Nasty malware -can't figure out how to kill it

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by Victek, Mar 5, 2010.

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  1. Victek

    Victek Registered Member

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    Today I worked on an infected system and after scanning with MBAM and Hitman Pro there remained a trojan in this location:

    C:\Users\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\uninstall.exe

    AVG resident auto-protect continually removed it, but it would immediately re-spawn. I also deleted the file in SAFE mode, but it just comes back. Any idea how to remove this?
     
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  3. TheKid7

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    Boot from a Rescue CD such as AVIRA and/or Kaspersky, scan the hard drive and clean any Malware detected.
     
  4. acuariano

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    do you empty system restore after removing threat
     
  5. Franklin

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    Could be an autorun worm?

    Try step 2 at the link below.
    My Antispyware
     
  6. biscuits

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    Hi victek123,

    Has your problem been solved?
     
  7. Victek

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    AVG identifies the trojan as:

    BackDoor.Generic11.ASWZ
     
  8. Victek

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    Yes, System Restore was turned off to erase all restore points.
     
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