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W32/Bagle.gen@MM virii ...again

I get this like 3 times in the last month, each time I need to format to fix. God knows where I get it, but it always prevents me from sending email and "marks" me as a spammer on my network. For the love of God!!!!

But hey that's what Sundays are for right????:D
 
Not to start an OS war... but have you considered switching to Linux?
 
Infected by bagle - eish! Thats a real old one.

You should never have to reformat to remove a virus.

Going from memory here but bagle is a mass mailing worm which means you got infected via the internet via a unpatched machine. Also check that your AV is up to date - by now all AV software should detect it, but if your machine is not patched you will still get infected.

One trick you can use for cleaning up is check what EXE the worm created, reboot into safe/console mode and create a directory of the same name. The file will not be able to get created when you reboot into normal mode and you should be able to cleanup.

I've never had to reformat to remove malware/worms - thats a too extreme method :)
 
Ryder_JHB said:
Not to start an OS war... but have you considered switching to Linux?
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This argument is always the first to be put forward but you Linux guys have to realise a lot of us use our computers for work purposes and the software needed for work is often not compatible with Linux. Even if it were the IT guys often refuse to support anything other than Windows. Yes, a silly attitude to have but you try changing the business practice of a multi billion rand listed company!
 
LancelotSA said:
This argument is always the first to be put forward but you Linux guys have to realise a lot of us use our computers for work purposes and the software needed for work is often not compatible with Linux. Even if it were the IT guys often refuse to support anything other than Windows. Yes, a silly attitude to have but you try changing the business practice of a multi billion rand listed company!
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Exactly!

You can't just switch and change everything, give up most just so that you cant get viruses anymore
 
when i read the title of the post i thought u literaly had a disease.

step 1 stop downloading porn.
step 2 get mcAfee
 
Eish...I don't get how people catch bugs so often.

Perhaps a virtualization tool might help. Something like VMWare etc works wonders for dodgy key-gens.

Go for the kaspersky online virus scan while you're logged in as admin.
 
BTech said:
W32/Bagle.gen@MM virii ...again

I get this like 3 times in the last month, each time I need to format to fix. God knows where I get it, but it always prevents me from sending email and "marks" me as a spammer on my network. For the love of God!!!!

But hey that's what Sundays are for right????:D
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Give Nod32 or Eset Smart Security a go.

(Try out the 30 trial for starters to see how you like it.)
 
Get yourself Comodo Firewall, and make sure to install the Defence+ part of it in addition to the firewall.

This thing should pick up when the malware is trying to create itself, and you can block it from going any further. It's picked up some dodgy downloads I tried, and it stopped potential malware.

Along with that, get up to date Windows wise, and get a good AV program. I'm partial to Avast myself.
 
If your machine is not fully patched don't even waste your time running AV - it will still get infected.

Patch patch patch - McAfee and all other AV programs should detect the worm, otherwise its not setup correctly.
 
Antiviruses aren't all they're cracked up to be:

Was infected this week with a nasty piece of work I got from a torrent.

Neither Trend Micro, nor Kaspersky, nor AVG picked it up. However I could see it clearly in Windows/System32 a DLL was dropped in there that kept resetting my PC and locked up my LAN card. I used the Windows XP CD to get in via command prompt and deleted the file and then booted windows up to delete its crap in the registry. Problem solved and no more problems.

I sometimes wonder if Antivirus software is worth the trouble!
 
Well if your going to be lurking on torrents you will pick up something. :)

There are 100's of new pieces of malware that comes out daily - AV can't be relied on to stop 100% of things 100% of the time. But you also can't do without AV - then your asking for trouble.

If your going to be downloading dodgy things then you should run a vm which you can trash afterwards.
 
gregmcc said:
Well if your going to be lurking on torrents you will pick up something. :)

There are 100's of new pieces of malware that comes out daily - AV can't be relied on to stop 100% of things 100% of the time. But you also can't do without AV - then your asking for trouble.

If your going to be downloading dodgy things then you should run a vm which you can trash afterwards.
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it is indeed par for the course. I didn't have the luxury of a VM at the time so I thought I'd check quickly.

My point though, is, that AV's aren't all they're cracked up to be and IMHO not worth the trouble. I've not used an antivirus at home for years, infection rate has been very low because I am reasonably careful.

In my experience once you're infected an av is useless anyways. have yet to find one that can remove an infection
 
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