Oh, what a lovely infestation I have.

[icarus]

Oh, wonderful. I tried downloading the latest SPN episode from mininova.org and got a virus infected file instead.

Threat name: Trojan.Downloader.NUS and, worse yet, Adware.Maxifiles
Threat level: somewhere between Kristallnacht and nuclear holocaust

Bonus? Looks like it blocks me from going to the mininova.org web page. I can't warn anyone. Except you, of course.

Currently cleaning it out with Spywaredoctor. Next I run AVG.



ETA: Spywaredoctor caught it, cleaned it. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware found more. I still can't access mininova, however.

Annihow has more info for all of us. This particular problem disabled AVG, so she has masterful ways and tools to scan and disinfect your computer.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

This nasty virus has completely shut off AVG. I have no virus protection right now.

[seticat.livejournal.com]

Spyware Doctor was the *only* thing that would touch it. It's been well worth what I paid for it, which wasn't all that much as I remember. Spyware Doctor (http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/?ref=google_sd&gclid=CPuG3MHihZcCFQykagodAWS7-g)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

can you reinstall AVG? I had a virus a while back shut it down, but when I reinstalled it, it found the thing and killed it okay.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I just finished the attempt. This virus has a feature where it kills the connection so I can't upload the latest database update (the same thing it's doing with mininova.org). In fact, the newly downloaded version says that the database is two months out of date.

I'm downloading alternate virus protection software, to see if that helps.