sas and trojan warning

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by mango, Sep 10, 2008.

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  1. mango

    mango Registered Member

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  2. fcukdat

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    You wont see this file using Windows explorer as it is located in ADS attached to system32 folder.You will only see file with tools that offer ADS detection;)

    System32:schost.exe

    the " : " denounces attachment to ADS in filepath.

    This is almost certainly malware and you should allow SAS to remove the entry:thumb:

    Here is some further reading about ADS
    http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/alternate_data_streams.html

    HTH:)

    Ps as to why Spybot or NOD32 miss this malware then it could be due to 1 of 2 distinct reasons!
    1)They can scan ADS but do not know this malware

    or

    2)they don't scan ADS and either way even if they both had the malware in their target database it would still happily carry on undetected!
     
  3. mango

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    ok.

    did housecleaning with sas,spybot,nod32,online like symantec,kaspersky.

    Thats enough i think
     
  4. jmonge

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    with SUPERAntiSpyWare you are good to go:thumb:
    i can testify that it removes 1.200 malwares in my friends computer,
    conclusion her pc is as fast as a bird now and she is happy.
     
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