Hi everybody :)…these days i noticed that my pc was going very slow,so i decided to do a virus scan with avast!..finally i found (at least,my brother told me :D) a Worm,called Spybot-A106…is there a fix?How could i solve this problem without formatting the HD?
Hi,
where was the virus found (path/folder/filename) ?
please read “VirusRemoval” below and come back with more info…
Virus descriptions & removal instructions.:
Spybot-A106
my brother said that the file infected was explorer.exe :-[ :-[ :-[
What was the full path of the file? (i.e. what folder was this explorer.exe in?)
it’s C:/WINNT/explorer.exe
how did you find out ? via a filesearch or from avast’s report ?
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please post the relevant parts of avast’s log/report (on the worm & infected file)
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set your WindowsExplorer to show all files/folders, even system & hidden ones (via extras/View → folder options),
then search again for all occurences of explorer.exe -
please test the file(s) with onlinescanners KAV, Trend & RAV (see below “VirusRemoval”)
and submit any viruses not detected by avast to virus@avast.com
i found out by scanning the hd with avast!,but it couldn’t repair the file…well…i’ll do what you tell me to do ;D
Edit: removed comments probably wrong (and as such possibly harmful), based on assumed OS
Hi DavidR,
huh ? ???
you ever heard of Windows 2000 ?
I have a
C:\WINNT\explorer.exe (240 kb) and that’s quite certainly not infected/malicious
maybe you confused this with iexplore.exe versus iexplorer.exe ?
could be
- infected Explorer.exe
- replaced explorer.exe
- false alarm
Glicoboy didn’t say if he TRIED repairing…
but repair not working don’t mean much, since explorer (good or bad) will be locked even in safe Mode
he should:
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copy the file to a new, empty folder and then test it there and/or at the original location with a couple of Onlinescanners
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send the file to avast for inspection
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boot to safeMode, open a DOS-Box & avast scanner, kill (all) explorer processes, change with ALT+TAB to avast and try scanning&repairing it then
(NO WARRANTY!! But hey: no risk no fun )
if successful: ALT+TAB to DOS-Box and enter explorer & reboot
btw: Glicoboy, what win-version DO you use ? 2000 or XP ?
if XP, I revoke the above and claim the opposite… ;D ;D
are/were all windowsupdates applied ?
Obviously not, I didn’t twig with the path that he was using win2K as he didn’t say and assumed XP, incorrectly it would appear.
my os is windows 2000 and i tried repairing the file(no,it isn’t iexplorer.exe ;D),but avast didn’t succeed
Please tell exactly WHAT you did, with what results/error messages etc etc etc…
otherwise no real help is possible
What are the results of onlinescans ?