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| Thread ID: 38854 | 2003-10-20 09:55:00 | 'Alt' key not working, PC hijacked ? | amitluis (4153) | Press F1 |
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| 185145 | 2003-10-22 00:35:00 | Wonders why you would check out bicurioz.com? :P Because you're curious of course :P nah jokes... That virus does sound complicated, and I would even suggest the tool from symantec, but it doesn't look too good :( |
Kame (312) | ||
| 185146 | 2003-10-22 00:50:00 | I would also suggest removing the following: O16 - DPF: {F08555B0-9CC3-11D2-AA8E-000000000000} - d.crackedearth.com O16 - DPF: {D22AC3EF-B7D8-11D5-A281-005056BF0101} (plug Class) - dist02.chargitdial.com To perform the operation close all browser windows, scan with HijackThis, put a tick in the noted entries, shutdown and reboot your computer. I would also suggest that you download and run AdAware and Spybot with their latest reference files. |
tommy (2826) | ||
| 185147 | 2003-10-22 06:41:00 | Obtain a copy of the Fixmtx.exe tool, and save it to the Windows desktop. Start the computer in Safe mode. Run the Fixmtx.exe tool from an MS-DOS window. link to download www.symantec.com |
Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 185148 | 2003-10-22 07:01:00 | If alt key aint working use Ctrl+Shift+Esc to bring up the task manager, or alternatively right click on the taskbar, and select Task Manager | PoWa (203) | ||
| 185149 | 2003-10-24 09:11:00 | Yes HijackThis does display a GUI where you can terminate programs. I believe you are right when you say that the programs running in process could be altered as this virus keeps trying to create new files. However, are these files that you mentioned, infected by W95.MTX ? | amitluis (4153) | ||
| 185150 | 2003-10-24 09:28:00 | I have also deleted those entries that Phoenix and Tommy suggested using HijackThis but still no luck. I did use the fixmtx tool (from the Symantec site) that was suggested and that cleaned another 56 files AFTER NortonAV initially said it had cleaned ALL the 65 infected files it had found. However after using the tool, I ran NAV and again it found 6 infected files that it cleaned. However this virus appears to be dynamically creating more infected files as it keeps finding 6 infected files, but the file extensions keep increasing from vi1, vi2, vi3 ...etc. The 6 files are mixres32, regtlib, finstall, mickey32, jview and wjview - if that means anything. And the 'alt' key still is disabled. Thanks again in advance for any further ideas, as this is proving to be an immense challenge ! |
amitluis (4153) | ||
| 185151 | 2003-10-24 12:13:00 | Repair tool here. www.symantec.com |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 185152 | 2003-10-24 18:21:00 | As mentioned above, I have used the repair tool from Symantec but it hasn't managed to get rid of the virus. thanks ! |
amitluis (4153) | ||
| 185153 | 2003-10-24 18:47:00 | Did you read the information on this link www.pchell.com I gave previously, they also say this. Hopefully, the MTX virus will be out of your system at this point. 90% of the time, I've been able to clean it using this method, however I have experienced a couple systems where the virus would return again and again. I had to reformat these systems to absolutely clean it. Good luck with cleaning the MTX virus. It is a nasty one that is VERY HARD to get rid of. I hope these instructions help. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 185154 | 2003-10-24 18:57:00 | Hi Jim, Yes I did follow those instructions as regards deleting the registry entries and using the fixmtx tool from Symantec. However, I haven't extracted copies of those 3 system files that was recommended and maybe that was the problem ? I will try this and post back to let everyone know how I went on. any ideas why my 'alt' key is still out of commission though ? It's not a physical fault as both 'alt' keys are not working ? Thanks again !! |
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