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I fell for it... damn, well, had gotten an email from (what I thought was)
Monster.com and told me I needed to download the jobseekertool.exe to
continue doing searches on Monster. I thought I was intelligent enough to
catch something that obvious. My anti-virus *finally* picked it up, although
when I clicked to get info on it, the CA info center... didn't have any,
odd, since they gave it a name but offered no info on it. "Win32/Kollah.F"

Does anyone know anything about this? I'm afraid that it might have messed
up my registry somehow. after reading this:

http://forums.techguy.org/security/5...ram-virus.html

I think I'm ok since my AV found and deleted ntos.exe and jobseekertool.exe

but...

Just a few minutes ago the real time scanner got : A0034496.exe several
times
I'm running adaware right now and will do a virus scan afterwards. I think
this might be a good time to CLEAN out the system. After all I'm thinking of
going to Win2000 Professional...

If I decide to go that route, How do I install 2000 if I have XP installed
allready?

-C

Muse Gruppes wrote:
> I fell for it... damn, well, had gotten an email from (what I thought
> was) Monster.com and told me I needed to download the
> jobseekertool.exe to continue doing searches on Monster. I thought I
> was intelligent enough to catch something that obvious. My anti-virus
> *finally* picked it up, although when I clicked to get info on it,
> the CA info center... didn't have any, odd, since they gave it a name
> but offered no info on it. "Win32/Kollah.F"
> Does anyone know anything about this? I'm afraid that it might have
> messed up my registry somehow. after reading this:
>
> http://forums.techguy.org/security/5...ram-virus.html
>
> I think I'm ok since my AV found and deleted ntos.exe and
> jobseekertool.exe
> but...

Muse Gruppes wrote:

> Just a few minutes ago the real time scanner got : A0034496.exe
> several times
> I'm running adaware right now and will do a virus scan afterwards. I
> think this might be a good time to CLEAN out the system. After all
> I'm thinking of going to Win2000 Professional...
>
> If I decide to go that route, How do I install 2000 if I have XP
> installed allready?

You will have to reformat the drive. You can't "update/repair" with an
earlier version of Windows.

> Muse Gruppes wrote:
>> I fell for it... damn, well, had gotten an email from (what I thought
>> was) Monster.com and told me I needed to download the
>> jobseekertool.exe to continue doing searches on Monster. I thought I
>> was intelligent enough to catch something that obvious.

Ahem. The rules of Safe Hex say you always scan anything you download
before executing it.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Muse Gruppes wrote:

> Just a few minutes ago the real time scanner got : A0034496.exe several
> times
> I'm running adaware right now and will do a virus scan afterwards. I think
> this might be a good time to CLEAN out the system. After all I'm thinking
> of going to Win2000 Professional...
>
If you have another pc with a good virus scanner, attach your harddrive to
that one and scan it from there. Or use a liveCD (latest hirens root&boot,
or knoppicillin with internet updates).
At least, get the free kaspersky version at www.activevirusshield.com (do
not let it install the "aol security toolbar"), update it and then scan in
safe mode.
Get spyware s&d as well, or/and another one. Update and scan.
Remember to keep the xp firewall on, or use a NAT router.

> If I decide to go that route, How do I install 2000 if I have XP installed
> allready?
>
You cannot install it on the same partition unless you wipe that one
first, "downgrades" are not supported.
Most probably, for home use, XP is the better choice for halfways recent pc
hardware. You may get into trouble finding all the drivers for recent
mainboards, sata chips and so on, for win2k. It doesn't have a "firewall"
or other protection as you install it, and will catch any malware as soon
as you connect to the internet, when not behind a nat router or firewall.
If you want to go a different, safe route, try out linux. A recent linux
distribution includes openoffice, a configurable iptables firewall, lots of
useful programs, browsers and more. It will recognize recent mainboards and
standard hardware as well, without your hunting for drivers. And your pc
will not catch a cold the first time on the net

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How is it that malware can install minutes (or seconds?) after connecting by
high speed? Are there programs out there constantly scanning unprotected
IPs/Computers and by automation they slip in and it's all over?

Walter Mautner wrote:
> Muse Gruppes wrote:
>
>> Just a few minutes ago the real time scanner got : A0034496.exe
>> several times
>> I'm running adaware right now and will do a virus scan afterwards. I
>> think this might be a good time to CLEAN out the system. After all
>> I'm thinking of going to Win2000 Professional...
>>
> If you have another pc with a good virus scanner, attach your
> harddrive to that one and scan it from there. Or use a liveCD (latest
> hirens root&boot, or knoppicillin with internet updates).
> At least, get the free kaspersky version at www.activevirusshield.com
> (do not let it install the "aol security toolbar"), update it and
> then scan in safe mode.
> Get spyware s&d as well, or/and another one. Update and scan.
> Remember to keep the xp firewall on, or use a NAT router.
>
>> If I decide to go that route, How do I install 2000 if I have XP
>> installed allready?
>>
> You cannot install it on the same partition unless you wipe that one
> first, "downgrades" are not supported.
> Most probably, for home use, XP is the better choice for halfways
> recent pc hardware. You may get into trouble finding all the drivers
> for recent mainboards, sata chips and so on, for win2k. It doesn't
> have a "firewall" or other protection as you install it, and will
> catch any malware as soon as you connect to the internet, when not
> behind a nat router or firewall. If you want to go a different, safe
> route, try out linux. A recent linux distribution includes
> openoffice, a configurable iptables firewall, lots of useful
> programs, browsers and more. It will recognize recent mainboards and
> standard hardware as well, without your hunting for drivers. And your
> pc will not catch a cold the first time on the net

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:01:32 -0500, "Muse Gruppes" <>
wrote:

>How is it that malware can install minutes (or seconds?) after connecting by
>high speed? Are there programs out there constantly scanning unprotected
>IPs/Computers and by automation they slip in and it's all over?

Yep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

--
A luser is someone who returns a perfectly good hammer to the hardware
store saying "There's something wrong with it. *I keep hitting my
thumb." --JB, in the Monastery

Thanks!


"Mara" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:01:32 -0500, "Muse Gruppes"
> <>
> wrote:
>
>>How is it that malware can install minutes (or seconds?) after connecting
>>by
>>high speed? Are there programs out there constantly scanning unprotected
>>IPs/Computers and by automation they slip in and it's all over?
>
> Yep.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm
>
> --
> A luser is someone who returns a perfectly good hammer to the hardware
> store saying "There's something wrong with it. I keep hitting my
> thumb." --JB, in the Monastery

Muse Gruppes wrote:

> How is it that malware can install minutes (or seconds?) after connecting
> by high speed? Are there programs out there constantly scanning
> unprotected IPs/Computers and by automation they slip in and it's all
> over?
>
Yeah. Especially with windows default installs (user has admin rights, "ms
network client" installed and bound to network interface, lotta
other "services" open to the world). There are maybe hundreds or thousands
of already infected boxen on your hi-speed network, constantly scanning
known ports for new victims.
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vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns
on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending
incompatible products. Reactivate MS software.
Linux 2.6.17-mm1,Xorg7.1/nvidia [LinuxCounter#295241,ICQ#4918962]