Re: Win32/Agent.ONB Trojan virus built into an mp3 player rom
- From: cgosh <cgosh.3rzwnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 05:32:09 +0530
Pjdura's fix worked for me.
It's not a virus, it's a feature that behaves like a virus might (tries
to make things happen in your PC). I flipped the switch shown in the 3rd
box above this one -- thanks, much pjdura.
Before, I got 2 new drive letters when I connected up. F: had the same
3 files GJ listed, and G: was my music, voice recordings, etc. (and the
PDF user manual - pretty slick). Now I only get a G: drive. Disabling
the 'system' feature makes my oversize postage-stamp-looking iVO-Sound
m220 4G MP3 player ($20 at Micro Center) a simple USB device, not a
complicated one.
Before making the switch, I got a popup asking if I wanted WinAmp to
control the music on my 'new' CD-ROM drive (Auto M*u*s*i*c Transfer
never seemed to work, but it did spawn a nasty trojan message) and then
a second popup with a Windows Explorer option (and a variety of other
choices). Now I just get the second popup. The faux CD is gone, and I
only see the jumpdrive partition. I don't care. I don't get any more
trojan virus scary popups, either. (FWIW, trojans are a completely
different breed of pest, and no product finds even most of them. Nearly
all antivirus products catch and try to kill essentially every virus, as
long as you let them update every day. Windows Update should be on auto
or handled properly.)
The reason I can't find any more info on psw.Agent.YOM is because it's
not harmful, it's not really a trojan; it's just an action that's
recognized by Avast! antivirus (free version) as hooking into my PC. I'm
being alerted to potentially dangerous activity, but I understand that
it's harmless. Now it's "gone."
And, frankly, I don't think I follow aimie077's issue at all. I don't
understand how this feature could cause a file write failure to the
drive.
Unless that issue is different from mine, I'm going with 'reboot' on
this one . . .
--
cgosh
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