Hey, i have mcafee security centre and when i connect to my internet mcafee detects a trojan called downloader-AFH. I have tried using my virus scan but it doesnt seem to be going away.
Can anyone help me please???
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
TT4Titans 5 Posting Pro
Go here and read the characteristics,symptoms and such and it will tell you how to remove.you will need to get into the registry so do exactly as it says.
to see the winstall.exe you may need to go to in my computer - tools - folder options - view and uncheck Hide protected operating system files.
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks alot that seems to have done the trick
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
It had gone away for a while but its back now and it doesnt seem to be going away as none of the files in that link are actually there, but its still keeps coming up.
HELP!!! please
TT4Titans 5 Posting Pro
Do it again but this time disable your system restore if you do not know how go here.
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.aspx
Also run this free online scan:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
After you have done that go here and get HiJackTthis.
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
run it save log file it will put it where ever you put HJT.I make a folder in my root directory called HiJackThis and put HJT in there.now open the log file copy and paste it in this site.
Click analayze it will tell you what to have it fix and what not to fix.
after you are done reboot re-eanble system restore that should take care of it.
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
This might seem like a really stupid question. but how do i delete the files that need deleting?
and do i only delete the files with the crosses next to them?
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
the reason the virus might keep coming back is it may be hiding in your system restore area.
boot into safemode (hit f8 repeatedly during windows initial startup)
login as admin
right click on your harddisk and turn system restore off under properties (this wil delete any restore points!)
reboot back into safemode again and turn it back on
start windows normally
TT4Titans 5 Posting Pro
That's not a stupid question Bud.
No such thing as a Stupid Question just Stupid Answers.LOL
Yes when you paste the log in the analyzer it will have a green check next to good and a yellow next to what has been reported as non threat read the thing next to the marks the red Xs definetley Fix.
The yellow if your not for sure what they are fix anyway.
what you do is with HiJackThis is when you do a scan it has a list of stuff there will be a box next to each one.any box you put a check mark in and at the bottom click fix checked it will fix.
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
Not to tempt fate but it looks like its gone for now. Turned my computer on and off a couple of times and it hasnt appeared so thanks for the help. Appreciate it.
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
Man alive its come back... i cant believe it. I checked the HijackThis list and found that this (below) was the only red mark that came up. so i can only assume that this is whats causing the problem. Im getting pretty cheesed off, it could be a website that im going on that is getting the trojan on my computer. Any suggestion?O8 - Extra context menu item: &AOL Toolbar search - res://C:\Program Files\AOL Toolbar\toolbar.dll/SEARCH.HTML
[IMG]http://www.hijackthis.de/gfx/state/nasty.gif[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.hijackthis.de/gfx/state/rating_0.gif[/IMG]
The entry &AOL Toolbar search has been identified as nasty.
TT4Titans 5 Posting Pro
have hJT fix it unless you use AOL.the process above was the only way i found to remove it.
TT4Titans 5 Posting Pro
Try these.
Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/
After the software is updated, I suggest scanning the system in Safe Mode.
MidiMagic 579 Nearly a Senior Poster
If it keeps coming back after the scans show it is gone, a web page you are using is putting it back.
PhilliePhan 171 Central Scrutinizer Team Colleague
Actually, this is a Smitfraud infection.
There are a couple dedicated removal tools for this.
-- A note on HJT and Online Analyzers.
Both miss a lot. An online analyzer is only as good as it's DB and there are a ton of baddies that do not show in a HJT Log in the first place.
-- Hazdude,
I'd be happy to help you clean this, time permitting (I am juggling a number of threads in a number of forums at the moment).
At this point, I am not sure what you have and haven't done to your machine. So, please do the following:
Please look at the steps I have written here and obtain the three logs as directed and post them here.
1- Kaspersky
2- AVG Anti-Spy
3- Fresh HJT Log
Often, there are multiple malware issues with this infection and it helps to get a good baseline from which to start. Those scans will do it and we'll go from there.
Cheers :)
PP
hazdude 0 Newbie Poster
Thanks alot everyone who replyed i ran a couple off virus scans and deleted a few of the files they found and it seems to have disappeared.
Thanks again to everyone
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