Root kit removal from HHD/SSD
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A Bad Enough Dude
October 7, 2014 8:39:14 PM
I have a root kit on my desktop that redirects my browser to trovi.com. I've researched it extensively and tried every known solution to remove it, up to and including reformatting both my HDD and SSD. It persisted. I'm going to zero my HDD soon in hopes of eradicating it, but I'm afraid that it will remain because it's rooted into my OS which is only on my SSD. Does anyone have experience with this or any other persistent rootkits? Any suggestions or guidance at this point would be greatly appreciated.
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Run tdsskiller on it.
If it picks anything up select cure then reboot http://media.kaspersky.com/utilities/VirusUtilities/EN/...
If it picks anything up select cure then reboot http://media.kaspersky.com/utilities/VirusUtilities/EN/...
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A Bad Enough Dude
October 7, 2014 10:46:03 PM
A Bad Enough Dude
October 8, 2014 9:22:26 AM
A Bad Enough Dude
October 8, 2014 2:42:26 PM
A Bad Enough Dude
October 8, 2014 3:01:23 PM
No, nothing else had been effected. I haven't turned my desktop on since the wipe/reload of Windows. Just got a bit of advice from a micro center chat about flashing the BIOS, which I'll explore tonight. Hopefully I won't have to replace the mobo, hdd and ssd, which is what it's looking like right now.
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A Bad Enough Dude
October 8, 2014 4:31:16 PM
You didnt get anything from cnet did you??
Because this site will give you ad-infested downloads, if youre not careful. inc programs that install rubbish that redirect you to trovi.com
And it looks like people using Chrome had the same prob. This thing is like a malware magnet !
If youre going to cnet.com. download.com or filehippo for files, AVOID all of them. They'll give you downloads with malware in the installers
So if you installed Chrome after reformatting , I wouldnt be surprised if thats where it came from
Because this site will give you ad-infested downloads, if youre not careful. inc programs that install rubbish that redirect you to trovi.com
And it looks like people using Chrome had the same prob. This thing is like a malware magnet !
If youre going to cnet.com. download.com or filehippo for files, AVOID all of them. They'll give you downloads with malware in the installers
So if you installed Chrome after reformatting , I wouldnt be surprised if thats where it came from
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A Bad Enough Dude
October 8, 2014 5:04:36 PM
I installed chrome after reformatting, but I got it directly from the Google website. The root kit came from a family member stupidly downloading some movie player, I'm not sure where from. The point is that I'll try anything to fix it. So if flashing the BIOS, then reformatting again is with a shot, I'll take it.
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October 8, 2014 6:25:41 PM
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October 8, 2014 6:39:56 PM
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