Trojan Worm "Dropper Funweb "A"

Maurice,
stop downloading all this crap and come and see me !

The advise is free and always spot on!

Glen @ TS

Iam NOT d/loading "all this crap", I tried to d/load Smiley central only ONCE, just after I got my new rig, had it before for 18 months on the laptop, no problem, but since then the Smiley programme has been infected with the trojan, & yes, I know it's nothing to do with the PC, &AVG promptly trapped it in their vault.

Maurice

Dropper.funweb.A

From the Tech Help at AVG Antivirus:

The virus has been found in Temporary Internet Files folder, in the
cache of Internet Exporer. The easiest way how to remove this virus
is to empty Internet Explorer cache.
Please run Internet Explorer, select menu Tools -> Internet Options.
Approximately in the middle of the dialog window is button "Delete
files...". Press this button, check the "Delete all offline content"
option and press OK.
This operation will remove all viruses located in Temporary Internet
Files.

IT WORKS.

Ron

Thanks, Ron, I'll try that.

How are you enjoying Techspot?, it's a great site, I've been a member for just over a year, & have been helped out on several occasions by "the gang", have a good look round TS, the gallery is well worth viewing, some amazing rigs, [& people!]

Maurice.:grinthumb

Hi Maurice,
I haven't looked around much yet but I like what I've seen.

Ron

Yes Ron, it's great,:grinthumb
Funnily enough, I picked up your comments in answer to my post on Faq Farm as well, & I believe that you got the info from the AVG site?, I went there but missed that, perhaps it was because at the moment I only have the free d/loaded version of AVG, but hope to soon install the AVG 7.0 disc

Retired Professonal Malingerer??, & I see that you now give your location as a little cabin in the Californian desert, my guess is that you retired there to get out of the rat race?, so that might mean that you are in the "upper age" bracket, you can see how old I am, if you access my profile, surely your not THAT old, to knock me off my "oldest member" pedestal at TS?

Nice to "chat", they don't mind if we engage in casual talk, & the administrators only comment on it, if they feel that we've strayed from the point of the post for too long,.....it's one big, [14,000 members] family!

Cheers, Maurice :rolleyes:

Maurice,
I picked up the Funweb trojan at cursormania.com. I too was using the AVG free version. I downloaded the trial version thinking it would fix it but still had the same no-fix problem so I contacted the AVG support and they gave me the answer. Very quickly too. I don't know if I'll pay when my 30 day trial is up or go back to the free one.

Yeah I'm afraid I gotcha age wise (August 1928) but I still split a little firewood and hike a few desert miles now and then.

Ron

What? whaaat??, are you saying that my claim to be the oldest has gone out of the window??
Seriously, there's you me & "Olefarte", [a countryman of yours] that rank as seniors,......by age only, of course!
That's what I enjoy, this site caters for the serious queries, as it should of course, but there is a lighter side, thank goodness!
As to AVG, soon, I'm getting the AVG 7.0 boxed disc at £29.95

Maurice

Mi AVG detected today the Dropper.Funweb.A virus and removed it without problems.
I am currently using AVG 6.0, Version 6.0.762 release date 02/09/03 together with Virus Database 510, release date 13/09/04.

Hi, Mario, wow, the senior citizens are taking over! [see my recent post on this thread]
Good for you, seems like I'm doing the right thing getting the AVG 7.0.
The d/loaded free version "corralled" Funweb A in it's vault, but when I deleted it from there, the next time, I ran it, it "discovered" again, & it appeared back in the vault, so I'm leaving it there!!
Hope you like the site, it is very good.

Maurice:chef:

OK, old friends, RBS etc., here's a new slant on getting rid of viruses, see desertrat's post in this thread, dated today, Sept17th, 01.25 pm, your comments please.

Maurice

Well the ultimate virus preventer is to switch to Mozilla Firefox browser and mozilla Thunderbird mail client.

I only picked up the Funweb trojan (which appears to be harmless anyhow) because the cursormania site would only accept I.E. so I switched to I.E. and promptly got the Fun. trojan.
I'm back to Firefox now. Mozilla just released the final version this month and it works really well.

Ron

OK, Ron, you say it seems harmless, but I understood that it lets other viruses in by a back door, so it may be more dangerous than you think
Incidentally, I opened an email the other week, the name of the sender was in my address book, a neighbour of mine, & instantly got My Doom "O"
Used "search", including hidden files, no trace, ran AVG, same result, went to the Norton website, thy scanned my PC for it, again, nothing. I was told that it could be a spoof, & NOT a virus after all.

Maurice

I don't want to seem obnoxious, but I (and many others) have repeatedly told you to empty your Temp. Int. Files!
So what is the big deal?

Well yeah if you insist on using I.E.

Incidentally I've been to the Guiness brewery there in 1970 and I have to agree that
"Guiness is Good For You".

Ron

IE OUT, Firefox IN.

OK, OK, already!!!, it's just that I thought your solution involved more than Ron's, like, going into safe mode, so, has Ron got it right, or did he leave off "safe mode" by accident? [sorry Ron!]

Maurice

Hey I dunno much about it. AVG support did not mention safe mode.
Don't pick on me Maurice.
*realblackstuff* let me slide for misspelling Guinness.

Ron

Off topic, but you guys are making me feel like a kid again, with all this talk.

Nice to hear from you again, olefarte :grinthumb don't pay any attention to us, us wrinklies are multiplying on site, & feeling our oats, as they say!
Ron, don't take offence, pal, it's just that I was advised that I'd have to go into safe mode first, & as they all know here, I'm a little reluctant to go into "unknown territory" as I haven't been computing long, but your solution seems easier, I'm sure that realblackstuff will understand:chef: he's got to know what makes me tick by now, [or what doesn't!]
I don't think that he'll worry about you misspelling Guinness, it's not his favourite tipple any way, mind, he wouldn't refuse a free one, he'd force it down somehow, I'm sure!

Maurice.