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Tech Clinic / Need your opinions

« on: December 23, 2008, 11:12:23 AM »

Have you guys heard of " winupgro.exe "?  There's not much on the web and this is a seriously smart worm, the more I mess with it the more it's getting pissed off.  It's shut off almost every service and I can't run any apps, they all say their not win32 apps.  I'm re-imaging......don't have the time to play with it.  If you guys have any comments, I'm all ears.  I found a description on Symantec's website: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-99&tabid=2,  I checked my machine against what the doc said the worm does and I can't find the worm in any of the locations that's described in it.  

.....Jim

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Tech Clinic / Need your opinions

« on: December 23, 2008, 07:38:40 AM »

I just got home and I'll run the HTL in just a few.  Gotta question for ya.  Are there any tools that you know of that will allow me to create a boot disk or CD like the old Norton Anti virus use to that I can boot into and run a scan on an HPFS drive?

Had to ask.....

Thanks.....Jim

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Tech Clinic / Need your opinions

« on: December 23, 2008, 06:12:04 AM »

I've used the tools that I've mentioned above for a long time, of  course updating them as newer versions come out.  However, the Worm  that I'm currently infected with is proving to be very stubbern.  It's  the first that haven't been able to remove in a long time.  I've  cleaned the Drive (or thought I did)....twice, rebooted...re-wrote the master boot  record and when I booted back up it was still there.   So.......apparently, I missed somethin.  I'll post a HJT log later  today when I get up.  If I can't clean it, I'm just gonna re-image the  drive.....it's about time anyway.......But i hate to have those scum  suckers get the better of me!

Thanks..........Jim

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Tech Clinic / Need your opinions

« on: December 22, 2008, 05:51:26 AM »

I'm usually pretty handy at cleaning my machine, actually, I'm in the process of removing W32.Beagle.W@mm as I'm typing this (the infected machine is off the network).  While searching the web I keep finding myself again and again reading post from this forum and to tell ya the truth, you guys rock!

So I'd like your opinions on the setup of my machines that I have running since the advice given here has been excellent to everyone that I've read.

I'm currently running: XP sp3

Windows FireWall - Basic configuration
Symantec Antivirus 10.1.7.000
Symantec Firewall 8.7.4.117
Webroot Spysweeper
I've also modified the IE settings to ask me every time before allowing cookies on my machine.

This has worked pretty well for me for a long time.  I'm comfortable working in the registry and do so on a regular basis and I do a lot of cleaning that way. But, one thing I've learned is that....there's always something better if ya just ask.  So from the considerable knowledge that I've seen here, what can I do to better protect my machines?

Thanks.............Jim