Citadel Reveton Malwre attack! Help! (Vanity)

me ^ | metesky

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Good, then my Task Manager suggestion will work. To access hold Control/Alt then only tap on the Delete key, don't hold it or you'll get a restart. Don't wait for Windows to finish loading. I don't know what processes to tell you to shut down as shutting down some will make you have to restart. The name of the piece of malware as a process will possibly look different than real ones ( mixed caps and lower case in the name ). They change it often so it's hard to track down. You only have a few seconds to find and stop it before it launches so this may take a few tries but it does work. If this does kill the malware then do not restart until you get rid of the junk by using earlier suggested programs.

Combofix can do the job but I only recommend it as a last resort as it changes settings you'll spend a good while getting back.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The process name will be random and also may contain letters and numbers. Shutting down just the ones that look like that should do it. It may even get by you and load the first time. Try again. Just be quick to end process as soon as you see it.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I forgot to add that other manual correction suggestions may be good, but the malware will probably not let you get that far. One example was I wasted some time trying to get quickly into msconfig and uncheck the bad process. The malware had already loaded and locked things up by then. Task manager is the most direct route, even if it takes a few tries.

[TexasRepublic]

Most viruses are designed to exploit the windows architecture. You should try Linux instead.

[ottbmare]

I’m running Webroot after the family’s IT software and hardware professionals recommended it. It has knocked out things Malwarebytes did not clean up. It even protects my USMC son, who is incredibly stupid about this matter and has stupid friends who send him stupid things. Before I got Webroot, Mr Marine got some awful thing and Malwarebytes did nothing to clean it up.

They have to track these people down, put ‘em up against a wall, shoot them, and put the images on the internet as a warning—the 21st century equivalent of mounting traitors’ heads on the castle wall.

[metesky]

I've downloaded Malwarebytes Free to a USB drive, put the USB drive into my machine, rebooted in Safe Mode. Running Malwarebytes now. I'll get back to ya.

Thank you every one for your help and support.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I go to tons of different sites and Malwarebytes and Superantispyware haven't let me down yet. I used to run Adaware but it hasn't found anything in years.

[zeugma]

I use AVG, Spybot-Search and Destroy, Adaware and Iobit Advanced System Care, including Iobit Malware Fighter.

LOL. Well, you could use Linux or OSX, then you wouldn't need all that stuff.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Good. Last time I had a malware problem it was locking up normal windows loading and the safe mode at about the same time.

For Superantispyware portable, one you can load to a CD on a good machine and run on the bad one, go here.

http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html

Not sure about the portable for Malwarebytes but be careful. They say there isn't one but Google lists several sites for download. If you're not loading it directly from or through their website, you may be loading malware/spyware/viruses.

Now I would like to vent to nobody in particular. When somebody fixes your computer and loads these programs could you please show them some appreciation by updating and running these programs occasionally. I lost count of the times I did that, then several months later they come back to me to fix it again having not once touched the programs after I showed them how to use them.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Let us know how it goes. Once again, I've had better results running Mawarebytes as a quick scan than a full scan. No idea why. Once you get it fixed and running I've seen it recommended that next time you run the program, always run it in the safe mode.

[Bikkuri]

CNTRL SHFT ESC will get you the task-bar without having to time it or leave the desktop (although, not sure about with this virus)..

[Bikkuri]

Oops.. meant the task-window.. :^D

[OldEarlGray]

Silly Penguin.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/08/attackers-pounce-on-zero-day-java-exploit/

Got Cross-platform?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Do you run JAVA....very likely....so many sites are using it....

See link at post #33.

**********************************EXCERPT**********************************

Attackers Pounce on Zero-Day Java Exploit

Attackers have seized upon a previously unknown security hole in Oracle’s ubiquitous Java software to break into vulnerable systems.

***********************************SNIP**********************************

Initial reports indicated that the exploit code worked against all versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera, but did not work against Google Chrome. But according to Rapid 7, there is a Metasploit module in development that successfully deploys this exploit against Chrome (on at least Windows XP).

[TexasRepublic]

Silly Penguin? No need to thank me.

I said, "Most viruses are designed to exploit the windows architecture." I did not say "All".

Please show me ANY system that is absolutely bullet proof. Yes, cross-platform exploits exist, but I doubt they can cause as much harm to a Linux system as to a Windows system. Linux has no Registry like Windows, it has a different system of file and directory permissions, it has different executable binaries. Linux is an alien environment for most viruses.

I have battled computer viruses since the DOS days, while supporting hundreds of machines. In the four years that I have used Linux on a half-dozen machines, I have yet to experience any problem, all the while using no firewall or anti-virus program. Try that with Windows.

The closest thing to absolute protection that I could recommend is to surf the web after booting from a Linux demo CD or DVD. It you need to download and save a file, use a USB memory stick for storage.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Absolutely right!

Keep the Window Machine with personal data away from the WWW.

Much less heartaches....

[OldEarlGray]

“Linux malware includes viruses, trojans, worms and other types of malware that affect the Linux operating system. Linux, Unix and other Unix-like computer operating systems are generally regarded as very well-protected, but not immune, from computer viruses.[1][2]

There has not yet been a widespread Linux malware threat of the type that Microsoft Windows software faces; this is commonly attributed to the small number of users running Linux as a desktop operating system[1], the malware’s lack of root access and fast updates to most Linux vulnerabilities.[2]

The number of malicious programs — including viruses, Trojans, and other threats — specifically written for Linux has been on the rise in recent years and more than doubled during 2005 from 422 to 863.[3]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

YMMV.

[OldEarlGray]

>>No need to thank me.

Nope. Half arsed dis/misinformation deserves no thanks.

What’s Android a derivative of Super Genius?

“Android is under attack: New malware threats tripled in Q2”
http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/17/android-malware-q2-2012-study/

“Oops”.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Android allows automatic updates ....LINUX does not....other than what JAVA does....

Which is a problem Apple had.

[waynesa98]

assuming your computer can run visa/7 MS has rebranded stand alone system sweeper beta to windows defender. Its free and runs from a memory stick or dvd. you boot the stick/dvd and run it out side of windows.