Remove-Malware.com » rootkits http://remove-malware.com Antivirus Reviews For 2011 / 2012, Tools and How To's Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rootkit Zero Access Removal Noteshttp://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkit-zero-access-max-notes/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkit-zero-access-max-notes/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:51:05 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=3274 This post is split up in a few sections.  It’s mostly my notes on dealing with rootkit zero access (a.k.a – rootkit.zeroacess, w32/Sirefef or Max++) Methods of Infection for Rootkit Zero Access (max++) Outdated Java (this seems to be the #1 way) .exe’s that have random porn type names.  They are made to look like [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkit-zero-access-max-notes/feed/ 30 TDL4 Rootkit Video – Being Used as a Proxyhttp://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/tdl4-rootkit-video-being-used-as-a-proxy/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/tdl4-rootkit-video-being-used-as-a-proxy/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:44:34 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=2807 In this video you get to see how the TDL4 rootkit uses your PC as a proxy server.  The tools used in this video are Comodo Cleaning Essentials and the Windows Task Manager.  

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/tdl4-rootkit-video-being-used-as-a-proxy/feed/ 54 Microsoft Security Essentials – Rootkit Followup Videohttp://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/microsoft-security-essentials-rootkit-followup-video/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/microsoft-security-essentials-rootkit-followup-video/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:16 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=1953 In this followup video to the Microsoft Security Detection and Removal tests video I show you what rootkit was present on the PC, what apps couldn’t even detect it and what finally removed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRfnBjTCG4I

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/microsoft-security-essentials-rootkit-followup-video/feed/ 5 Skynet Rootkit – When Malware with Movie Names Attack!http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/skynet-rootkit-%e2%80%93-when-malware-with-movie-names-attack/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/skynet-rootkit-%e2%80%93-when-malware-with-movie-names-attack/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:39:56 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/uncategorized/skynet-rootkit-%e2%80%93-when-malware-with-movie-names-attack/

No, the global A.I. network of man killing machines from the Terminator movie is not on your computer, it’s just a browser redirection rootkit. Figure 1 – The Skynet Rootkit I went over Tom’s house last night on the report that he couldn’t run a quick scan with SuperAntiSpyware (his box blue screened with a [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/skynet-rootkit-%e2%80%93-when-malware-with-movie-names-attack/feed/ 19 Free Rootkit Removal Programshttp://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-howto/free-rootkit-removal-steps/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-howto/free-rootkit-removal-steps/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:27:06 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=1549 This is a quick post on free rootkit removal.  I get 5-10 emails a day on how to remove rootkits,  so I’m hoping this will answer a few of those. Rootkits can be removed for free with: 1.  A Bootable AntiVirus Disc (like the Avira free rescue cd). Rootkits reside in the system32 folder, so [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-howto/free-rootkit-removal-steps/feed/ 15 New Generation of Rogue Antivirus Prevent Browsinghttp://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/new-generation-of-rogue-antivirus-prevent-browsing/ http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/new-generation-of-rogue-antivirus-prevent-browsing/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:00:00 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=1141

As you can see by the screen shot below, a rogue antivirus program called Spyware Protect 2009 has blocked my attempt to browse the internet either by direct URL navigation or via search engine queries.  Spyware Protect 2009 is just one example, I’ve seen over a dozen rogues that come bundled with TDSSERV rootkits (the [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/rogue-anti-malware/new-generation-of-rogue-antivirus-prevent-browsing/feed/ 19 Malware Customer Call – Notes from a real appointmenthttp://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/malware-customer-call-notes-from-a-real-appointment/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/malware-customer-call-notes-from-a-real-appointment/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:58:24 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=637 Ms Hager: “Hi Matt,  my computer is giving me a little fit…I don’t know what my husband has been doing” Matt: “What’cha got going on?” Ms Hager: “Well, when I turn the computer on I either get a blank desktop or a big alert saying my antivirus is not registered” I’m thinking it’s malware or [...]

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I’ve had about a dozen calls this week involving some nasty rootkits (TDSSERVE, TDSsycte, WinIK.sys). GMER Anti-Rootkit has quickly and effectively deleted or disabled any rootkit that it finds (usually in under 5 minutes). GMER AntiRootkit is FREE btw! Download it today and run a scan if you have been recently infected. Anything that comes [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/my-tools/gmer-anti-rootkit-i-don%e2%80%99t-leave-home-without-it/feed/ 10 rootkit.tdsserv/fake – A Very Annoying RootKithttp://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkittdsservfake-a-very-annoying-rootkit/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkittdsservfake-a-very-annoying-rootkit/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:39:47 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=386 I had a really nasty experience last night with a rootkit only because I forgot my bootable antimalware disc. Root.TDSSERV/FAKE (as identified by SuperAntiSpyware) performs 100% search engine query redirection to go.google which then serves up malvertised websites (like info.com). Once I used my bootable SAS (i had too run home and get my disc) [...]

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]]> http://remove-malware.com/malware/rootkits/rootkittdsservfake-a-very-annoying-rootkit/feed/ 16 A Weekend Of RootKits: Figaro.sys Rootkithttp://remove-malware.com/malware/malware-warnings/a-weekend-of-rootkits-figarosys-rootkit/ http://remove-malware.com/malware/malware-warnings/a-weekend-of-rootkits-figarosys-rootkit/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:04:23 +0000 malwarekilla http://remove-malware.com/?p=236 I took a few appointments this weekend and witnessed the same infection over and over again…Figaro.sys. The Figaro.sys rootkit is dropped in c:\windows\system32\drivers (on vista) and on XP i’ve seen it in the DLLCACHE folder. I don’t know exactly what it does but I can give you the symptoms: Random reboots Virtumonde drops Very slow [...]

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