Re: Hijack imposta ayarla felrak eviewset
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:52:01 -0800
Dawntreader688 wrote:
(various snippage - symptoms left in for clarity)
> How do I know "imposta felrak" is malware?
> Truth told, I'm not sure WHAT it is, but like seeing penumonia in an
> otherwise healthy system and looking for HIV, it seems to be something
> that is present when a pattern of malfunctions begin to show up.
>
> Symptoms include things like massive directory tree duplication in
> different folders, like Help and Support. Replacement of installed
> vendor supplied device drivers with generic versions, with degraded
> system performance the first clue something is not quite right. A
> requirement to enter passwords and install programs twice before they
> work, even when using the one finger one key method (Yes, strong
> passwords, but only ten characters) and then to have XP open without
> the requirement of a password after about four days. Three CDs must
> be tried in the writer before one records, the first two go in clean,
> but come out with a written area near the center about the width of a
> fingernail, when tried agaiin, they do record.
> File creation, modification, and
> access dates not present or incorrect when "properties" are displayed
> for a file, size sometimes being off by several hundred K.
>
> Then of course, the little things, like installed programs
> disappearing, the inability to retain screen formatting in programs
> and windows, and the occasional browser hijack that Ad-Aware and
> SpyBot can't detect or correct. Oh yeah, and having netstat show
>traffic to ports that Norton claims are blocked and secure.
I would suggest that since you use NAV, you contact Symantec tech
support for help. Hopefully someone a little higher than the usual
bottom tier help desk can give you an answer. You can also submit the
suspect files for examination. Since you've done so much work on this,
I'd suggest buying a new hard drive and putting it in your computer
(remove your current drive), clean install Windows and see if all your
troubles go away. If they do, throw the old drive out and move on.
Good luck,
Malke
-- MS-MVP Windows User/Shell Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic"
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