Posted by Lisa Prestegard on 7/2/07 10:57pm
Msg #198268

Question for Andy...

or anyone else w/techie knowledge.
I came home this evening to find that my wonderful, charming and handsome son had been "uh, surfing the internet" on my business computer. Lo and behold, I have some sort of virus that I think is named op.exe (there was an icon on my desktop).
I've run Registry Cleaner and AdAware SE, and have deleted all the critical objects (there were dozens). Is there anything else I must do to ensure that the malware (which I believe is actually HACKware) is completely removed?
I did try to run Avast anti-virus but it froze half way through the process.

Oh, and the description of my son above? That was purely sarcastic, because right about now I want to wring his NECK.

Reply by Lisa Prestegard on 7/2/07 10:58pm
Msg #198269

Ooops.. clicked too fast on the laptop! Sorry! n/m

Reply by ZeeCA on 7/2/07 11:20pm
Msg #198271

Re: Ooops.. clicked too fast on the laptop! Sorry!

Lisa I ran the most updated version of spybot and it found stuff and removed it better than my paid program.

and it is free and does incredibly great !

gl

Reply by Lisa Prestegard on 7/2/07 11:29pm
Msg #198272

Thanks, Zee... but this is a very bad piece of hackware

and it isn't easily thwarted, so I've read. Having tried both, I prefer AdAware SE and Registry Cleaner, alongside the Avast! anti-virus and Prevx 2.0 anti-virus, running simultaneously.
(that last one is a new install, since it was their website that educated me on the op.exe malware)
*sigh*

Reply by Todd/OH on 7/3/07 9:54am
Msg #198306

I had to get my unit reformatted - - -

I would password-protect your computer. I had to do that once because my youngest (15) thought he "owned" the computer. He couldn't get on for a week; he wasn't too happy.

Reply by MelissaCT on 7/3/07 10:53am
Msg #198316

VeggieTales crashed a computer of mine

sone now has his own laptop (thanks, grandpa!!) -- got for Christmas at tender age of 4 1/2!! Although I had to put parental controls on his computer when he had $3500.00 worth of toys in his "shopping cart" at Toys 'R Us -- LOL! I told him he didn't have money to go shopping & he retorted "Uh-huh, I have $4.00!". At least now, I only have to listen to the occasional -- I hate it when this stupid computer makes me have to get a password. Momma!!! -- No!

Reply by Lisa Prestegard on 7/3/07 11:10am
Msg #198318

I wish mine were so innocent...

but it was a very "adult" culprit that got me. A chat module with an auto dialer that replicates itself every few seconds on your hard drive if you're still connected via ethernet (which I was) and then it hacks (scans) your drive for numeric sequences, such as passwords, credit card numbers, CSV codes (from the back of your credit cards), account numbers, logins, site keys, etc.

I cannot even begin to conceive the fallout I'll experience, given the volume of e-commerce I engage in regularly.

My son, whom I adore beyond measure, is on my s*%t list right now. I cannot even speak to him, I am so angry.