04-20-2009, 07:27 PM
Well, today I got bit by Vundo.h while looking up a word my son has been using lately to see what it really means. :) Safety Tip: Don't go to the urban dictionary, its diseased.
The Motive: The word was "booyah", but I'm not sure where he heard it. Probably the TV. I'm a big NCIS fan, and my wife has informed me that it is used there sometimes. I hadn't noticed.
The Culprit: I need to exorcise Internet Explorer entirely from my system. The problem is that from some programs, some of my .htm* links still open IE. IE seems to be a hole that any webpage can download active code through.
The Cure: The three most popular virus scanners (McAffee, Symantec, AVG) couldn't find or remove this bug, I ended up using MBAM (Malware Bytes Anti-Malware) tool. Luckily, I also use Winpatrol, so while it remained resident in IE, and memory, it was stopped from altering any system32 files. I also stopped giving myself Administrator rights awhile ago, and keep a "Home Admin" to own the system rights. It's a pain when I want to install something, as I need to go give myself admin rights temporarily while I do the install, and then set up directory ownership correctly.
So, BOOYAH! I finally removed it after 4.5 hours of scans and cussing.
The Motive: The word was "booyah", but I'm not sure where he heard it. Probably the TV. I'm a big NCIS fan, and my wife has informed me that it is used there sometimes. I hadn't noticed.
The Culprit: I need to exorcise Internet Explorer entirely from my system. The problem is that from some programs, some of my .htm* links still open IE. IE seems to be a hole that any webpage can download active code through.
The Cure: The three most popular virus scanners (McAffee, Symantec, AVG) couldn't find or remove this bug, I ended up using MBAM (Malware Bytes Anti-Malware) tool. Luckily, I also use Winpatrol, so while it remained resident in IE, and memory, it was stopped from altering any system32 files. I also stopped giving myself Administrator rights awhile ago, and keep a "Home Admin" to own the system rights. It's a pain when I want to install something, as I need to go give myself admin rights temporarily while I do the install, and then set up directory ownership correctly.
So, BOOYAH! I finally removed it after 4.5 hours of scans and cussing.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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