Can you say “SpamBot?”
So today I was working on this lady’s virus laden computer. I thought it was clean. Until I suddenly realized that it was making a massive number of connections to port 25 on random IP addresses all over the globe. Check out this nestat:
Spam Bots
All of this to say… this is why a “flatten and restore” aproach to virus removal is ALWAYS the best. I thought it was clean. It ran clean, it “felt” clean - anyone who has spent over 40 hours in their life removing computer viruses will know what that means. BUT IT WASN’T CLEAN. So, if in doubt, or even if not in doubt, reformat.
Best Wishes,
Luke
Richard:
I ran across Antivirus 2008 last night on a friend’s laptop. They understood it was a virus/scam but were worried about it showing they had 43 viruses. Well, I pulled up some info on it, found some screen shots, and what do you know? Every single screen shot also showed the people had 43 viruses. They finally understood what was going on.
BTW, this was the second Antivirus 2008 infection I saw in the last 30 days.
Speaking of reformatting, I am fixing to do my laptop again. But somewhere around here I have an unused copy of Acronis True image I want to dig out before I do it again. You ever use that?
August 14, 2008, 8:26 am