Limewire software. I assume that Limewire is
| the cause of slowness of my internet connection. Please correct meif I
| am wrong. Anyway, is there anyway I can get rid of it? I deleted the
| software, but I assume it will be back because I haven't gotten to the
| root of the problem.
| Her machine also has some program called eetu.exe that I assume is
| more rubbish from the moorons who are badgering people on the
| internet.
| M
|

For non-viral malware...

Please download, install and update the following software...

* Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

* SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/

After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe Mode.

I also suggest downloading, installing and updating BHODemon for any Browser Helper Objects
that may be on the PC.

* BHODemon
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

For viral malware...

* Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *
 
H

Heather

A while back, I read on one of the mp3 ng's that Limewire's database had
been compromised and that it had a ton of viruses on it.....not the music
part, but the programs, etc. Apparently it was identifiable by its small
size (under 400 kb, I believe) So, perhaps the situation is reversed and
she downloaded a virus from there. I haven't a clue what it was tho. But
try Google.

Heather
 

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