14 replies to this topic

[martinmeu]

guys got a virus and carnt get rid can anyone help virus name bloodhound.exploit18 object name c:documents and s ...20s-2(1).htm help would be great very slow computer at the moment and getting lots of pop ups cheers.

[Gazeyre1966]

Download AVG if you don't have an anti-virus checker. It's free and up to date and does the biz. The free edition is on the left hand side of the home page.

www.grisoft.com

[martinmeu]

cheers for that i will give it a whirl.

[dilos]

:roll: :roll: The AVG new free version is the biz but i got three virus's not long ago all the same name (can't remember it) but they were inbedded in my java folder in doc/settings AVG could not remove or put them in the vault had to wipe the hardrive Lucky i've got an exsternal one..

[Gazeyre1966]

No Virus Checker is 100%...but compared to Norton and McAfee it's brilliant...and it's updated regularly.

They should give me a job in advertising.

[martinmeu]

still got this stupid virus why is it if i download its still quick. but to view pages it taking ages.anymore solution to solve my problem.

[Bencrest]

Bloodhound.Exploit.18 shuold be sorted if you install the following Windows Update :

http://www.microsoft...n/ms04-040.mspx

[martinmeu]

cheers bencrest ill download the updates.

[Bencrest]

...That'll stop the 'virus' from being loaded into memory, and then you should be able to delete the affected file [after restarting].

This 'bloodhound' stuff is part of Symantecs [Norton] 'Advance Virus Detection' stuff, where if it 'thinks' a file is a virus, trojan, or any similar, if it follows a pattern of a previous virus, it becomes a 'bloodhound' virus. If it turns out to be huge, it'll get a nice name - although according to the following website, 0>49 PCs are infected?

If you go to

http://securityrespo...exploit.18.html

...it recommends that you submit any infected files to them using 'Scan and Deliver', although as I haven't used Norton for ages, I'm not sure about how to do it

[sharpy2005]

Any of those damn Bloodhound viruses are a nuisance to get rid of. I've always had to reinstall windows. A quick format (Format c: /q) doesn't always work either, so a full format of the drive is always recommended if that is the route you choose to go down.

As for what Bencrest said, 0 - 49 PC's infected if you trust the Norton site. I can't see how this can be true (What Norton say, not what Bencrest says, which IS true!). I'm sure more than 49 pc's have had a bloodhound virus... sigh.

[buckslad24]

Hi,

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[CoasterDesignerpro]

I have viruses they are-


HuntBar
websearch
Bubba.wintools or Adware-WinTools
IBIS Toolbar
Web Search
Tracking cookie
VX2/LinkReplacer
ISTbar/Powerscan


Also where is HKEY_Local_Machine and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_CURRENT_USER

i have a virus scanner it is NoAdware. Some viruses just won`t go.

[Bencrest]

They are not virii, they are adware/spyware.

Also where is HKEY_Local_Machine and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_CURRENT_USER

They are in the Windows Registry - before you go in there though, I'd recommend you make a backup . Make some changes in there incorrectly, and you can stop Windows from booting

Anyway, to get there, go to the Start Menu, click on Run, and type 'regedit' without quotes into the textbox, and press ok. Everything in there is in tree view, so it should be easy to navigate. If you have some adware/spyware detection stuff on, it may well undo any changes you make in there, effectively stopping you from deleting the startup keys for spyware/adware. If you change something in the registry, and a box appears saying 'Registry Key Changed from xxxxxx.exe to BLANK' or similar, press 'Allow', or whatever the alternative text is.

Once you are used to the registry its pretty safe, I go through it daily deleting unwanted keys and stuff, but it does look pretty scary for a start

[Gazeyre1966]

Alternatively...He could just download Spybot search & destroy which removes all the ad/spyware from your PC....Well at least I hope it does. Not had an update for a while now.

[Bencrest]

I gave up on S&D where despite updating loads of times it would not pick up the thing giving me a popup every couple of minutes, only thing that cleared it was Giant AntiSpyware.

I'm giving up on ad/spyware removal anyway now, I'll just keep wiping the registry and will stick with Firefox