GrAYv3e Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Hey everyone, I hope you can help me with this.. I have an infected file in the system32 folder called "faultre.dll". I can't seem to find much information on this virus, other than its name: Trojan.Win32.Delf.aif, and a recommended solution, "remove" :/ Now I can't seem to delete the file directly, it gives me "access denied", I've tried deleting from the command prompt with the del -f to try force it, but not even that worked. I have AVG Free Version 7 installed, it picks up the virus, heals it, then asks for a restart of the PC, after every restart the virus returns. Anyone know of a solution I might be able to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonZor Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Boot into safe mode. Boot <insert favourite live CD> and delete it from there. If you dont have a favourite live CD I'd suggest you get a copy of Ubuntu, Its very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrAYv3e Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Booting into ubuntu as we speak, will let you know if this works.. not looking forward to a complete reinstall :p Thanks for the suggestions. Ok, booting into ubuntu didn't help. I had to boot into the windows disc and delete the file from the recovery console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 So what are you now left with? A system that was known to at one point be infected with a virus, from which you now removed 1 file and by virtue of that assume that it's all a-okay and safe to play around with. The virus could've done more damage that your anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could've installed other files that the anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could have subtly clusterfucked your registry so that every click you make is sent to some shithole in russia. Bottom-line: You CANNOT trust this machine anymore Undergo the pain of reinstalling Windows. It will be a valuable lessen to you that making mistakes tends to be painful, and hopefully prevent a reoccurrance of this situation in the future. Plus, you end up with a machine that you can actually access your paypal account with without wondering who else now has access to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. *Backup. Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. *Backup. Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. *Backup. Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. :P DBAN Drive, install favorite Linux distro :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. *Backup. Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. :P DBAN Drive, install favorite Linux distro :D yes becasue if you dont erase and write to the entire disk many many times the virus will still infect your computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonZor Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. *Backup. Reinstall. Reinstall. Reinstall. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. :P DBAN Drive, install favorite Linux distro :D yes becasue if you dont erase and write to the entire disk many many times the virus will still infect your computer Especially when your using a completely different operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrAYv3e Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 So what are you now left with? A system that was known to at one point be infected with a virus, from which you now removed 1 file and by virtue of that assume that it's all a-okay and safe to play around with. The virus could've done more damage that your anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could've installed other files that the anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could have subtly clusterfucked your registry so that every click you make is sent to some shithole in russia. Bottom-line: You CANNOT trust this machine anymore Undergo the pain of reinstalling Windows. It will be a valuable lessen to you that making mistakes tends to be painful, and hopefully prevent a reoccurrance of this situation in the future. Plus, you end up with a machine that you can actually access your paypal account with without wondering who else now has access to it. Thanks for the advice, doing backups now, damn my lazyness. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. I have ubuntu running on my dual P3's :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 So what are you now left with? A system that was known to at one point be infected with a virus, from which you now removed 1 file and by virtue of that assume that it's all a-okay and safe to play around with. The virus could've done more damage that your anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could've installed other files that the anti-virus software isn't aware of. It could have subtly clusterfucked your registry so that every click you make is sent to some shithole in russia. Bottom-line: You CANNOT trust this machine anymore Undergo the pain of reinstalling Windows. It will be a valuable lessen to you that making mistakes tends to be painful, and hopefully prevent a reoccurrance of this situation in the future. Plus, you end up with a machine that you can actually access your paypal account with without wondering who else now has access to it. Thanks for the advice, doing backups now, damn my lazyness. Send for Ubutnu disk, fdisk. I have ubuntu running on my dual P3's :D Then why isn't it running on your main box dood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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