Re: Questions, Questions, a Trojan and a Chocolate Bar

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Nemog

Info on Backdoor.Nemog
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.nemog.html

Info Backdoor.Nemog.D
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.nemog.d.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:CABA3BC5-B6CB-4E02-B8EE-199CFAD412FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Sandal <Sandal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> I have 2 PCs one for home one for the office both running Windows XP home
> it is the home one in question.
> I have over the last few days decided to get to grips with this PC with
> excellent support from Windows help & support.
>
> Installed for some time among other things are
> Zone-Alarm, Spy-Bot, Norton anti-virus and Ad-Ware
> all are kept bang up-to-date and used religiously.
>
> As an exercise I decided to look for and install a free trojan
> scan & remover and found one at irsoftware.org on a 30 day trial.
>
> Much to my surprise it found some spy-ware and a trojan called Nemog,
> I ran the scan again but this time all it found was the spyware, no
> Nemog, where has it gone ,I had done nothing to remove it?
>
> With Nemog firmly planted in my head I went looking for help and
> came across rickrogers.org useful site on starting in safe mode
> and his advice on how to remove a Trojan.
>
> Question, after starting in safe mode and then start/search/files&folders,
> then typing in Nemog the search came up with nothing, does this mean I
> have no trojan or do I still have to search the registry?
>
> Question, is there any benefit to be gained when running a weekly virus
> scan to do it in safe mode, is it more thorough?
>
> Question, can anybody direct me to a site where I can download a free
> no trial trojan scan & remover that can be updated or should my
> Norton anti-virus be doing a trojan check for me?
>
> This is probably not for here but what the hell, while surfing I came
> across this story.
> With incredulity firmly in place I checked it out and stone me if it
> doesn't have some meat to it.
>
> Recently, in the UK, 280 people out of 500 were persuaded either
> face to face or on the phone to part with their NI Num and their
> banking and password details, the bribe,
> a bar of chocolate, F---ME!
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> Sandal

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