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VIRUS ALERT!
CABAZON:
I was a virus once, but then I got lost and scared so I quit.
Soul Sojourner:
You said yesterday it wasnt gone, just that you were getting another comp anyway...
This virus is a pain in the ass to dispose of...
Anyone with information on files/directories known as:
Zrekprfp
Dark.exe
and csrss.ini csrss.exe <-- An important XP system file, at least, I believe it is.
Both Dark.exe and Csrss.ini are running system processes that are located in directory:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\zrekprfp\
Please notify me.
So far the find tool has not been able to find that directory nor, crss, nor dark.exe
I havent been able to manually find it or them either, even show all folders and files enabled and hide all important system folders and files disabled... time for command prompt.
On the net I looked up on Zrekprfp and found nothing, on Dark.exe I found a bunch of different programs named that... probably not the ones I am looking for.
I still haven't been able to figure out the name of this virus and/or its files names. If anybody has any idea please inform me. With those I can manually destroy it. (I love Dos prompt and boot disks.)
This seems like a combination of the following viruses:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/virusremo...o_tutorial.html
And it has preventions for the prevention methods, and preventions for the cures for it. It immediately closes any thing threatening to it, such as Hijackthis, or any antivirus (after destroying the anti-virus that is) and also the registry editor.
I have been able to determine some things by renaming the hijackthis logfile I was able to quickly create before it closed out. It automatically closes out of anything named hijackthis, but I renamed the logfile and can now read it. The same worked for the folder it was in, but did not work for the program itself.
In addition, only yesterday night did it actually delete many, many system files in WINDOWS, it didnt delete the most important things needed to run however.
Anyone with any information that can possibly help me in any way, please inform me, I'd greatly appreciate it. So far I've been workin on this alone, other than Jimbo telling me about Hijackthis, and Cab mentioning the online scanner, which didnt find it. Thanx =D Back to virus huntin'!
CABAZON:
Do you have a lot of files on the computer that you can't replace easily or something preventing you from just reinstalling windows?
Soul Sojourner:
--- Quote ---Do you have a lot of files on the computer that you can't replace easily or something preventing you from just reinstalling windows?
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Well it's XP, and there is the problem of Activation... I could wipe it I suppose, alot of crap I need to redownload. But that's about all. All of my writing, stories, and poetry are all on my jump drive. And I have almost all the songs I want written down, the rest i can find later. Unfortunately I need to make a new goddamn boot disk, this piece of trash either isnt working or my floppy drive is fucked up.
420:
Well, unfortunatly the only advice I have if preventative maintenence for the future. Always keep an extra copy of anything you download on a second hard drive (or at least in an extra "backup" directoy). To be really thorough you can burn downloaded stuff onto CDs too.
Make sure you get a copy of your Internet Service Providers software and a browser, that way you can at least get access to the internet as soon as you reinstall your OS.
Unless one of the major virus detectors like McAfee or Norton can fix it then your best bet is to whipe your drive and reinstall everything.
I've never had a virus myself, though I collect old viruses like Michaelangelo (sp?) and I have cleaned many a computer, but always with a boot disk and either McAfee or Norton.
Hmm, can you call an old virus a "retro" virus?
-420
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