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My computer is infected with something called security tool telling me i have worms, when in fact it is a worm. i cannot uninstall or even find it in files or programs the file name is 975937287.exe how do i get it out? or how do i put computer in safe mode. this virus wants me to buy something

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Its a fake anti virus program. The best thing is to search google for fake antivirus removal tool. Run this and after that get yourself a good anti virus program with buit in spyware remover to keep this from happening again.

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Malware Part 1: Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Spyware, Adware

Malwares or Malicious softwares are programs that are made intending to sabotage and destroy your computer or penetrate, spy and steal your information on your computer. These Malicious Software could be categorized into 5 major groups Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Spyware and Adware. What, are the differences between these 5 types?

Viruses are programs that act like biological viruses. They replicate or make a copy of themselves in another host. Using an infected host, like USB Flash disks or drives, viruses infect your computer and wait until you insert another flash disc to infect. While waiting in your computer, viruses, depending on their code, could either slow down the system, mess up your file system, or even destroy your files.

Trojans are programs that do not replicate or copy themselves. Trojans are software that are made by would be hackers to spy on your computer and create what they call back doors. These programs are intentionally placed on your computer directly, where there is physical contact with the computer, or indirectly, where a copy is sent through your Email or even by an infected Flash Drive. The trojan would then be on your computer but it will neither replicate nor crawl to other computers connected to the infected computer.

Worms, on the other hand, are the ones that have the capability to crawl to any computer connected to the infected computer. Worms infect computers through the local network and even through the public networks. Worms infect others by scanning your network and infecting any computer connected to your network. Other Worms would scan your email software for email addresses and send a copy of themselves to your contacts and act like it was sent by you. Worms also have the capability to destroy your files depending on the code programmed into it. Worms also has the effect of slowing down your network speed since it would scan your network and send copies of itself. Worms eat up a lot of bandwidth in a network.

Spyware and Adware are almost the same. The difference of these two is the intent and the usage. Spyware as its name implies is used to spy your computer for any vulnerabilities. Adware on the other hand is used to constantly bug you with Advertisements. Normally known as Unwanted Pop-ups. Both, however, can infect you by websites, that without your permission, that copy or install these unwanted software into your computer. Spyware and Adware, are sometimes also considered as Trojans by other Antivirus Software since it does not replicate or crawl in the network but does damage to your computer.

Whichever type, these Malicious Software, is harmful to your computer and is a threat to your personal security. It is best to be able to early detect these software and be able to purge them out of your system. As prolonged, exposure to these Malicious Software is very damaging which could cause you to lose your data.

In Malware Part 2: Malware Detection and Removal, we will discus how to detect malware and some basic techniques in removing these Malicious Software.
on May 11, 2010 • Computers & Internet
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An evil. ambiguously named virus disguised as a virus protection had completely taken control of my computer. How do I get rid of it?

This is a conficker

Supposedly there are over 50,000 possible websites the conficker worm will try to contact when it activates, and there may be thousands of botnet computers that are passing it on to whoever is suckered into visiting those websites. But it has done nothing more than install itself and try to prevent its removal - and that will interfere with your use of the computer. What it does when it activates is unknown at this time.

People who have illegal or cracked copies of Windows XP or Vista cannot get critical updates from Microsoft and so they are the ones most likely to be constantly infected and affected.

If the Conficker worm is on a computer it can infect any USB drive plugged into it, and then when that USB drive is plugged into another Windows computer that has AutoRun enabled, the worm will infect the computer.

Make sure your computer has all of Microsoft's critical updates installed.

You can read what Wikipedia has to say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

Microsoft has short technical article here:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal...

You can use Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (if you have it) to scan your drive and USB drives for the files the worm uses and delete them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_s...

Click Start
Click Run
Type MRT
Press Enter.
.
Download MRT from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830

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I keep getting a security tool in a red box on my screen that is messing up my computer the box has a large x circled and it states google toolbar user_32.exe is infected with Virus.DOT.MIPT.Mono.1063 The...

Hello!

It seems you've been infected,almost anything can be solved by using Maleware Byte's anti malware program,Link here http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Its important to not do anything that the so called "Security Tool" tells you to do,i.e send personal information or buy a program that claims to fix the problem,most of these viruses try to sell you an anti-virus/malware program !

Hope this helps!
- AriGold.
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Laptop infected with worm.

Nortons sucks. you should try an anti-virus scan with Malwarebytes, then you should install Avast as your resident protection. 

Be sure, when uninstalling Nortons, to use the uninstallation tool found on the nortons site. if you use the regular windows uninstaller, it will not remove all of it, and it will slow your computer down.
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I can't logon my toshiba portege m400 - s5032x a error message shows up saying Isass.exe application error the application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on ok to terminate the...

Your system is infected by Sasser worm.The Sasser worm infects machines via network connections. It can attack entire networks of computers or one single computer connected to the Internet. The worm exploits a known windows vulnerability that is easily patched, however few systems seem to have this patch installed. It attacks Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines along with Windows NT and Windows Server 2003.


The patch from Microsoft known as the MS04-011 Security Update fixes the following vulnerabilities:
LSASS Vulnerability 
LDAP Vulnerability 
PCT Vulnerability 
Winlogon Vulnerability 
Metafile Vulnerability 
Help and Support Center Vulnerability 
Utility Manager Vulnerability 
Windows Management Vulnerability 
Local Descriptor Table Vulnerability 
H.323 Vulnerability 
Virtual DOS Machine Vulnerability 
Negotiate SSP Vulnerability 
SSL Vulnerability 
ASN.1 “Double-Free” Vulnerability 

Download the Windows patches for this vulnerability.Here is the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx



How Can I Remove the Sasser worm?

Follow these steps in removing the Sasser worm.

1) Disconnect your computer from the local area network or Internet

2) Terminate the running program
Open the Windows Task Manager by either pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL, selecting the Processes tab or selecting Task Manager and then the process tab on WinNT/2000/XP machines.
Locate one of the following programs (depending on variation), click on it and End Task or End Process

avserve.exe
avserve2.exe
skynetave.exe
any process running with the "_up.exe" suffix
Close Task Manager

3) Activate the Windows XP Firewall (if running Windows XP) or another firewall to prevent the worm from shutting your system down while downloading the patches. To activate the Windows XP firewall, follow these steps.
Click on Start, Control Panel
Double-click on Networking and Internet Connections, then click on Network Connnections
Right-click on the connection you use to access the Internet and choose Properties
Click on the Advanced Tab and check the box
"Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet"
Click OK and close out of the Network and Control Panel

4) Remove the Registry entries
Click on Start, Run, Regedit
In the left panel go to 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>Current Version>Run
In the right panel, right-click and delete the following entry

"avserve.exe"="%Windir%\avserve.exe"
"avserve2.exe"="%Windir%\avserve2.exe"
"skynetave.exe"= "%Windows%\skynetave.exe"
Close the Registry Editor

5) Delete the infected files (for Windows ME and XP remember to turn off System Restore before searching for and deleting these files to remove infected backed up files as well)
Click Start, point to Find or Search, and then click Files or Folders.
Make sure that "Look in" is set to (C:\WINDOWS).
In the "Named" or "Search for..." box, type, or copy and paste, the file names:

avserve.exe
avserve2.exe
skynetave.exe
C:\win2.log
Click Find Now or Search Now.
Delete the displayed files.
Empty the Recycle bin

6) Reboot the computer and update your antivirus software, and run a thorough virus scan using your favorite antivirus program.

For Automatic Removal of Sasser, download the Symantec removal tool, you'll still need to download the patches above and install them, however this removal tool will stop the Sasser worm from running, remove the items in the registry, and delete the infected files.

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Avg update failed earlier today and then had issue w/ avg so looking at solutions I uninstalled avg, adware anniversity sw usede agv remover and that didn't help. So I keeping getting one the the 3 files...

You may want to look into this. This may be your issue with AVG anti virus. The Conficker worm mostly spreads across networks. If it finds a vulnerable computer, it turns off the automatic backup service, deletes previous restore points, disables many security services, blocks access to a number of security web sites and opens infected machines to receive additional programs from the malware’s creator. The worm then tries to spread itself to other computers on the same network.
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Take the backup.Format the "c" drive.Load os and install a legal copy of antivirus with anti spyware.update regularly.
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download and install updated ca antivirus. it will remove all the vulnerabilities.
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