RE: Shut down in 60 secs...... HELP! Pls

From: MAP (MAP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:37:01 -0700

"lorne" wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I seem to have contracted the evil shut down in 60 sec. virus. I
> reformatted my hard drive installed win xp pro and as soon as i plugged in
> my internet to get my updates, i got the dreaded shutting down in 60 sec
> warning. I unplugged my internet, ran stinger (found and corrected 2
> infections). Restarted the computer, ran AVG (didn't find anything), ran
> stinger again (didnt find anything), plugged in the internet to do the
> updates.... bang... 60 sec warning!! disconnected the internet, tried to
> run avg (won't run) went into safe mode, ran stinger (didnt find anything).
> checked the registry (run, run once, run service etc). everything looked
> good. rebooted, plugged in the internet and bang.... 60 second warning.
>
> What should i do now??
>
> thank you all for suggestions.
>
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>
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>

As long as you keep connecting to the internet without enabling the XP
firewall this will keep happing!

Sometimes,when you remove malware it will stop your TCP/IP
stack from working (Internet connection).
Winsock or LSP-fix will correct the problem,Download first.
Note to anyone using NOD32 Anti-Virus software,Do Not delete the
"imon.dll" this fix reports,That is your e/mail scanning engine.

YES-You need more than 1 malware program,I use all of these.
LSP-fix- http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Spybot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
CWS Smart Killer- http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html
                 
About Buster- http://www.spychecker.com/program/aboutbuster.html
Ad-Aware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
CWShredder - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Hijack this - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html\
Hijacjthis tutorial -http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=165
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - http://winpatrol.com
BHODemon - http://pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=23611&fileidx=1
Bazooka -http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
asquared2 "Trojan Remover" - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
Socklock- http://nsclean.com/socklock.html

NOD32Anti-Virus Free 30 day trial
 http://nod32.com/download/trial.htm
 
A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html

A listing of BHO's
http://www.spywaredata.com/bho.php?current_page=0

To see if that freeware program you are about to inststall
is infested with spyware check it out first at this link.
http://www.spychecker.com/

To help stop unauthorized downloads via your activex controls change your
default settings.
These settings are good for XP. The wording should be close for other systems
as well.
Go to control panel and open "internet options.
Click on the security tab then custom level.
make sure these settings are as follows.

Download signed active x controls>set to prompt
Download unsigned active x controls>set to disable
Initialize and script active x controls not marked as safe>set to disable
Run active x controls and pluggins>set to enable
Script active x controls marked safe for scripting>set to enable
Java permissions>set to high
Launching programs and files in a IFRAME" > Prompt
Installation of Desktop items"> Prompt
Navigate sub-frames across different domains>prompt

Free Firewalls
 ZoneAlarm (Free and up)
http://snipurl.com/6ohg

Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) (Free and up)
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

Outpost Firewall from Agnitum (Free and up)
http://www.agnitum.com/download/

Sygate Personal Firewall (Free and up)
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm

NTbackup link
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi
Erunt- http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm

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