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From: "SRLZ" <SRLZ@discussions.microsoft.com>
| Had to delete XP hpdrivers.sys file infected with hacktool.rootkit. Could not
| repair. File now gone from HD, and system came with computer. New at all
| this. Can anyone help?
There are anti virus News Groups specifically for this type of discussion.
microsoft.public.security.virus
alt.comp.virus
alt.comp.anti-virus
Rootkits are not viruses. They are more like advanced Trojans. Since the don't infect
files the file inteldf is the payload.
The cahnces are the file "hpdrivers.sys" is the actual payload and not a legitimate file and
therefore there is no replacement for it unless you wan to be re-infected.
Hacktool.Rootkit. --
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/hacktool.rootkit.html
(aka; AFXrootkit --
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_102335.htm )
I suggest that you do perform a scan using the fiollowing tool which has scanners for;
Mcafee, Sophos and Trend Micro. Rootkits are tricky and you want to make sure it is all
gone.
Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
(.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
remove viruses, Trojans and various other malware.
C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.
You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file.
To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close
Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
* * * Please report back your results * * *
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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