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    Virus attack...urgent help

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Nocturnal310, Jan 24, 2008.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Name: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\msvcrt.dll
    Threat: a variant of Win32/PSW.Delf.NHI trojan

    Detected by: NOD32
    Action: Delete

    Problem: It says unable to delete as 'file is in use by another application

    Help:
    Could someone tell me more about this virus? .. I havent been attacked in years...I ran another scan & it didnt detect it again
    How to confirm it has been removed from my system?
     
    Nocturnal310, Jan 24, 2008
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well to be brief... Can rescan confirm the Virus has been removed? or Should i really spend hours reading into Forums all nite? (i was planning to play CS this nite)
     
    Nocturnal310, Jan 24, 2008
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    You can run your computer in safe mode and run a scan then.
     
    Arki, Jan 24, 2008
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    In the rescan no threats were found... Should i trust NOD32?
    Recently i installed 'home keylogger' do u think it might have been the culprit?
     
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    To make sure that it has been removed turn off restore point and rescan PC. If all is clear you may turn back on restore point.
     
    BlackRussian, Jan 24, 2008
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    Have you tried a scan in safe mode as someone already mentioned? You could also try running a secondary scanner. I suggest downloading Avira's free edition since it seems to be the most powerful scan out of freeware choices. However, I'm not convinced that is a trojan. Microsoft's webpage has a few help pages on that dll so it could be a MS thing that rang as a false positive. Then when you updated your definitions, it caught that it was a false positive and fixed it = not seeing it anymore. I would think the keylogger YOU installed, as opposed to it installing itself, would show up as spyware and not a virus. So run two different virus scanners under safe mode, if they don't turn up anything, you're probably fine.
     
    jin07, Jan 24, 2008
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