[sportsplaya22]

this is my first time on this and i dont reall no what im doing......im not very advanced with computers but i have a huge problem........i believe i have clicked on a link that installed the skunk virus or worm or trojan or whatever it is.........ther are a bunch of different problems with my computer.......first off none of my virus or spyware programs detect it and ive downloaded so many different programs to try and fix it......here are some of teh problems i am having
1. vulgar messages being sent to my aim friends
2. when i try to open many programs they say "an unexpected error has occurred"
3. when i try to open task manager it say "task manager was disabled by your administrator"
4. at first all of my icons started turning to a green globe
5. then all of my desktop icons disappeared
6. also when i start the computer up a bunch of different pop ups say "an unexpected error has occurred"


from the looks of it thers nothin out ther to fix this problem so far......if anyone else knows something i dont please help me........and if ther are any questions people have that i might possibly be able to answer let me know!!
Thanks for your help in advance

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Hi sportsplaya22.

This is one nasty virus. As you've already experienced, it's extremely destructive. While there are numerous experts working on a solution for removal, right now I would advise you to backup anything that you don't want to lose to a disc.

This is still very new, so you may have some experts here ask you for some info or maybe even some sample files from your computer. Anything you can offer may help stop this virus from spreading further and infecting someone else.

[Buckeye_Sam]

Hi sportsplaya22.

This is one nasty virus. As you've already experienced, it's extremely destructive. While there are numerous experts working on a solution for removal, right now I would advise you to backup anything that you don't want to lose to a disc.

This is still very new, so you may have some experts here ask you for some info or maybe even some sample files from your computer. Anything you can offer may help stop this virus from spreading further and infecting someone else.

[Bobbi Flekman]

Hi sportsplaya22,

Before I create false hopes. So far nothing has helped because this virus overwrites files, including Windows files itself. So I have a few questions for you, and a few things to do so we can assess the damage.

1) Do you have a backup of all your data? If not, can you make one. Just burn everything you want to keep onto a CD/DVD. Because it's most likely that you'll have to reformat and reinstall Windows. It would be a shame to lose all your data.

2) Download HijackThis.
http://www.bleepingc.../hijackthis.php
http://209.133.47.12.../HijackThis.exe
http://www.downloads.../hijackthis.zip

If you are on Windows XP, extract the file. Do not just doubleclick on it! This opens HijackThis in a temporary folder. This would interfere with the possibility to make back-ups.

Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder. Then, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and click "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button.
Press that and copy and paste its contents in this thread.

Most of what it lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet. Someone will be along to tell you what steps to take after you post the contents of the scan results.

3) Launch Notepad, and copy/paste the box below into a new text file. Save it as ListFiles.bat and save it on your Desktop.

dir c:\*.exe /s

Locate ListFiles.bat on your Desktop and double-click on it. It will open Notepad with some text in it. Please post the text here.

and 4) Launch Notepad, and copy/paste the box below into a new text file. Save it as fixme.reg and save it on your Desktop.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windwows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"Disable Taskmgr"=-

Locate fixme.reg on your Desktop and double-click on it.
You will receive a prompt similar to: "Do you wish to merge the information into the registry?".
Answer "Yes" and wait for a message to appear similar to "Merged Successfully".

The above Registry file was written specifically for this infection on this person's computer. It is NOT to be used on another computer, as it may cause damage that could result in a format!

At least you can the task manager again.

Edited by Bobbi Flekman, 24 December 2005 - 12:54 PM.