virus attack !

dear friends,

im not able to access any antivirus sites like avg, quickheal, norton etc. the quick heal installed on my system is also not getting updated since last few days.... its showing the mge"internet connection not detected". but im able to access other sites as yahoo, gmail etc. when i run the quick heal it doesnot show up any viruses. can any one help me out......

Originally Posted by cheeru

dear friends,

im not able to access any antivirus sites like avg, quickheal, norton etc. the quick heal installed on my system is also not getting updated since last few days.... its showing the mge"internet connection not detected". but im able to access other sites as yahoo, gmail etc. when i run the quick heal it doesnot show up any viruses. can any one help me out......

Is it happening with you in Firefox or IE or Safari? you can download free trial versions from Softpedia. Check it out.

im using IE.

Originally Posted by cheeru

im using IE.

Please download and install the trial version of Kaspersky 2009. After installing scan the PC with the software. It will help u get rid of all the malware present in your PC. Buy the software if u like it, its money well spent.

Originally Posted by cheeru

im using IE.

Buddy try out Firefox and let us know is this happening with it. I doubt that your IE is corrupt now because of Virus or some reason...

Originally Posted by cheeru

dear friends,

im not able to access any antivirus sites like avg, quickheal, norton etc. the quick heal installed on my system is also not getting updated since last few days.... its showing the mge"internet connection not detected". but im able to access other sites as yahoo, gmail etc. when i run the quick heal it doesnot show up any viruses. can any one help me out......

boot ur pc in safemode >> access internet >> download eset smart security >> scan ur pc >> all done

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Please download and install the trial version of Kaspersky 2009. After installing scan the PC with the software. It will help u get rid of all the malware present in your PC. Buy the software if u like it, its money well spent.

thanks buddy.... it was indeed a trojan/virus problem....changing my browser to firefox wasn,t of much help.... neither could AVIRA trial version solve the problem.....
so i unistalled quick heal using a different software.....then tried installing free version of kaspersky2009. But to my surprise it refused to install until I uninstalled the AVG 8 which i had stopped using about 5 months back.... I had a tough time uninstalling AVG 8:38:....finally when i got rid of it kaspersky was installed...... it started a full scan of the system......

TO MY HORROR IT DETECTED AROUN 28 VIRUSES , several worms and 68 TROJANS.....
all these had got into my system while quick heal version 10.0 was running ....mind it is a full paid version....it seems the trojans had overrun quickheal and taken over it..... what a DUMBO QUICK HEAL has proved to be ... a total waste of money.........

I have been using quick heal since last 3 months.... I was regularly having problems with it since the day it was installed .....with their latest firewallinstalled you wouldnot be able to access the internet.... so they provided me with an older version........

but then this was a real shocker...... what more the kaspersky was detecting trojans in quickheal installation software and their older version of firewall......my my .....

STAY AWAY FROM QUICK HEAL.......

AND YES with KASPERSKY 2009 installed, the problem has been solved. The broadband speed has returned ...No probs in accessing the sites ..... the system is faster and is running as smooth as MAKKHAN.....

THANKS TO KASPERSKY......

Please buy the product if u really liked it. Such softwares need to be supported.

sure ...Im planning to get the paid version of KASPERSKY..... .and also dump QUICK HEAL in dustbin.

Originally Posted by cheeru

dear friends,

im not able to access any antivirus sites like avg, quickheal, norton etc. the quick heal installed on my system is also not getting updated since last few days.... its showing the mge"internet connection not detected". but im able to access other sites as yahoo, gmail etc. when i run the quick heal it doesnot show up any viruses. can any one help me out......

why dont u install avast antivirus.its quite good.first use the trial version of any antivirus program then decide which one to buy.dont buy a new software just coz someone asked u to.go to avast.com and try out avast antivirus or else try kaspersky.i ve been using avast and its too good.it gives real time protection.the trial version gives u 60 days of protection then u gotta guy the license key.avast updates every 3 days.sometimes everyday.or else try the kaspersky antivirus program.i dont know how good it is.it may be good.try out the trial version and then buy the software.

^^ His PC is working fine now. Please go through http://www.indiabroadband.net/comput...tml#post116988

Avast is also a good AV.

Originally Posted by cheeru

sure ...Im planning to get the paid version of KASPERSKY..... .and also dump QUICK HEAL in dustbin.

yes .. . very good decision ... quick heals sucks ...

kaspersky is really good ... you can also try eset nod32 - equally good in my opinion ...

never use ie. also keep reinstalling your browser every 15 days. now a days, these things work in tandem with you browser.

use opera as web browser

hi,

download kaspersky rescue disk from softpedia & boot with this CD scan u r system .

i think it can be a CONFICKER worm attack. conficker disables access to security websites. you should try these 2 steps
1: start windows update
2: go to microsofts`s website microsoft.com

Now if windows update fails and your pc dos,nt open microsoft.com, this means you are really infected by CONFICKER. than you should try this page. it has information regarding conficker removal

darfuns.com/remove-virus-w32-conficker-dv-worm-manully/

Good Luck
O Sorry, and if you can open microsoft.com and windows update starts successfully, than try an Anti Spyware software.

Cheeru,

as tsforce told, the behaviour seems to be Conficker or downadup (both denotes same worm. it was identified by more than 1 security company at same time, thats y two names).
anyhow kaspersky identifies it. but i suggest from my exp to immediately apply relevant operating system patches esp MS 08-067 patch and run Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool.

quote=cheeru;116988]thanks buddy.... it was indeed a trojan/virus problem....changing my browser to firefox wasn,t of much help.... neither could AVIRA trial version solve the problem.....
so i unistalled quick heal using a different software.....then tried installing free version of kaspersky2009. But to my surprise it refused to install until I uninstalled the AVG 8 which i had stopped using about 5 months back.... I had a tough time uninstalling AVG 8:38:....finally when i got rid of it kaspersky was installed...... it started a full scan of the system......

TO MY HORROR IT DETECTED AROUN 28 VIRUSES , several worms and 68 TROJANS.....
all these had got into my system while quick heal version 10.0 was running ....mind it is a full paid version....it seems the trojans had overrun quickheal and taken over it..... what a DUMBO QUICK HEAL has proved to be ... a total waste of money.........

I have been using quick heal since last 3 months.... I was regularly having problems with it since the day it was installed .....with their latest firewallinstalled you wouldnot be able to access the internet.... so they provided me with an older version........

but then this was a real shocker...... what more the kaspersky was detecting trojans in quickheal installation software and their older version of firewall......my my .....

STAY AWAY FROM QUICK HEAL.......

AND YES with KASPERSKY 2009 installed, the problem has been solved. The broadband speed has returned ...No probs in accessing the sites ..... the system is faster and is running as smooth as MAKKHAN.....

THANKS TO KASPERSKY......[/quote]