I just got a very dangerous virus and it is a rootkit and few others that the avast did not find and i am little bit disappointed about that and i had to do a low level format on my hard drive. I was able to save the data on my drive though.
I will send another posting of what else that my hard drive got and so you can see the variants names and etc! Also be careful if the new bagel variant it is killing XP firewalls and allowing Trojans and viruses download on the OS. This is why most of you Folks are seeing Trojans and malware popping up all the time.
Avast staff can you let me know if there is a special tool that removes rootkits and keep me posted and thanks for the avast apps. Also there is no fix to repair XP firewalls once the machine has be damaged by this variant and the only thing is to do is reformat the drive low level.
I do not think "rootkit" & "virus" go together. As far as I
know, a rootkit is in the "spyware" category and there
are "specialized" programs to find and sometimes delete
them . I believe a start with RootkitRevealer from
sysinternals.com is a good beginning, even though it does
NOT delete them . By using this forum's "search" feature
you could find other posts on this subject .
Hi and welcome
F- Secure have a utility called Blacklight which is a rootkit remover and a free download if im not mistaken. That might be your best avenue of removal. http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/
good luck
Rootkits are used to hide all kinds of malware, and they have been used to hide spyware, but not exclusively- Trojans and worms as well.
Sometimes the rootkit does not hide itself, so the presence of a rootkit may be detected by an AV, but the malware hidden by the rootkit remains invisible, so the AV cannot remove the infection.
On the forum, these frequently give rise to ‘I’ve got a virus and it keeps coming back’ postings.
Some of these visible rootkits can be removed manually:
Of course, if the rootkit hides itself as well, you wouldn’t know it was there in the first place, unless you happened to look with a program like Rootkit Revealer of Blacklight.
Programs like Webroot Spysweeper now attempt to remove spyware rootkits automatically. I don’t know how effective it is.
I think you did the best thing in reformatting your hard drive: you can be sure your system is not compromised.
To keep it that way, update your OS and browser, don’t open email attachments unless you are really sure what’s in them, and don’t download from dodgy websites.
Here are the listing that my machine was infected with also AVAST! didn’t find and here is the names of the apps.
Brave sentry
Downloader
linkmaker
Mailbot!Rootkit
So let me know if Avast! have a cure fix for this type of apps. Have anyone seen or use this product from these Dev’s → http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=home
I currently use the Port Explorer and it is a very nice tool to kill TCP/UDP hackers and etc!
Hi Tony,
Try this for the rootkit, http://greatis.com/unhackme/ , It’s a 30 day free trial and has a monitor to prevent rootkit installation, and can also detect and remove existing installed rootkits. Good luck!
Hi Tony