| PC Attack - Undo the Trojan.VUNDO |
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| Internet - Virus and Trojans |
| Written by John Eley |
| Tuesday, 03 February 2009 09:10 |
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An attack on my pc occurred a few days ago that threatened to become serious. I thought my PC was going to go down about two days before Christmas. Would my credit card and passwords be compromised? Fortunately, however, I managed to fix the problem.
An attack on my pc occurred a few days ago that threatened to become serious. I thought my PC was going to go down about two days before Christmas. Would my credit card and passwords be compromised? Fortunately, however, I managed to fix the problem. The most worrying problem was the inability to use Windows Updates. My antivirus package (Norton Antivirus) detected trojan.VUNDO. It reported the problem was fixed, but then the problem returned immediately. If the PC is cut off from security updates from the operating system provider (Microsoft) it will then become vulnerable to further more serious attacks. A criminal who knows you have been cut off from help from the software vendor support knows you are defenceless and that sooner or later he will be able to get to sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details. Your computer could be a goldmine for the criminal. It is essential that when security updates become disabled you fix this problem as soon as possible. Do not postpone this even if the computer is operating normally in other ways. If you choose to ignore it the results could be disastrous. In this case not only was the automatic updates of Windows knocked out. Also the ability to access Windows security downloads manually was disabled. This severely handicaps your ability to fix the problem. You are effectively cut off from base. Your operating system provider cannot help you. An independent way to fix the problem was required. I went to the Windows forums and discussion groups and used their search facilities to find a solution. I quickly found a report that was relevent. There was a software package recommended that could fix this problem. This was Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.31 and it can be found at http://www.malwarebytes.org/. It fixed the problem beautifully and I strongly recomend it. Updates are brought out every few days so the supplier is responding to the latest threats very rapidly. There are also paid versions which are even more powerfull. Criminals are continually developing malware, including viruses, trojans and worms with the object of stealing money from members of the Internet community. Fortunately there are companies like Malewarebytes out there fighting them. They certainly fixed trojan.VUNDO for me. About the Author: Discover ways to make your computer run better and faster. Remove malware threats to your computer. Optimize your operating system. Visit computerfixproblem.com for free information and fix your computer! |