shawn3090 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I just scanned my data partition with MSE and almost all my exe files came up with that virus. What does it do? I haven't found anything working wrong on this pc at all... [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiller2 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Win32/Almanahe.B is a virus that replicates via network shares. It install a rootkit on the system and can download and execute arbitrary files. Microsofts Encyclopedia gives some info, removal advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Call me lazy but rather than fussing around with removing a rootkit, I'd rather go with a clean install instead. They're nasty otherwise. EDIT: OP, once you do remove the rootkit, get something better than Microsoft Security Essentials, please! :( Avast is pretty good and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Call me lazy but rather than fussing around with removing a rootkit, I'd rather go with a clean install instead. They're nasty otherwise. EDIT: OP, once you do remove the rootkit, get something better than Microsoft Security Essentials, please! :( Avast is pretty good and it's free. Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty good. The fact that this virus got caught proves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn3090 Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Just uninstalled Avast prior to scanning, never picked it up. EDIT: This is 3rd day after fresh install. [hide=Stats][/hide]"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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