VIRUS SISZYD32.EXE KILLED MY FR COMPUTER

ME | 12-14-09 | Self

[Publius6961]

I disagree.

I DO agree with "death", but by the slowest means possible...

[a fool in paradise]

Don’t the Chicoms have hackers on staff?

[VeniVidiVici]

If it's something you use just for FR how about booting from the Windows CD and reformat/reinstall? For future ref, you could download virtual machine software (i.e. Virtual PC) and install the o/s in a vm to surf from there. Backup the vm files after creation and if you get infected again just delete the infected vm files and recover your backups. Takes minutes, if that.

[Lady Jag]

Did you lose any data when the tech fixed it?

[restornu]

you could also check out

PC Hell
http://www.pchell.com/

[soupbone1]

What do you think of sandboxie? Is this a good program to isolate a virus so that changes can’t be made to your registry.

[Darksheare]

It’s FUN!
*dies from attempt to sound like it was*

[SkyDancer]

I’m not a violent person but those people just do it for spite ... rather than shooting, their fingers should be broken beyond use ... let’s see them program with a pencil between their teeth .....

[Publius6961]

You can run Ubuntu 9.10 off a live CD.... perhaps, that’s the safest way to surf some sites. How is that non-helpful.

Unless running Ubuntu can remove the infestation, it doesn't address the request for help.

[null and void]

I doubt that will run on my 400MHz Power PC G3...

[Lady Jag]

Thanks, McGruff, but the virus blocked everything I tried.

Even tried putting removal tools on CD but that’s when the virus seemed to get more aggressive.

[SkyDancer]

Another thing - I picked up a virus from an FR jump that caused all my searches with Bing or Dogpile to go to other websites ... still does it so I had to use a backup drive and reinstall Explorer and Firefox ... data was ok .....

[milwguy]

Advanced Virus Remover happened here last week and used a program called combo fix. No other virus remover worked, but combo fix did. Good luck

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Ok, pull the hard drive, use a usb enclosure to hook it up to another system via usb. Then download and run Spybot S&D in a full scan. Then run Malwarebytes on the system in a full scan. Then put the drive back in the original system and try to boot up in safe mode and run Malwarebytes again.

[Lady Jag]

Locked and loaded with no perp to aim at.

[RebelTex]

Try this website - has some info about that virus:

http://htlogs.com/what-is-siszyd32-exe-how-to-remove-siszyd32-exe/

This is a harmful program.

Name: siszyd32
Filename: siszyd32.exe
Command: %userProfile%\start menu\programs\startup\siszyd32.exe
Startup Type: StartUp folder
HijackThis Category: O4

HijackThis Line:
O4 – Startup: siszyd32.exe

DDS Line:
StartupFolder: c:\documents and settings\user\start menu\programs\startup\siszyd32.exe

Combofix/RSIT Line:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
siszyd32.exe

Description: trojan

How to remove: use HijackThis ( http://www.myantispyware.com/2005/12/05/hijackthis-your-first-tool-for-remove-homepage-hijackers/ ) + Kaspersky virus removal tool ( http://www.myantispyware.com/2009/03/26/how-to-use-kaspersky-virus-removal-tool/ )

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Another website that might be helpful:

http://www.virusremovalguru.com/?p=4914

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If you know how, you can create a bootable CD (or floppy) with the proper OS that can access your hard drive and run a good virus program (compatible with the booted OS). This takes a little more technical skills and tools than you may have.

Other FReepers have mentioned removing your hard drive and connecting it as a slave (secondary) drive on another system, (or same system if you have a secondary drive that is also bootable - just swap the primary and secondary connectors). Then you can boot to a clean OS and run the anti-virus program or removal tools on the secondary (original primary) drive.

Hope this helps.

[milwguy]

try combo fix

[ChildOfThe60s]

Switch to Ubuntu 9.10.

When my daughter's XP Viao went down, I burned the Ubuntu startup/install disk and booted it from that. Took all the data files off on to a USB hard drive, no problem. Then installed Ubuntu as the only OS. She loves it.

I also installed it on my laptop, only with a dual boot system. Pretty impressive. If I were not married to Corel Draw for business reasons I'd set at least one of my boxes up as Ubuntu only.

[Las Vegas Ron]

The secret is to be fully backed up, I use carbonite.

You should have a look at Acronis software, it is an image back up to an external drive.

If you ever run into a problem, just reinstall from the back up and everything is put back the way it was when you last backed up.

It's inexpensive and easy to use. I had an HD failure on a Dell laptop, went to Fry's for a new one and had the machine back up in an hour or so, OS, programs, everything.

For me it was a life saver as I have a business I run from my house so the data on my drive is very important, I highly recommend it

[Gettin Betta]

I frequent Free Republic alot. Never though of getting a dedicated FR PC though.