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mesak — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:11:47 +0000

Question Edited by rechil

Interesting virus…

Lordhowe — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:19:51 +0000

I came across an interesting virus while fixing my neighbour’s laptop last night. Basically, here’s what it did:

1. Replicate the desktop (Vista)

2. Spit out multiple error messages about the hard drive being corrupt.

3. Popped up a window that looked exactly like the MS “there is a fatal error, try and fix?” message.

4. Allowed you to click fix, and it would then run a diagnostic tool. The results would basically tell you the h/d, memory…pretty much everything was corrupt.

5. Disabled access to safe mode!

There were probably a few other symptoms, but that’s the majority. I ended up taking out the h/d and connecting it to my pc so I could get the important user files off, then reinstalled the OS. That obviously worked fine, but I’ve never seen a virus like that one…it was pretty well done. The only thing that made me think it was a virus rather than a hardware failure was that it loaded with the desktop background intact, but then disabled it quickly in favour of a black screen (as opposed to getting a bsod for example). Has anyone else come across anything similar?

I just narrowly avoided getting scammed (corrupted files)

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:44:44 +0000

I got a phone call from people impersonating some kind of tech support company. I was redirected to http://www.ammyy.com where I downloaded an .exe file which granted them remote control of my computer, and they then proceeded to use said program to run a scan for viruses, spyware and corrupt files. it was only when they started asking for money that I realised it was a scam. After a brief exchange of insults the phone call ended.
If the scanning software (which was removed by the scammers) is to be believed, my computer contains a large number of corrupted files.

I would like to know A) what is a good way to deal with these files and B) if there is a risk my system has been infiltrated on a more permanent level by these scammers and if so what can be done to combat this problem.

Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated.

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