How'd This Get Here?

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 13 Sep 2006, 10:13

What's This Virus All About? Win32.Trojan.Downloader
I Was Running Adaware And It Picked It Up And Said It Has A TAC Rating Of 10.

It Also Found Bargin Buddy.

sternbildchen · Post by **sternbildchen** » 13 Sep 2006, 10:39

It kills your ICQ so you can't get inside of it and hides in explorer.exe.

Tryed to get a Winamp Plugin for free music.

?

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 13 Sep 2006, 10:48

Nope I Don't Download Music At All. Is There Another Way It Gets Into My System?

Post by **bad_brain** » 13 Sep 2006, 14:41

it can be found often in crackz....what browser are you using btw?

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 13 Sep 2006, 15:07

I Use Mozilla Fiefox Most Of The Time I Use Internet Explorer To watch Videos From MSN.com When You Say It Can Be Found In Crackz If You're Talking About The Type that Illegaly Turn A Software Demo Into A Full Version No I Don't Do That Either.

Post by **bad_brain** » 13 Sep 2006, 15:13

well, sternbildchen is right, I've looked around a bit and they say it's distributed through ICQ....

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 13 Sep 2006, 15:45

Well If That's The Case Then That's Quiet Strange Because I Don't Use ICQ. I Do Use AIM And Yahoo Instant Messanger. I'm Chaosrat1986 On Yahoo Instant Messanger

Can I Get It Through E-Mail Even If I Don't Open The E-Mail?

Post by **bad_brain** » 14 Sep 2006, 03:46

no, I don't think you can get an infection from a not opened email.
you said you use Internet Explorer sometimes, I think you got it this way. because it seems to attack only ICQ accounts there shouldn't be any compromittation of your box when AdAware removed it. "Bargain Buddy" is spyware which also points to IE as source.
well, sometimes it's pretty impossible to say what the source of an infection was, a while ago I had "smitfraud" on my box which steals passwords for a bank I've never even heard of....and I had no idea where I got it from...

that's why you should do regular full system scans and keep the malware scanner definitions up to date...

Chaos1986 · Post by **Chaos1986** » 14 Sep 2006, 05:45

Well I Do Regular Full Sytems Scans Often Like You Suggested And That's How I Found It. The Browser I Use All The Time Is Mozilla Firefox. Thanks For Your Help And Advice Guys.