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[Fidgits]

Okay, the reason I'm posting this is because:

a. I was infected with this Virus/Trojan

b. I have spybot, Symantec etc, nothing picked it up

c. You might just have this and not know...

What happens is, when you click a link, say on a thread, that window locks up for about 30 seconds (you can open new ones) and you are unable to open the link.

Okay, its a trojan, a rather unsofisticated one.. the file is req.dat, which sits in your system32 folder.

Dont try doing a windows search, it wont find it, its a process.

I do have a fix... but it uses tools that would allow you to do some serious damage...

If anyone has this, and wants me to post the fix, I will, but I wont accept any responsibility if you wreck your computer...

[MrADeveci]

Any further on it mate ? ........ what it does, not that I have it .........

and how did you eventually find out you have it ?

[Fidgits]

Apparantly its a keystroke logger..

But as its not a very well written trojan, Im not sure how effective it is..

I knew I had a problem, and did a little web searching, and found the explination to what it was, and the process that was the culprit...

[Steve ( West Mids )]

Ian, for peace of mind is there a way of checking to see if you have it ........ not worrying about trying to fix it ..... would be nice to know hot to check ..... would it show in the registry?

[Fidgits]

I found it buy using Hijack this, just download, save into a folder.

Run it, select 'system scan only'

You will get a long list of processes, and most of these you need...

you need to go down and look for c:\windows\system32\req.dat - if you see this file, you have the virus.

DO NOT CHECK ANY BOXES, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CLICK 'fix checked' - this can do significant damage to windows...

[Rodders_UK]

did MS Anti-Spyware not detect it mate?

[MrADeveci]

Nice link Ian ........ I don't have it

[Fidgits]

did MS Anti-Spyware not detect it mate?

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nope.

Or spybot, or ad-aware

[peter026]

I use anti vir guard, stops all trojans and other virus'

and update it every week

Best of all it was a freebie from some PC mag

[Fidgits]

Peter - I have symantec Anti Virus corporate - trust me when I say if that didnt stop it, your freeware Anti Virus wouldnt...

and as i said, the antivirus doesnt detect it (yet)

[Steve ( West Mids )]

I'm clean - thanks :)

[dlayen]

i'm clean thanks for the warning

[Rob]

try kaspersky anti virus, i had anti virus corp and it didnt detect anything, tried kaspersky and it found quite a bit of stuff ( on a comp i knew had viruses etc) so i dont have ANY faith in symantec/norton antivirus products