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

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

Well, I went to eztv and got my dose there ;)

A friend of mine had this and he managed to get rid of it by finding a removal procedure on an antivirus forum. I know it was eight steps and it involved Malwarebyte and getting a different free antivirus than AVG (which recently has fallen behind in quality). He's at work right now and I can't call him there, but once he's off I'll get him to give me the instructions immediately (which he was going to give me this weekend anyway) and I'll pass them along.

Thanks very, very much for the warnings!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be great, thank you!

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

Ok, I've got something that might help if you're still at it (hope you're not, though!)

here: http://anniehow.livejournal.com/59665.html

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware allowed skipmagee to download the latest virus databases and get her virus protection working again. It also found other viruses on my computer. My AVG is still out of commission, but I was able to install a free 30-day trial of TrendMicro in the interim.

DrWeb found another trojan, gtdownlr_134.ocx, that I've probably had for a while.