I ran into this on Monday, at least I have my users locked down and they only saw the message that the hard drive was failing and their shortcuts disappeared. I followed Tammy's instructions and had it cleaned up pronto!
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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