I've run into a nice variant of this just this morning....the window is titled, "Windows Vista Restore" and the caption at the top of the window says, "PC Performance & Stability analysis report". It is telling me hat the hard drive is failing and that private data is at risk.
When I went into the root of C:. it only showed one file, named bootsect.bak. After I chose to display all hidden and os files, viola,everything in C: and on the desktop appeared. What a way to start a Thursday - at least it isn't Monday! JR On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Try setting him up with ClearCloudDNS - might help prevent future > infections. > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks... This particular user is unlucky enough to have teenagers who > use > > his computer. My guess is they are visiting infected/hostile/0wned sites > and > > that's how he's getting infected. Never really had a problem when he was > > working here, so I'm suspecting it's some of his grandkids that are > causing > > the problem. > > > > As I have not yet seen the problem, I don't know if it's going to be easy > or > > difficult. Hopefully MBAM and Vipre won't have any problem with it. :D > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:31 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Fake antivirus > > > > May be time to invest in some UAT (user awareness training). Continual > > re-infestation either means he is unlucky, or gung-ho in his browsing. > > > > I've had some fake AVs recently which were ridiculously easy to get rid > of > > (kill process, delete files, remove autorun entry). Others have been more > > stealthy - such as killing targeted windows like Task Manager. Booting > into > > safe mode usually prevents these extra "features" from bothering you. > > > > But as with everything - a reimage may be the only way to be sure. > > On 3 June 2011 15:26, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm going to go to a former co-worker's this afternoon to clean his > system > > (again) from another fake antivirus infestation. I've already got Vipre > > Rescue and Malware Bytes on a memory stick. I've also got RKILL. I > haven't > > had to deal with any fake antivirus in a few weeks. Just wondering if > they > > have developed any new tricks recently that I should be aware of? > > > > Oh, this user had Vipre Home on his PC, and got infested anyway. 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