[clue-tech] Firefox hijacked

[mike havlicek]

Do these viruses affect Linux? If not...


--- On Mon, 11/24/08, michael irons <michael at beckonsmeby.com> wrote:

> From: michael irons <michael at beckonsmeby.com>
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Firefox hijacked
> To: "CLUE tech" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 6:44 PM
> Well, even though it is off topic, I feel it is a duty to
> tell you how I
> removed the virus, as I have removed AV2009 from several
> computers.
> 
> 
> There may be a better way now, check the AV sites for info
> on how to remove,
> I haven't removed one in a month or so.
> 
> AV 2009 downloads many viruses that work in coordination
> and I have yet to
> find a AV program that removes it well, although using a
> few different free
> AV scanners will get a bulk of the work done for you, you
> will still have to
> manually remove some entries. AV 2009 works by downloading
> several
> downloaders that continually download new versions of
> itself and other
> viruses, and make it almost impossible to stay ahead.
> 
> 1) Disconnect from the internet, so it cannot download
> anymore viruses.
> 2) Kill from the Task manager any odd programs (av2009.exe,
> dsafasf8924892fsaf.exe, etc) google if unsure.
> 3) Run AVs to get rid of bulk of viruses for you.
> 4) Boot in safe mode and remove any obviously misplaced
> registry settings
> from the registry (regedit Hkey_Current_User->
> Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run/RunOnce)
> Again google if
> unsure, you can REALLY mess things up if not careful. The
> bad keys are
> usually named a random text/numeral string.
> 5) Remove any programs that do not belong from all windows
> startup folders.
> 
> You may have to repeat this several times before you get
> everything. I
> usually did as it tried to hide things. Be careful, the
> viruses like to lay
> dormat for a day before "poping up again if you do not
> get them all, and if
> you connect to the internet, you have to start all over.
> 
> 
> ... Then delete the entire OS and install something saner
> as this should
> have convinced you. It took me 3 hours per PC usually, if I
> did it right the
> first time.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM, David L. Willson
> <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:
> 
> > Bruce:  I'm sorry for the off-topic post and I
> won't do it again.  That
> > said, I'm not a (or the) Windows user.  The
> Windows user is my customer.  I
> > felt that the problem sufficiently involved Free
> software to justify the
> > post.  I wish there were a more broadly scoped
> technical list.  Ah well.
> >  Anyway, sorry.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce Ediger"
> <eballen1 at qwest.net>
> > To: "CLUE tech"
> <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 1:39:53 PM GMT -07:00
> US/Canada Mountain
> > Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Firefox hijacked
> >
> > I'm not really scolding anyone,  I'm just
> remarking about how weird Windows
> > discussions seem.  I've always (well, since 1988)
> had a Unix or NeXT or
> > NetBSD
> > or Linux box on the old kitchen table.  Until 2003, I
> managed to not even
> > have
> > a Windows box on my desk at work.  Until 2006, I never
> even developed under
> > Windows, I just used it as a vehicle for PuTTY.
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, someone wrote:
> >
> > > Just my 2 cents - when I come across a windows
> system like this, several
> > > things will also happen.  ...
> >
> > Are we not men?  Why are we discussing the VAST
> technical shortcomings of
> > Windows on a linux *technical* list?
> >
> > It just goes to show you how magnificently lousy
> Windows is when the
> > baroque
> > malfunctions are so esoteric that Windows users come
> to *linux* forums for
> > help.
> >
> > Now that I've done a little Windows development,
> I'm not surprised at how
> > weak
> > the help in Windows forums is.  People imagine
> themselves Mighty Software
> > Engineers, when all they do is about 10 or 15 lengthy
> sequences of
> > shortcuts,
> > and they know how to get Visual Studio .NET to do
> drop-down method
> > selection.
> > They run on supersition and faulty logic.
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