Notwenam: Spyware Strike

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  • edited February 2006
    Great News! Well, news that SpyFalcon is indeed bad and part of SpyAxe/Spyware Strike, like I thought.

    Check out this link
    http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-replacement-for-spyaxe.html

    The SpyFalcon site is indeed a crapware site, trying to get people infected.


    SmitRem should be updated within the next day or two (hopefully sooner). As soon as I hear about the update I will let you know.


    Well I never, I am at the bleeding edge of malware infection! Any way at least I have a holding position until the smitRem update comes along. As you say good news, thanks.

    Mike
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited February 2006
    Can you follow the instructions here.

    After doing everything in the instructions, let me know how things are :)
  • edited February 2006
    Can you follow the instructions here.

    After doing everything in the instructions, let me know how things are :)



    Game on! Save the cigar for when the fat lady sings.

    Mike
  • edited February 2006
    Notwenam wrote:
    Game on! Save the cigar for when the fat lady sings.

    Mike


    Nah this is hopeless, I have to sort out the hanging safe mode problem, I can not run smitRem to conclusion.

    Dont understand this I have never had a problem with safe mode before (not that I use it often) but the system is solid in normal mode.

    I will post elsewhwere and see if I can get advice on hanging safe mode.

    I will keep you posted!

    Mike
  • edited February 2006
    Notwenam wrote:
    Nah this is hopeless, I have to sort out the hanging safe mode problem, I can not run smitRem to conclusion.

    Dont understand this I have never had a problem with safe mode before (not that I use it often) but the system is solid in normal mode.

    I will post elsewhwere and see if I can get advice on hanging safe mode.

    I will keep you posted!

    Mike


    Time to light the cigar!

    The instability in safe mode was due to the spyware! What I did was to use Msconfig to mage the next boot in to normal mode without running anything in start up (a sort of safe normal mode) and then run the routine.

    After that the infection is gone and then just to be sure I ran it in safe mode and eberything ran to conclusion.

    Thanks for all your help. According to Panda spyfalcon was released on the day I got it and their dat has been updated. Curiously a search on the symantec wedsite still draws a blank, makes you wonder if I am using the right AV?

    Anyway thanks again.


    Mike
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited February 2006
    Sorry, I forgot about this thread. :(

    Glad you got rid of SpyFalcon :thumbsup:

    You can post one more HJT log, if you want to make sure its clean.

    Let me know :)
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