viruses

Hi.
A buddy of mine got his comp pretty much jammed with viruses (no winupdate,
no firewall =).

He uses antivir (www.free-av.com), each time he reboots his comp antivir
pops up telling that there are like 4 or so viruses in his temp folder...
then antivir offers to delete the files, files are deleted then.
Next time he restarts the files are back in the temp folder...

My suggestion would be backing up all non executeable data of importance,
stomp the drive and clean-reinstall windows, but he is resilient to that =)

so, any ideas what we could do to get rid of those viruses?

thx in advance..

A. Schleifer

) Download the following three items...

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend signature files.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (personal free version)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
Dowload the signature files (pattern files) by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt192.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
sysclean.com.

2) Update Adware with the latest definitions.
3) If you are using WinME or WinXP, disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDoc...SysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using both the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using both the
Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware
7) If you are using WinME or WinXP,Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any
System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
Reboot your PC.
9) If you are using WinME or WinXP, create a new Restore point
10) Please report back your results

Dave





"A. Schleifer" <> wrote in message news:41680589$...
| Hi.
| A buddy of mine got his comp pretty much jammed with viruses (no winupdate,
| no firewall =).
|
| He uses antivir (www.free-av.com), each time he reboots his comp antivir
| pops up telling that there are like 4 or so viruses in his temp folder...
| then antivir offers to delete the files, files are deleted then.
| Next time he restarts the files are back in the temp folder...
|
| My suggestion would be backing up all non executeable data of importance,
| stomp the drive and clean-reinstall windows, but he is resilient to that =)
|
| so, any ideas what we could do to get rid of those viruses?
|
| thx in advance..
|
|

David H. Lipman