[creamtheater]

Hello folks. i use windows 7 on my toshiba and the following variety of virus has crept into my system and isnt going away!

trojan:win64/sirefef.AA
trojan:win32/sirefef.AN

I have Security Essentials that's continuously detecting them and even though im doing a 'clean pc' and 'remove all' it comes back again in a second.
I tried looking up and it says it's a malware so i downloaded malwarebytes and did a full scan and cleaned the pc, yet the popup by security essentials isn't going away. I am getting so fedup with it, because it has slowed my system down greatly! .exe files that i want to install are taking ages, files of simple applications. Skype has become very slow too.. image quality is severely affected.

Is there anyway to get rid of it? Kindly help, im getting really upset cos of this.

[coastie65]

creamtheater, on 11 July 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

Hello folks. i use windows 7 on my toshiba and the following variety of virus has crept into my system and isnt going away!

trojan:win64/sirefef.AA
trojan:win32/sirefef.AN

I have Security Essentials that's continuously detecting them and even though im doing a 'clean pc' and 'remove all' it comes back again in a second.
I tried looking up and it says it's a malware so i downloaded malwarebytes and did a full scan and cleaned the pc, yet the popup by security essentials isn't going away. I am getting so fedup with it, because it has slowed my system down greatly! .exe files that i want to install are taking ages, files of simple applications. Skype has become very slow too.. image quality is severely affected.

Is there anyway to get rid of it? Kindly help, im getting really upset cos of this.

Hi and welcome to the forums. Try www.malwarebytes.org ( The FREE version ) . Make sure it is updated then run it.

[Flashorn]

Hey creamtheater!

Welcome to PCWorld Community.

I don't want to impose my views since our Mod has already asked you to run MBAM
but, this is a very nasty backdoor Trojan that steals sensitive info from your PC.

My recommendation is that you seek help where trained helpers can solve your
problem effectively. I know I am not making myself look very helpful and could
most likely save you the trouble but, I am not trained (yet) to have you execute
certain specialized programs which you will require to make this go away.

You can visit one of these sites for the removal of this offensive Trojan :

Malware Removal :

http://www.malwareremoval.com/

Bleeping Computers :

http://www.bleepingc...s/forum103.html

GeekstoGo :

http://www.geekstogo...alware-removal/

Any one of these sites will save your PC.

One thing I would recommend you do, find out if your credit cards have had transactions
that you didn't make. Also, if you Bank Online, make sure your accounts are all in order.

I don't want you to panic but, this Trojan is a piece of work.



FLASHORN.

This post has been edited by Flashorn: 11 July 2012 - 01:48 PM

[coastie65]

Flashorn, on 11 July 2012 - 01:47 PM, said:

Hey creamtheater!

Welcome to PCWorld Community.

I don't want to impose my views since our Mod has already asked you to run MBAM
but, this is a very nasty backdoor Trojan that steals sensitive info from your PC.

My recommendation is that you seek help where trained helpers can solve your
problem effectively. I know I am not making myself look very helpful and could
most likely save you the trouble but, I am not trained (yet) to have you execute
certain specialized programs which you will require to make this go away.

You can visit one of these sites for the removal of this offensive Trojan :

Malware Removal :

http://www.malwareremoval.com/

Bleeping Computers :

http://www.bleepingc...s/forum103.html

GeekstoGo :

http://www.geekstogo...alware-removal/

Any one of these sites will save your PC.

One thing I would recommend you do, find out if your credit cards have had transactions
that you didn't make. Also, if you Bank Online, make sure your accounts are all in order.

I don't want you to panic but, this Trojan is a piece of work.



FLASHORN.

Hey Flash, Maybe I should have checked that trojan as I didn't. Just assumed it was one of those everyday things you see ( none of which are welcome ).

[Flashorn]

Hey coastie!

Yeah, those things pop-up like the plague and most are easily eradicated but, this one, I was reading about
in one of my news letters from NetWorld, is unlike the others. More like a rootkit. We have to use some pretty
powerful scanners and it's always risky.

Better let a trained eye do his/her work.


FLASHORN.

[ElfBane]

Try running MSE and MBAM in Safe Mode.

[Flashorn]

ElfBane, on 12 July 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:

Try running MSE and MBAM in Safe Mode.

Hey elfbane !

Maybe you didn't read my reply.

Neither are, first of all, meant to run in safe mode and this Trojan acts like
a Rootkit. Only deep cleaning of his/her PC will get rid of it.



FLASHORN.

[ElfBane]

Flashorn, on 12 July 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

ElfBane, on 12 July 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:

Try running MSE and MBAM in Safe Mode.

Hey elfbane !

Maybe you didn't read my reply.

Neither are, first of all, meant to run in safe mode and this Trojan acts like
a Rootkit. Only deep cleaning of his/her PC will get rid of it.



FLASHORN.

I read your reply. It didn't mention Safe mode. I am aware of their reduced functionality... but perhaps the Trojan's defenses have reduced functionality also.