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rudrax

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Hey guys need a little help out here. I left my laptop with my little bro one day I was out of town regarding an interview, he got my laptop infected with Win32:LocalInfect. After the infection my antivirus Webroot SecureAnywhere gone crazy which is obvious. The virus is infecting all the .exe files in my laptop consequently. If I let the antivirus ON, it detects and deletes the whole .exe file. I got mspaint deleted with this. So now I have to work with antivirus disabled.

So is there any way to delete the virus without deleting the infected files because the virus is infecting all the system .exe files. I do not wanna do a system restore because a huge file is being downloaded with IDM.

@dcs18, if there were a panic button in nsane, I'd hit it right now. :unsure:

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Going out on calls just now, shall be back in the second half (hope that the guys can help you in the meanwhile.)

Just 3 headsup to make post-infection life easier:-

  • Disable system restore (at least for the the time being.)
  • Use MsConfig to remove unwanted startups and reboot
  • Run McAfee Stinger (it's a very small utility - I'd try portable.)
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Going out on calls just now, shall be back in the second half (hope that the guys can help you in the meanwhile.)

Just 3 headsup to make post-infection life easier:-

  • Disable system restore (at least for the the time being.)
  • Use MsConfig to remove unwanted startups and reboot
  • Run McAfee Stinger (it's a very small utility - I'd try portable.)

For my download, I have made an export file from IDM and copied the temporary download folder to an external drive. Will it gonna work in other machine?

Edit: I tried scanning with MaAfee Stinger and found uncountable infections. Here's the log file

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As good as i know , System restore does not effect personal files and documents . It will only restore program and system files on the drives for which you have it enabled . So , if you run a restore , i dont think your IDM download shall be interrupted or corrupted .

... How about running a Bootable Virus Removal Disk . Eset or Kaspersky or Cure It .

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As good as i know , System restore does not effect personal files and documents . It will only restore program and system files on the drives for which you have it enabled . So , if you run a restore , i dont think your IDM download shall be interrupted or corrupted .

... How about running a Bootable Virus Removal Disk . Eset or Kaspersky or Cure It .

system restore will not help him !!

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In my experience, system restore (when it works) frequently removes viruses etc. It is well worth giving it a try.

Assuming success, then run your AV and AS proggies too.

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Thank you guys for replying..I will consider your ideas as per my conditions here.

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For my download, I have made an export file from IDM and copied the temporary download folder to an external drive. Will it gonna work in other machine?

@rudrax

http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/functions17.html

:)

(also came across this, and as saving this ISO download is your main priority, thought i would post it as well.)

http://kristianvillafania.com/von/f41/pause-resume-downloads-another-computer-using-idm-5196/

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Blackchildcx

scan with Dr. web from FP

and if you´re highly infected

Reinstall(would be my choise)

if its just a regular infection clean it !

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Blackchildcx

I will upload Hirens BOOT DISK 15 final and the Ultimate BOOT DIsk 6 later (this evening)

clean the viruses by boottime scan..

I guess Webroot got no Bootscan feature?

I think that helps you..

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Yep, as already advised. Your better booting from a live cd, either linux or Hirens (if you do use Hirens DO NOT use the option to boot OS from the installation)

I'd advise NOT using a system restore, as this will only replace missing files and repair certain instances, if you are truely infected it's like to be running at boot, scheduled & reg key for one, so a system restore will not eliminate anything.

Dodel.

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unknownasphyxiated

you're infected with Virut

it is better to start new because this threat infect all exe@application file

even if you restore/disinfect the file,you might get problem after this

don't backup exe file

if you want to backup self-extracting exe file,make sure you don't double click/run the file, the virus will run again

use extract instead

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Thank you guys, I really appreciate :)

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As good as i know , System restore does not effect personal files and documents . It will only restore program and system files on the drives for which you have it enabled . So , if you run a restore , i dont think your IDM download shall be interrupted or corrupted .

Disabling System Restore is the first basic step to take once an infection is suspected - not because of IDM.

When the system is dis-infected, System Restore has the elevated privileges of restoring all the infections that were previously removed.

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Edit: I tried scanning with MaAfee Stinger and found uncountable infections. Here's the log file

Yeah, the McAfee Stinger is one handy utility to have for such eventualities - serves as a good fallback (especially in portable variant - when one's prime security system get disabled by malware.)

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Preventative maintenance-scan with secondary scanners MBAM and HitmanPro. I use both with Webroot. What one does not find, the others will. You can boot into safe mode with HitmanPro as well. It is called Kickstart. Good luck.

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