Hello,
I had virtumonde + vundo (possibly others) infect my computer on Thursday. Symptoms were
* IE opening whenever I opened firefox.
* Could not connect to google.
* Can not access add/remove programs, user managment, and others in control panel.
* Can not access properties in desktop->right click menu.
* Random named (EG: zxfiloerg.dll) appearing and recreating in windows/system32, also reg keys for them and some system files with the same name but .ini extension (although the ini's were binary files).
I have done all scans as per the instructions except the online one because it was going to take 42+ hours(!)
I couldnt find AVG AntiSpyware (because its been rolled into there main anti virus prog ?) so I used the anti virus prog instead.
All seems fine, no pop up browsers and the dll files have stopped being created in /system32
The problems I am left with are just not being able to access Add remove progs, and Users. Plus 'properties' in the right click menu on the desktop. The error is a MessageBox that says
" Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.". Click OK and it disappears.
I CAN access these if I boot in to safe mode. I have tried creating new users but they cant access the CP items in normal mode either.
Just looking for suggestions...
Very many thanks.
I had virtumonde + vundo (possibly others) infect my computer on Thursday. Symptoms were
* IE opening whenever I opened firefox.
* Could not connect to google.
* Can not access add/remove programs, user managment, and others in control panel.
* Can not access properties in desktop->right click menu.
* Random named (EG: zxfiloerg.dll) appearing and recreating in windows/system32, also reg keys for them and some system files with the same name but .ini extension (although the ini's were binary files).
I have done all scans as per the instructions except the online one because it was going to take 42+ hours(!)
I couldnt find AVG AntiSpyware (because its been rolled into there main anti virus prog ?) so I used the anti virus prog instead.
All seems fine, no pop up browsers and the dll files have stopped being created in /system32
The problems I am left with are just not being able to access Add remove progs, and Users. Plus 'properties' in the right click menu on the desktop. The error is a MessageBox that says
" Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.". Click OK and it disappears.
I CAN access these if I boot in to safe mode. I have tried creating new users but they cant access the CP items in normal mode either.
Just looking for suggestions...
Very many thanks.