VIRUS SISZYD32.EXE KILLED MY FR COMPUTER

ME | 12-14-09 | Self

[Lady Jag]

SISZYD32.exe has possibly killed my FR computer.

Yesterday it hit suddenly despite the anti-virus and other utilities I run to protect against such stuff.

The victim computer is one I only use for FR and the sites it cites. That is the only clue I have to offer as to where it came from. I run several computers off a network and my FR computer is the only victim.

This is the worst I have ever encountered and a search for it shows that it is very dangerous and it showed up only about a week ago (AFAICT).

From years of experience I knew what to do yet the virus blocked every action, not even allowing startup in safe mode.

MalwarBytes, Spyware Doctor, SpyHunter and another one or two I tried to run were able to find it yet were blocked and defeated by siszyd32.exe.

This is day 2 and the computer boots with a black screen.

WARNING! Update all your protection software including registry cleaner, et al.

HELP! Can anybody help me get my FR black screen computer back?

[Myrddin]

I still recall the joys of entering bootstrap code in octal on an HP2100 computer. I was getting fair proficient at getting 3 fingers to drop in the "bits" in 7 groups of 3 bits for each word. That computer was an early Magnavox satellite navigation system on a tuna boat. That was 1977. A year later, they put out a BIG improvement based on an 8080 microprocessor. The boards were priced around $30k. I was one of two field service engineers in southern CA for those systems. Today's GPS systems run circles around those early attempts. The high end box included 150 MHz, 400 Mhz for satellite and an Omega receiver. Satellite passes occurred about every 20 minutes.

[eyedigress]

Rootkits are time based. Run ComboFix regardless of the warning. It will bring your PC to a new time. It takes days to deal with these things. Virut is the worst

[Uri’el-2012]

Going forward, if you are very technical use only Linux: SUSE or ubuntu.

If you want the absolutely best user environment choose Apple OS X.

Microsoft was never designed to operate in a hostile environment.

BSD Unix_© was designed by DARPA for use in a hostile environment.

[Myrddin]

BSD Unix© was designed enhanced by DARPA from the Western Electric System 7 baseline UNIX for use in a hostile environment.

[Cacique]

btt

[DollyCali]

Oh dear friend, I am so sorry. I dont go online any longer with my PCs.. just with my Mac.. I am sure eventually there will be virus/spyware issues but for now safe.

hops you will be able to get things back okay w/o a ton of $$$ involved OR losing desired data

[Uri’el-2012]

BSD Unix© was designed enhanced by DARPA from the Western Electric System 7 baseline UNIX for use in a hostile environment.

The RFP issued by DARPA was to create a Unix_©
which was robust in a hostile environment.

Berkley was chosen to develop this.

It ultimately became known as a BSD Unix_©

As an MTS at Bell Labs we used both.

BSD proved to be more forward looking.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That goes back a few years...

MS never got the memo!

LOL!

[azishot]

Appreciate the ping, Lady Jag. Wish I could help :-(

[Uri’el-2012]

That goes back a few years...
MS never got the memo!
LOL!

LOL !

;-)

[Lady Jag]

Did you ever get the BIOS screen to show up?

No, took a break from the box.

Will read the rest of this thread and have another go at the drive in the morning.

This virus has been pretty stressful and stress and its accompanying headache are tiring.

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

I was getting fair proficient at getting 3 fingers to drop in the "bits" in 7 groups of 3 bits for each word.

i'm happy that we've moved beyond those days, though i miss the black art of coding in machine language...those guys were the wizards.

Unfortunately, the arthritis has taken away a lot of the dexterity that is needed for octal coding these days. Some days it's all i can do to form a decent C chord on a guitar.

[zeugma]

No, format and reinstall is the only way to go once an infestation is confirmed. No doubt its a hassle, but its easier than having an undetected root kit.

Yup. You can't trust a computer that has been infected or hacked. The only solution is a full reformat (preferably with a partition wipe as well), and reload. 

[smokingfrog]

2,475+ views today and 192 replies

I bet a lot of people did the search. I did.

Best of luck.

[Myrddin]

Microsoft took the same tape and developed Xenix. I still have a functioning TRS80 Mod 16 with the 68K version of Xenix. My work group at PacBell started with COSNIX (assembly language UNIX) running on the PDP11 to support the COSMOS project. In 1986 I transitioned PacBell to a Power6/32 (UNISYS 7000) to move the PDP11 machines to the real work on UNIX. The kernel was a hybrid BSD/SysV. It took a few months to harden it sufficiently to turn over a user population of 30,000 into production. The CPU scheduling algorithm, MPCC firmware, serial drivers, X25 L2/L3 and X.29 layers needed lots of work. I had to implement the initial TCP/IP network using 32-port serial boards with SLIP links. The Ethernet boards were $3,000 each. A big purchase for an 80 machine network. It was a paying proposition as we eliminated the need for the non-management staff to touch the tape drives. Online data extracts transmitted over the network to a common server cut costs and improved "uptime".

It was lots of fun, but I was happy to make an exit from PacBell. My current employer is a bunch more fun.

Were you at Piscataway or Morristown?

[Myrddin]

Unfortunately, the arthritis has taken away a lot of the dexterity that is needed for octal coding these days. Some days it's all i can do to form a decent C chord on a guitar.

I'm still pounding on a keyboard to make a living. Much of my work is on UNIX/Linux/Windows, but there is still plenty of good stuff to do with embedded microcontrollers. It is still fun to pack a bunch of functionality into a little PIC18F to perform data acquisition and control. Digital signal processing is fun as well. I love the ability to build filters that do exactly what I need and don't suffer from degradation as components age. Consistent, configurable, controllable.

I've passed my guitar along to my youngest son. He plays it beautifully. It would do nothing but damage the tendons in my fingers. Ibuprofen keeps me functional. Arthritis sucks...and hurts too.

[Uri’el-2012]

This virus has been pretty stressful and stress and its accompanying headache are tiring.

Worst case scenario to recover the data only.

Remove the disk drive put it in a USB enclosure
and mount it on a Linux or Unix_© machine to recover the data.

After the data is saved off replace the disk drive back
into the Windows machine and reformat and reload the op/sys.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Let me know if you find that black hole. My stuff is with your stuff. :-)

[Uri’el-2012]

Were you at Piscataway or Morristown?

I spent the eighties at Bell Labs in Denver.

We built PBXs up to the size of a CO.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

That's what you get for buying a French computer

What can I say, it was cheap and it smoked.

I hope you realize I was just trying to inject some humor into an obviously serious problem.........I hope you get your computer fixed..... :)

It's French for heaven's sake. Feed it some wine and cheese and it will surrender!

:-)