Comments on: My Battle With The FakeRean Trojan & TDL3 Rootkit http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html How to make a SEO Website and Promote it! Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: helpmeplease http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8471 helpmeplease Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:50:07 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8471 I never downloaded any anti-spyware and my AVG notified me that i had an attack on my computer or something and quarantined two .exe files. Looking in the program's history, one was Fakerean and one was Kryptik.OWQ. After quarantining these files, my IE and firefox both don't work. I had to change my LAN settings to get on here. How do I get my IE back to normal? I don't care about firefox cuz I didn't use it really. Thanks I never downloaded any anti-spyware and my AVG notified me that i had an attack on my computer or something and quarantined two .exe files. Looking in the program's history, one was Fakerean and one was Kryptik.OWQ. After quarantining these files, my IE and firefox both don't work. I had to change my LAN settings to get on here. How do I get my IE back to normal? I don't care about firefox cuz I didn't use it really. Thanks

]]> By: Scott L. Moore http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8369 Scott L. Moore Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:08:40 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8369 Battled fakerean on 2 computers. Malwarebytes latest version seems to get rid of the fakerean trojan and eliminate the need for hitman pro. I would really like to find the solution to the firefox hijack and CPU problem. A reinstall did not work. Battled fakerean on 2 computers. Malwarebytes latest version seems to get rid of the fakerean trojan and eliminate the need for hitman pro.

I would really like to find the solution to the firefox hijack and CPU problem. A reinstall did not work.

]]> By: johnels http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8334 johnels Sun, 29 May 2011 23:50:41 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8334 Anadra, no need to completely freak out, although I understand that you want to. My wife's desktop, which was the infected computer that my article is based on, has now been clean and running for a little more than a year after I took the steps that I outlined in the article. I'm not 100% convinced that the computer is exactly the same as it was before the infection, but it is running well. (The only difference I know about is that she can no longer run Firefox because it slows the computer down when it consumes 100% CPU cycles, but she simply uses Chrome now, which works great.) After cleaning your laptop, I would recommend that you back up all your important files somewhere else as well. It can be as simple as backing your stuff up to an external hard drive, or there are some great online solutions available too. This will also protect you against, for example, a hard drive crash. Anadra, no need to completely freak out, although I understand that you want to. My wife's desktop, which was the infected computer that my article is based on, has now been clean and running for a little more than a year after I took the steps that I outlined in the article. I'm not 100% convinced that the computer is exactly the same as it was before the infection, but it is running well. (The only difference I know about is that she can no longer run Firefox because it slows the computer down when it consumes 100% CPU cycles, but she simply uses Chrome now, which works great.)

After cleaning your laptop, I would recommend that you back up all your important files somewhere else as well. It can be as simple as backing your stuff up to an external hard drive, or there are some great online solutions available too. This will also protect you against, for example, a hard drive crash.

]]> By: Anadra http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8315 Anadra Sun, 29 May 2011 04:54:44 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8315 I'm battling the TDL3 trojan myself and am quite frankly freaking out about it. My father bought this laptop for me as a graduation gift and now it's got this thing that Sophos basically painted as a system killer. Lots of my life is on the hard drive: music, family photos, personal writing, on and on. I'm so upset that I'm shaking. It got infected from a compromised legit website. (The stupid "do you want to install this plugin" popups need a better layout than having "yes" on the bottom, but that's a whole other rant.) Can I still save my laptop, or am I screwed? I'm battling the TDL3 trojan myself and am quite frankly freaking out about it. My father bought this laptop for me as a graduation gift and now it's got this thing that Sophos basically painted as a system killer. Lots of my life is on the hard drive: music, family photos, personal writing, on and on. I'm so upset that I'm shaking.

It got infected from a compromised legit website. (The stupid "do you want to install this plugin" popups need a better layout than having "yes" on the bottom, but that's a whole other rant.)

Can I still save my laptop, or am I screwed?

]]> By: johnels http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8272 johnels Mon, 23 May 2011 15:46:10 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8272 You're welcome! Our only weapon against these idiots is to share the solutions with one another. You're welcome! Our only weapon against these idiots is to share the solutions with one another.

]]> By: hatailor http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8262 hatailor Mon, 23 May 2011 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8262 I also would like to thank everyone who spent the time to write these instructions. We have microsoft security essentials, but apparently they had not been updated. My husband noticed the presumed antivirus, and I told him not to click and clean the computer. Thus ave.exe was apparently not downloaded. I found out that it was impossible to restrat the MSE, but I got from another website registry instructions to reinstall the abilit ty run exe programs. Eventually MSE ran, updated, found several threats. I cleaned the caches of firefox and internet explorer. A second scan shows nothing. If something is strange, I will follow up the details on this post. I should probably set back the computer a few days back for good measure. I also would like to thank everyone who spent the time to write these instructions. We have microsoft security essentials, but apparently they had not been updated. My husband noticed the presumed antivirus, and I told him not to click and clean the computer. Thus ave.exe was apparently not downloaded. I found out that it was impossible to restrat the MSE, but I got from another website registry instructions to reinstall the abilit ty run exe programs. Eventually MSE ran, updated, found several threats. I cleaned the caches of firefox and internet explorer. A second scan shows nothing. If something is strange, I will follow up the details on this post.

I should probably set back the computer a few days back for good measure.

]]> By: johnels http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8219 johnels Thu, 12 May 2011 13:11:41 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8219 You're welcome, Martha. I'm glad it helped you. You're welcome, Martha. I'm glad it helped you.

]]> By: Martha Payne http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8218 Martha Payne Thu, 12 May 2011 04:33:46 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8218 I wanted to say thank you for posting this, had the exact same problem and followed your directions and everything is now clear! :D I wanted to say thank you for posting this, had the exact same problem and followed your directions and everything is now clear! :D

]]> By: johnels http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8180 johnels Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:43:12 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8180 Jerby, I agree... very frustrating! And it seems like it leaves some damage behind after removing it. Can\'t use Firefox on that machine now, or you can, but it quickly sucks up 100% of CPU cycles. Jerby, I agree… very frustrating! And it seems like it leaves some damage behind after removing it. Can\’t use Firefox on that machine now, or you can, but it quickly sucks up 100% of CPU cycles.

]]> By: Jerby http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/2010/04/my-battle-with-the-fakerean-trojan-tdl3-rootkit.html/comment-page-1#comment-8176 Jerby Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:38:45 +0000 http://www.make-a-website-with-traffic.com/?p=223#comment-8176 Apparently, even a year from this post, fakerean is still running rampant. My brother, who works at a geek squad precinct, has seen a resurgence ever since after the 2010 holidays. And now, I'm battling it myself. Its by far the most frustrating malware I've run into since blaster. Apparently, even a year from this post, fakerean is still running rampant. My brother, who works at a geek squad precinct, has seen a resurgence ever since after the 2010 holidays. And now, I'm battling it myself. Its by far the most frustrating malware I've run into since blaster.

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