AIM Virus

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:34 am

As some of you may know, I have an AIM virus on my computer. My brother was using my computer when he fell for a "omg look at this pic of u im gonna put on myspace!" message. What the virus does is automatically send a variation of that message to everyone on my buddy list which infects them.

Ive done numerous system scans which have removed stuff, and I also reinstalled AIM, and all was well for about 5 days. Then earlier today it did it again. Im pretty sure that the virus is time controlled and initiates after you've been on for a few hours. But thats besides the point...

Anyway, I've done some research but not much was helpful. So do you guys have any suggestions on how to get rid of it?

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:03 pm

re-do the virus scan, and tell us what you scan with. also make sure you have the latest version of aim, and maybe reinsstall it again.

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:21 pm

I used Ad-Aware SE and Spybot-Search and Destroy.

I also use AIM 5.9 because I do not like the new versions.

But I could adjust if upgrading will do the trick.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:46 pm

As far as I know, those don't find viruses. Only spyware and adware.

Dagger13 · Post by **Dagger13** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:52 pm

u should get mcafee

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:59 pm

BitDefender Anti Virus Plus 10

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:44 pm

shadowkhas wrote:As far as I know, those don't find viruses. Only spyware and adware.

Good call.

And thanks, Patrick, but I was hoping to find a solution for free.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sat May 26, 2007 6:00 pm

you could try AVG free edition. i've got it and it works nicely. if there are viruses on my system, AVG isn't finding them.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sat May 26, 2007 6:08 pm

Out of sight, out of mind.

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sat May 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Alright, now I am scared.

I downloaded the free version of AVG and am currently running a scan. It currently is in the folder C:\documents and settings\my name\complete

At first, it reminded me of a folder where downloaded items would be stored, but I dont have any P2P programs on this computer nor do I engage in any risky behaviors on the intrawebs.

Anyway, AVG is scanning this folder and currently it says I have 10,000 threats and counting. So I went to this folder, and it appeared to be hidden. I typed in C:\documents and settings\my name\complete into the url bar and it took a while to load. So now it opened and I do indeed have thousands of files of random shit.

As AVG is scanning im recognizing names of things like popualr tv shows and movies and games, some of which I have downloaded stuff for and things like Dragonball Z which I know nothing about. So, unless I have had something living in my computer for the past 6 months, it is this virus right now. God this is so strange. I have not noticed anything different in my computers performance at all until last week when I got the AIM virus.

Im so confused...

=/

Now I have 13,000 threats, and by scanning alphabetically its only on "G." This seems unreal...

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:07 pm

L.M.A.O... sorry... just reminds me of my old win 98 computer; damn thing picked up virus's like a fat-man to cake...

You are not by any chance running win 98?

Just not exactly the safest OS around, ya know what I mean...

Dagger13 · Post by **Dagger13** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:57 pm

wow that sucks and its odd have u tryed deleting them yet?even though it would take along time

CrackWombat · Post by **CrackWombat** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:04 pm

Solution: Get a MAC

SYSTEM RESTORE!!! i dont see this in the "first darn post"....smart one!

before ye recieved the virus

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:11 pm

Did you even read the first fucking post you asshole?
Sorry but really...
It was the first darn post...
Couldn't you even read before just posting for fames sake???

CrackWombat · Post by **CrackWombat** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:20 pm

JacksonCougAr wrote:Did you even read the first *** post you ****?
Sorry but really...
It was the first darn post...
Couldn't you even read before just posting for fames sake???

um... you can't read... nothing was said about system restore before my post. so don't go cussing at me you little 12 year old.

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:28 pm

Ah christ; sorry man... I really feel like an @$$ now. Sorry; I got mixed up with another computer problem post. It dealt with a similar situation so I got mixed up; Very Sorry. You didn't deserve to be Yelled at just because I didn't realize I was in another thread...

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:29 am

Yea, I am aware that something isn't right, but the weird thing is I have not noticed anything with regards to the way my computer runs or any weird problems up until last week. So whatever has been going on has been happening for a while not has not been picked up by previous scans.

And I already have a Mac...

Edit: So as I'm watching the AVG scan, its still on the C:\Documents and Setting\my name\complete folder, and I pretty much confirmed that what ever is on my computer has managed to download stuff, a lot of stuff, hence the folder named "complete" Ive seen names for Grand Theft Auto, Korn, Kyle XY in HD, (Just to name a few.) stuff I have no connection to...

BEEF!!! · Post by **BEEF!!!** » Sun May 27, 2007 5:49 am

This has worked on various occasions:
http://jayloden.com/VirusClean.htm

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:21 pm

Thanks, Beef, although I discovered that the other day and I think that solved the AIM virus.

As for this other virus i found, my dad had a copy of PC Cillin 2007 the he purchased so we installed it. The scan went over four hours only to say it was not able to delete the few thousand items it found. I tried to delete the whole folder in command prompt, but the problem is that the "complete" folder is hidden and command prompt says it cannot find the folder.

xbox7887 · Post by **xbox7887** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:29 pm

Reformat.