Does anyone know of this weird virus?

Question

I think I'm kinda infected with a strange virus which is not recognized by any of the anti-virus programs I've tried so far. It inserts the string BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB and sometimes a bunch of funny characters at the beginning of some web pages in my browser (either Mozilla or IE). Worst of all, I cannot have access to my Gmail account since what I face is a page full of unknown characters exactly like when you open an exe file in Notepad. The virus is has this effect periodically (usually at nights)! Has anyone of you ever experienced the same thing and what have you done to get rid of it? Thanks.

Answer 1

Are you sure you do not have keys that are sticking down on your keyboard? Or perhaps something leaning on the keys!

WDW

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Ok. (SPYWARE DOCTOR PUTS A VIRUS ON YOUR COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ!)

Check the task manager when it initiates (in the night or whatever you said).

Try to locate the virus in the programs that are currently running.

Wait I am ahead of myself. Try to locate filepaths and or portions of the program in your hard drive. Write down or memorize where they are.

Do the task manager thing. Find the program that is running.

Force a stop. Rename the file paths and then delete them while they are not being accessed by the program in question. Re-naming the file paths essentially prevents the program from finding itself or parts of itself that are needed to operate/infect.

If you can't remove it yourself you might need to look at backing up important files and rebooting.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I really wish Breet would STOP telling people to load thier system with so many apps that are not needed by 99% of the population...Geez man...answer the questions with answers that work ok..you are really not doing people any good

sorry for my rant but your problem can be solved quite simply with one small program called prevx

here is the link and rather than go into alot of detail here please go read up on it. It is free to try and will work 100% for 30 days but the best part is that it will fix the problem you are having....its probably one of the best kept secrets on the net and one powerful little utility

http://www.prevx.com/homeproducts.asp

Answer 5

Description:
Trojan.PPDropper.B is a Trojan horse that drops a file on the compromised computer. It spreads by exploiting an undocumented Microsoft Powerpoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability using a malformed string.


Trojan.PPDropper.B may arrive as a Powerpoint attachment in the following email
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The following instructions pertain to all current and recent Symantec antivirus products, including the Symantec AntiVirus and Norton AntiVirus product lines.

Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
Update the virus definitions.
Run a full system scan.
Delete any values added to the registry.

For specific details on each of these steps, read the following instructions.

1. To disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP)
If you are running Windows Me or Windows XP, we recommend that you temporarily turn off System Restore. Windows Me/XP uses this feature, which is enabled by default, to restore the files on your computer in case they become damaged. If a virus, worm, or Trojan infects a computer, System Restore may back up the virus, worm, or Trojan on the computer.

Windows prevents outside programs, including antivirus programs, from modifying System Restore. Therefore, antivirus programs or tools cannot remove threats in the System Restore folder. As a result, System Restore has the potential of restoring an infected file on your computer, even after you have cleaned the infected files from all the other locations.

Also, a virus scan may detect a threat in the System Restore folder even though you have removed the threat.

For instructions on how to turn off System Restore, read your Windows documentation, or one of the following articles:
How to disable or enable Windows Me System Restore
How to turn off or turn on Windows XP System Restore

Note: When you are completely finished with the removal procedure and are satisfied that the threat has been removed, reenable System Restore by following the instructions in the aforementioned documents.

For additional information, and an alternative to disabling Windows Me System Restore, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article: Antivirus Tools Cannot Clean Infected Files in the _Restore Folder (Article ID: Q263455).

2. To update the virus definitions
Symantec Security Response fully tests all the virus definitions for quality assurance before they are posted to our servers. There are two ways to obtain the most recent virus definitions:
Running LiveUpdate, which is the easiest way to obtain virus definitions:
If you use Norton AntiVirus 2006, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.0, or newer products, LiveUpdate definitions are updated daily. These products include newer technology.
If you use Norton AntiVirus 2005, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0, or earlier products, LiveUpdate definitions are updated weekly. The exception is major outbreaks, when definitions are updated more often.
Downloading the definitions using the Intelligent Updater: The Intelligent Updater virus definitions are posted daily. You should download the definitions from the Symantec Security Response Web site and manually install them. To determine whether definitions for this threat are available by the Intelligent Updater, refer to Virus Definitions (Intelligent Updater).

The latest Intelligent Updater virus definitions can be obtained here: Intelligent Updater virus definitions. For detailed instructions read the document: How to update virus definition files using the Intelligent Updater.

3. To run a full system scan
Start your Symantec antivirus program and make sure that it is configured to scan all the files.
For Norton AntiVirus consumer products: Read the document: How to configure Norton AntiVirus to scan all files.
For Symantec AntiVirus Enterprise products: Read the document: How to verify that a Symantec Corporate antivirus product is set to scan all files.
Run a full system scan.
If any files are detected, follow the instructions displayed by your antivirus program.

Important: If you are unable to start your Symantec antivirus product or the product reports that it cannot delete a detected file, you may need to stop the risk from running in order to remove it. To do this, run the scan in Safe mode. For instructions, read the document, How to start the computer in Safe Mode. Once you have restarted in Safe mode, run the scan again.

After the files are deleted, restart the computer in Normal mode.

4. To delete the value from the registry
Important: Symantec strongly recommends that you back up the registry before making any changes to it. Incorrect changes to the registry can result in permanent data loss or corrupted files. Modify the specified subkeys only. For instructions refer to the document: How to make a backup of the Windows registry.

Click Start > Run.
Type regedit
Click OK.

Note: If the registry editor fails to open the threat may have modified the registry to prevent access to the registry editor. Security Response has developed a tool to resolve this problem. Download and run this tool, and then continue with the removal.


Navigate to and delete subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SKavx


Exit the Registry Editor.

Answer 6

So what antivirus products have you tried?

My suggestions (all free)

General cleanup

http://www.ccleaner.com

Comodo Antivirus

http://www.comodo.com

Ad-Aware and Spybot AntiSpyware

http://www.lavasoft.com
http://www.safer-networking.org

Answer 7

Go to download.com and get all these FREE apps:

1. spywareblaster - it'll prevent viruses etc from even installing. make sure you enable all protections after updating it each week.

2. spyware doctor - update it each week and run weekly.

3. spybot s&d - update weekly, immunize, & run weekly.

4. ad-aware SE persona- update weekly & run wkly.

5. avg 7.5 - update weekly and setup the scheduler to run wkly

6. ccleaner - update everytime and run wkly

7. regscrub xp - run wkly (will not work on Vista)

10 points please :)