Win32:Kuang2

Viruses and worms
1

I got infected with the Win32:Kuang virus while using Avast 4 Home… I got rid of it doing a on demand avast scan… Is it new or has anyone else gotten it? I don’t know how I got it and I was bummed that Avast didn’t catch it. I leave my scanner on all the time and never turn it off. I am scared to go somewhere else to do a scan with a second scanner affraid I might get one from that too. Any advise or names of safe scanners to comfirm it is gone? I really like avast and it normally does catch everything, can you tell me what might of happend?

2

Kuang2 is a trojan that steals passwords and was written in Yugoslovia. It originated from februari 1999.

I strongly suggest you change your passwords.

3

When you say change all passwords, do you mean all as in just my log on windows or all as in every password I have out there for all my accounts?

4

I mean ALL passwords. Since the trojan steals them and you have no way of knowing what it did sofar, it is better to change them all. Better safe than sorry. :wink:

5

Changing passwords is never wrong ;D , but this could very likely also be a false positive in unencrypted PANDA(Online?)-AV-files.

Please

  • read the link “VirusRemoval” below in my sig., or the FAQ’s on www.avast.com for more info
  • supply the full path/folder/filename from avast’s report/logs
  • check the file with OnlineScanners, (if it still exists…)

:wink: