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360599 2005-06-02 10:14:00 Well Ive put the networking on hold for the moment but :eek: now Ive got a virus problem .. Im looking for something to fix Qhost.gen and W32/sober.V.worm

The comps running verrrrrryyyyy ssslllllloooooooooooowwwwwwwwww :o
Lovelee (6586)
360600 2005-06-02 10:19:00 Why can't your current Antivirus program remove these viruses/trojans? Jen (38)
360601 2005-06-02 10:24:00 Thats a good question .. Im running AVG .. updated .. but Ive just looked at the test centre and the last time it ran was 23/5/ thats cos its winter and we arnt getting out of bed till 9am .. I'll run it now. Lovelee (6586)
360602 2005-06-02 11:04:00 Well, interesting, AVG says Its clear. I ran a pandascan and it gave me the two viruses. I usually use trend for online scans for when comp seems off colour.

Ive done all the other normal housekeeping things, its very slow going to some websites, in particular a bank. Though IE has had critical probs and shut down and occasionally when Ive clicked on IE on the desktop it wont open a page. Rebooting helps, but it still loads some pages slowly.
Lovelee (6586)
360603 2005-06-02 11:09:00 Try downloading and running The Stinger (vil.nai.com). It should detect and repair the W32/Sober if it is present.

For Qhost.gen, search for the "Hosts" file on the hard drive and post back here the contents of it (open it in notepad).
Jen (38)
360604 2005-06-02 11:23:00 symantec's removal tools (securityresponse.symantec.com) gibler (49)
360605 2005-06-02 13:02:00 ...or maybe Trends Damage clean-up engine ...

www.trendmicro.com

be sure to read the [small] readme re latest pattern file etc
KatiMike (242)
360606 2005-06-02 18:51:00 (Guess you have try this)Have you try scanning your computer using AVG under safe mode? Not sure if this advice would be a help.

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
360607 2005-06-03 01:20:00 Is this the Hosts file u wanted Jen ??

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost


Ive run stinger .. no sign of any problems .. maybe panda over reacted ??
Lovelee (6586)
360608 2005-06-03 06:30:00 Your host file looks normal. I was expecting a heap of website URL's entries belonging to various sites with 127.0.0.1 beside it which is what Qhost.gen does when you are infected.

Try a different online scan with TrendMicro (housecall.trendmicro.com/) and McAfee (us.mcafee.com) for a third opinion. Let us know how you get on. :)
Jen (38)
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