very strange.....

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my fault in the first place for this but i was enticed by free screensavers!

anyway, i now have one or two nasties running around which avg and ZA have picked up but can't touch,

za says error in dealing with the file and on searching i can't find it, manually or with the search asst.

avg also has great trouble in accessing it, access denied every time!

the strange thing is that za never reported any activity prior to these being found .....?

one is called win32.davq.f and the other system volume \_restore.xxxx (massive string)

im going to google later after work but wondered if any one had heard of these or why za and avg can't access them?


cheers all!

 

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hahahahaha

maybe cause the files are in use? btw i searched google for win32.davq.f and it "didnt match any documents".

 

harsh but fair!

yeah, i didn't think of that but even so, AVG usually has no problem , sometimes i can't quarantine or heal but i can delete, or vice versa which is why i was stumped.

i had a quick look in the task manager but couldn't see anything.

btw,avg will continue to report the problem no matter how i get rid of the window, ie, close button or continue.

harumph!

 

moomin,

If you can get to the internet and download it try the ewido suite. It's very good at getting rid of some real nasty stuff. You can use the ewido suite for 15 days or so for free. After that it reduces its capabilities unless you buy the license but even then it's pretty good.

Also, use HijackThis. That's not Hijack This, but HijackThis. Exactly as spelled.

 

BTW, moominboy, I thought the name of the thread was a misnomer. It should be "very predictable....". I would have thought we'd a learned you better than to go downloading and installing screensavers.....

 

i know , i know!!

but since i formatted my disk i've just went crazy trying to modify everything the way i want it, loads of desktops, widgets, different icons...and screensavers!

guess i got a wee bit over-excited what with christmas just a month away!!


i remember you mentioning ewido a while back but i never tried it so , i will tonight!

cheers folks, for the help and abuse!! lol!

 

I recently had to Nuke a windows machine for someone after they inherited "abetterinternet". It refused to go regardless of what i tried.....

 

very strange indeedy.... ewido did find a few spyware bits n bobs but nothing major and now , ZA has just managed to open and treat the win32.daqa.f (typo earlier!)

but as ewido did pick up stuff that i didn't know was there and pretty quick too, i might keep it!

cheers again guys!

 

Run a HijackThis scan and attach the output to a post. With a few eyes looking at it we should probably find most, if not everything left.

 

If you haven't already done so run AVG in safemode.

Should get rid of the access denied errors.

The restore directory you mention is Windows XP system restore.

You have to turn this off on all drives before running any kind of scan.


Neall

 

Moominboy, sounds like you have spyware try some spyware software such as Spybot Search and Destroy it's totally free to use and is excellent at finding and removing spyware. It also prevents known spyware from installing on your PC. I use it at home and work.

 

*hits head on monitor!*

damn it! i knew that as well, i did think of doing safemode while i was at work but forgot, and thought avg was just being weird by opening up the system restore window which i neglected to mention!

slypie, yeah i have s&d but it didn't find anything this time, although it is usually pretty good at doing so. if they still persist guys i'll run safe and restore off scans, then hijackthis and see what comes up.

ta much.



dave

 

hey moomin, look, some SWEET screensavers. and they're free too!



haha jus playing with ya

 

thanks omni, i'll check it out but just after i check my mail that a random site has told me i have ,oh and another one that has informed me my pc is loaded with **ware!