Posted on 08/10/2010 8:07:57 PM PDT by jdietz
Today my brother in law called me with a new computer virus.
This is a fake anti-virus malware type infection called Wireshark. It acts like all the other fake anti-virus malware but is much harder to remove.
Bleeping computer has a download for a utility called rkill that will stop the Wireshark allowing Malwarebytes to be downloaded which will clean it.
I do not normally post virus warnings but this one is nasty.
If you get it and need help message me.
ping
I used rkill earlier today because my machine had been slow for the past week. It caught a bad guy that both Avira and Malwarebytes missed. TDSSKiller is also an excellent utility provided by Kaspersky at no cost.
Both rkill and TDSSKiller only take seconds to run and few people know they exist. As for rkill, I recommend the versions with the extensions .scr, .pif or .com since they tend to run more often, i.e., successfully, than the .exe one (since viruses love to disable or patch .exe files).
SAVING THREAD.
THANK YOU.
P.S. — for people who are curious... rkill is short for “rogue kill.”
Bookmarking
bump for when my teens will invariably download the bug
Ping ping ping we have a winner thanks for the update
I had a similar virus a couple weeks ago. Actually, I got it three times in one week. I think what finally stopped reinfection (my suspicion is that it came from a web site ad) was updating Firefox to a newer version. So, be sure to update Firefox, Windows, Adobe Flash Player, etc. to help prevent the problem.
https://blog.wireshark.org/2010/08/antivirus-outbreak/
I have used Wireshark and I like it.
wireshark removal instructions—bump
Bump for later
I got it Saturday. Took my PC to the shop that built it and they cleaned her right up for me and totally upgraed the software security programs.
You are correct and that is what makes finding the virus and deleting it so difficult.
The virus writers are so smart! I wish they would use their brains and time for good instead of this stuff.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.