lRookiel said:
I'm not asking for advice or anything I know what im going to do to get rid of the Fucking thing (I think). I'm asking if any of you guys ever had a nasty experience with a virus and how did you be rid of the foul thing?
If you have no clue what you're doing, google and dedicated forums are your best friends. From what I've seen on Youtube so far, a lot of approaches there are either silly or incomplete, and even though you get to watch a nice little movie clip, I prefer forums dedicated to the matter because they usually tend to go for a more holistic approach, with proper step-by-step and mostly rather instant feedback of where you went astray and got the nasty bugger in the first place.
The one you got is relatively harmless by itself, but what tends to make the situation really unpredictable and hairy is the fact that it comes with backdoor functionality (if I am not mistaken) - opening up limitless possibilities to worsen your infection experience, and allowing for any given bad guy to exploit the system to the fullest.
I've seen many an infection on any given Windows platform, some keyloggers on OS X. I tend to want to understand what I am dealing with and how it got here, and it usually starts with dem warez, naked titties or religious propaganda with an explosive payload beyond what was expected.
There is a number of specialized (free!) software around that helps get rid of most of the threats that are currently out in the wild. Every case needs an individual approach if you're not just going for a lose everything, backup nothing, start from scratch gung-ho way of no remorse.
For daily basis on personal computer equipment that runs any sort of Windows, I've been using Kaspersky (just the AV, not the IS Norton-like bloatware) with great success, as it can be customized to fit your needs. The Microsoft "integrated" anti-malware software is getting better and better, even though some options still seem hidden and some things are still a bit too clunky and unwieldy, making it hard if not impossible to look under the hood and understand properly what's going on. On client Windows computers, non-admin user accounts and that darn UAC are a blessing in dinging disguise.
I would also recommend making use of the integrated Windows firewall that comes free with Windows 7 - it really works. Best approach is to start out with blocking EVERYTHING, and then unblock the apps and services that really need to be able to go online one by one. That way, even if you have some not too elaborate critter on your system, it won't be able to do squat except being a very local pain in the nether regions.
