Interesting Appointment…27,394 Infected Files!

Check out these pictures from last night’s client! When I saw this I immediately called the client and told them I would be re-installing the OS.

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Bo
Interesting. Where do you draw the line on when to reinstall the OS? I know it’s fuzzy but am wondering what you consider.

malwarekilla
If it’s about 1000 or more i start leaning that way, especially if files have been patched.

Christos
Imagine what would happen if you had run a full scan!
Christos
Around 1000, huh? Well. I think that 1500 would be acceptable, the only thing after 1600 is that the client will pay much more than just reinstalling windows
Christos
Hey Matt, I posted some comments and you posted one too, where did they go?

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Not sure what you’re talking about. All comments were approved.

Michael
Speaking of comments, have you ever heard or considered Disqus? http://www.disqus.com

Manny
Woah! I don’t think I’ve gotten that much before. To be honest I have gotten a couple thousand before but 27,000! Wow! I usually lean to do a clean install after 500 or more, but it also depends on the kind of infection. How long did that take?
ZOU
What a trip. That is crazy.

Michael
Yeah tell me about. If I saw that, I would probably have to pinch myself to see if this is reality. So many infections…. re-installing the OS would be the best choice.
Michael
The client probably would have fainted at that amount of viruses.

http://www.remove-malware.com blake
Over 27,000 infected files…WOW! You da man Matt.
Michael
I guess that you really can get that infections. Now the question is: How did all those infections get there?
Michael
That was some interesting appointment alright. No doubt about it.
Johan
LOL Crazy numbers indeed!
Just curious Matt, how did the PC run before the quick scan? Slow I guess, or at all?
Now not to start a war here but, what type of protection was in use on that PC that did let all those nasties through?

wasgij6
mrizos will you check out the new comodo cleaning essentials when its released? the second beta for version 2.0 was released today and it seems promising. lots of improvements and a couple of new tools

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Yeah, probably. I’ll have to checkout the changelog.

Reggie
You’d think the infestation would have made the pc unusable long before it had a chance to get that bad. Was it a computer that was left on all the time?

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Their desktop was down, so they started using the laptop this week.

Christos
I can see the comments now Anyway, what protection was the pc running or wasn’t it running any protection at all?

Adam
@Matt
In the case that I saw, she had an out of date version of Java. Was missing service pack 2 for Vista which also means she was also missing about 70 updates that would have shown up had she installed sp2.
Because she sucks at installing updates i’m just going to assume she was running with an out of data version of flash. It’s any bodies guess which exploit got her. But my money is on Java. Recently it’s always java gets em.
In this case she was also running MSE. I will agree with you, the system was not responding very well. Mainly because MSE was sucking up 100% cpu.

Michael
Well MSE usually never uses that much for me. It only does that when it scans archive files. Other than that, there should be no problem. I use XP Home SP3 with 1.6 GHZ Intel Celeron single core CPU along with 1.37 GB of RAM.

Warwagon
Hey Matt
Tonight a customer brought me a computer with the exact same infection. Probably caught it via out of date version of java. When I turned the computer on I saw the java update icon next to the clock.

Michael
Yeah Java is getting more common again. I guess it jumps from PDF’s to Flash to Java.

enes
hi,
so just wow
I couldn’t get that many viruses if I tried so hard
though the best way to get infected probably is to install xp with no service packs and plugg in your ethernet cable
that should do the trick
btw, what type of attack are those attacks considered
Tyler
it would have been cool if you would bust out the video camera again and do a cleanup of an infected pc and when it is necessary to just reformat.

Michael
Well that would be nice, but it would have taken more time to clean it than just reinstall the OS. And remember, that was just a quick scan. It would be probably be thousands more if it was a full scan. Reinstalling the OS was the right choice. I wouldn’t bother to go through the cleaning procedure unless I didn’t have the OS disc from the client.

Hjax
So looks like a downloader and a patching virus did a lot of a damage, thats amazing

Michael
Yeah. If a downloader/dropper gets through, there’s no telling what damage can be done to a system.

shre54321
WOW! i even remember seeing over 98345 infected files on one of my friends machine when i was scanning with malwarebytes…..i formated his machine and installed win 7 with comodo internet security…..he is fine now!
John
That’s a lot… my record of infections is 49,000-some. The computer was a total mess. The only reason there were so many is that the client let it go on for months. They could have got off with a cheaper one hour cleanup if they’d have got it to me immediately.
Josh
And that right there is what keeps our field in business!
Nerdsinc
That’s a lottttt of porn he has there ;p.
Any idea how he got that many without noticing anything beforehand Matt?
Alex
Holy crap, Matt, is this a world record??
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This is not world record at all. You can find lots of system which are infected by virus and still owner don’t do anything about it.