Re: I think I have virus after all....

Polychromic of the Cavern #54 howled:
Ashikaga wrote:
Polychromic of the Cavern #21 howled:
Ashikaga wrote:

Hi, :-(

It's kinda weird and hard to believe. I think Hank has virus after all,
even though it has software's firewall and router's firewall....

Just following up here. You might want to know that there is a newish MBR
virus making the rounds since October. (If you do the "zero the drive"
routine I mentioned, it will remove the MBR and any active virus. Just
redoing partitions and formatting wouldn't.)

Yes, I am going to do what you suggested, that's why I've been absent doing
preparations (wish me good luck that I don't screw it up). My mind is also
a mess right now, so I've been taking time resting too... (and I am sick
with sore throat right now, which doesn't really help me sleeping well).
After everything is done, I shall write some after thought about what this
viral infection has made me think about life (or my lack of)..., maybe on a
blog, so you guys won't have to sit through my melodrama.... LOL! (though
I really would like to hear from you guys on this particular subject, and I
shall refrain from focusing too much on my life, but talk about life in
general)

If you post it here, we call all be entertained, er, commiserate with you
in your hours of pain and need.

Oh, well, if that's how you take it. There must be something people can
share with each other, being more of an academic exchange than a support
group. Perhaps I shall do something more along the line of truth vs
compassion type of thing to convey certain points and make it more
innocuous.

I may presume you are quite weary of my tendency, and I am quite tired of
myself too, but sometimes things slip out of hand and it's rather difficult
to manage them by oneself.

Symantec calls it Trojan.Mebroot while McAfee calls it StealthMBR (DAT
5204). Other names are Troj_Sinowal.ad, Troj/Mbroot-A,
Trojan.Win32.Agent.dsj and Troj_Agent.apa depending on which AV company
you ask.

Is there a rootkit removal kit from Symantec available?

Haven't seen any yet. You could probably boot into the recovery console
and use the fixboot and fixmbr commands, but I'm not sure if they'd work
fully depending on how the malware is written. After all if a hidden
trojan just rewrites the MBR as soon as you reboot after fixing the MBR,
you won't have accomplished anything.

Besides, this is just one malware and there's no guarantee it's what you
have, if you have anything.

It's better to be safe than sorry. My productivity has already been down
to drain, I might as well do the whole thing so I can move on with my life
(like posting resumes or selling stuff on eBay..., why everything is done
online now?). I do hate seeing red URL address showing when I log on to
amazon.com you know. It sometimes takes quite a few tries before the
connection is shown as secure. Again, thanks a lot for the input. I don't
think I could make it this far without your advice.

Anyways, I wonder why you are so nice to me. Which reminds me of something
a well-known troll said to me, when I was merely lending him a hand.

So now I'm a troll, eh?

Not at all. You misintepreted my meaning. I lended my hand to a troll,
and people thought I was crazy. The troll couldn't understand me either.
All I had in mind at the time was it's something I have to do. There is a
theory that we all help out of selfish reasons. If it's so, I would be
glad if the said troll had a better life after I lended him a hand, even if
it's for my own happiness that there is still hope in life. I said the
statement with a certain introspective, not as an offense to your character
(which is more than noble).

I rarely offend others with intention (though I've incidentally offended
quite a few), and more focused on defending my own good name. People call
that self-centered and stuff..., but I'd rather fix my mind on my own
affair and feelings rather than judging others. All I wished was for you
guys to understand me more, though that might be a dreadful experience
imposed upon you guys.... I mingle childish and adult behaviors all at
once, and that I hope you understand (and know why).

--
Ashikaga -a29
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