Noob trying to rid pc of virises

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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:54 am

Hmm, cracked it at last. if you double click the process in process manager and click the service tab, you get all kinds of helpful info. The service name, .dll it's running from etc. Ah well, and so to bed. Night all

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:38 pm

Try this tool to get you a view and description of processes and services running: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

Also very useful: Hijackthis. http://www.hijackthis.de/ , on the top right side there's a download link. Run the analysis with the 'save a logfile' option. It will produce a list with running processes in a text file. Select the whole list, copy and paste it in the online browser window on http://www.hijackthis.de and push the analyze button in the bottom. Based on known processes it will produce a full blown report with safe and (possible) suspicious entries for you to investigate further. It's possible to fix the malicious entries within the Hijackthis application.

It does produce false positive sometimes, so be sure to investigate properly before you delete entries.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:06 pm

Hmmm, autoruns, lots of info...what the heck does it all mean? (It's ok, I don't expect an answer. Laughing

) I'm happy just being able to find out what service each incarnation of svchost is running, and how to find its .dll.

I agree, hijack this is a great tool, but capable of causing havoc if used wrongly. Personally I like to make a back up of the whole boot partition with Acronis true image. If anything gets too out of hand, the whole lot can be replaced. My documents get backed up once a week to a spare hard drive. I haven't tried it yet, but should be able to wipe and replace the whole hard drive in under an hour.

Anti-virus etc is all very well, but it's no substitute for a thorough back up.

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