270 rootkits!!!!

fredstek · 09-30-2010, 08:28 AM

Ok so i scan with avg 9 and it finds 270 rootkits. Nothing seems to get rid of them!!! I even erassed the hdd by writing 0 over the entire disk once. I then installed a fresh version of windows 7 ultimate. I install AVG and do the rootkit scan again and it found 259 rootkits??? So erasing the disk only got rid of 11 of them? The only thing i can think of is that when i plug in my 1.5tb external to install the avg9 they are coming on from that?

**celegorm** · 09-30-2010, 08:49 AM

WHen you reinstalled 7, did you do the quick format or the regular? Odds are quick just wasn't good enough. If you did the full format, you might need to run something like dirk's boot and nuke.

Otherwise you can try getting an anti-virus with a more powerful anti-rootkit system. NOD32 should do you better here.

fredstek · 09-30-2010, 09:10 AM

Well its actually a mac that i have partitioned. I used the mac ox 10 to erase the hdd. I then re partitioned the drive and installed fresh copies of both.

I am trying DBOD now.

SofiaBrown · 10-05-2010, 02:28 AM

Eradicating a rootkit once it entered your system is very difficult. So system administrators often don't dig out rootkits. There are several free and paid products available. Here are some I recommend...
F-Secure Blacklight is a rootkit detector that works by finding objects that are hidden from both users and security tools. BlackLight examines your system at a deep level and gives you the option to remove any nasty malware or rootkits that are detected.
Sophos Anti-Rootkit is an advanced rootkit detection program which can be operated from a friendly graphical interface or the command line.

fredstek · 10-15-2010, 03:11 AM

ok this is cRazy. i now "think" i have a nasty keyboaRd viRus thats playing aRound with my keys making some of them capitals. i have also erased the disk and RefoRmatted again and installed and updated avg 9 to the lastest version.

the Rootkit scan which is still going has found 146 thousand thReats? they aRe pRetty much all the same file which is named

x86_xnacc.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.1.7600.163 85_none_b381dfe1d4da7da9

by the time it took me to type that file name the thReat number is now up to 153k!!!!!

there must be some pRoblem with my bios? i have never messed aROund with a computer bios befoRe so i will pRobs need to leaRN a bit befoRe i do.

Anderwolfe · 10-15-2010, 03:44 AM

I doubt it's infected the bios.

Just completely erase the HDD and install a full fresh load.

fredstek · 10-15-2010, 06:28 AM

can some one who read my post properly please comment?

figage · 10-21-2010, 07:42 AM

maybe you have 2 logical hard disks and clean only one and rootkits stays on the 2nd one?

spacekadet · 10-27-2010, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredstek

Well its actually a mac that i have partitioned. I used the mac ox 10 to erase the hdd. I then re partitioned the drive and installed fresh copies of both.

I am trying DBOD now.

Are you re-installing on just that one partition or reformatting the entire drive and re-partitioning again?

09-30-2010, 08:28 AM	#1
fredstek Baseband Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 65	270 rootkits!!!! Ok so i scan with avg 9 and it finds 270 rootkits. Nothing seems to get rid of them!!! I even erassed the hdd by writing 0 over the entire disk once. I then installed a fresh version of windows 7 ultimate. I install AVG and do the rootkit scan again and it found 259 rootkits??? So erasing the disk only got rid of 11 of them? The only thing i can think of is that when i plug in my 1.5tb external to install the avg9 they are coming on from that?

09-30-2010, 08:49 AM	#2
celegorm Site Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,083	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! WHen you reinstalled 7, did you do the quick format or the regular? Odds are quick just wasn't good enough. If you did the full format, you might need to run something like dirk's boot and nuke. Otherwise you can try getting an anti-virus with a more powerful anti-rootkit system. NOD32 should do you better here. __________________ "as a fanboy i refuse to admit it and will pull countless things out of my butt to disprove it" Team Thelegorm! Total Kills: 21 (i iz in uor profile, editsing your sigz)

09-30-2010, 09:10 AM	#3
fredstek Baseband Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 65	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! Well its actually a mac that i have partitioned. I used the mac ox 10 to erase the hdd. I then re partitioned the drive and installed fresh copies of both. I am trying DBOD now.

10-05-2010, 02:28 AM	#4
SofiaBrown Solid State Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 10	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! Eradicating a rootkit once it entered your system is very difficult. So system administrators often don't dig out rootkits. There are several free and paid products available. Here are some I recommend... F-Secure Blacklight is a rootkit detector that works by finding objects that are hidden from both users and security tools. BlackLight examines your system at a deep level and gives you the option to remove any nasty malware or rootkits that are detected. Sophos Anti-Rootkit is an advanced rootkit detection program which can be operated from a friendly graphical interface or the command line.

10-15-2010, 03:11 AM	#5
fredstek Baseband Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 65	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! ok this is cRazy. i now "think" i have a nasty keyboaRd viRus thats playing aRound with my keys making some of them capitals. i have also erased the disk and RefoRmatted again and installed and updated avg 9 to the lastest version. the Rootkit scan which is still going has found 146 thousand thReats? they aRe pRetty much all the same file which is named x86_xnacc.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.1.7600.163 85_none_b381dfe1d4da7da9 by the time it took me to type that file name the thReat number is now up to 153k!!!!! there must be some pRoblem with my bios? i have never messed aROund with a computer bios befoRe so i will pRobs need to leaRN a bit befoRe i do.

10-15-2010, 03:44 AM	#6
Anderwolfe In Runtime Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 151	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! I doubt it's infected the bios. Just completely erase the HDD and install a full fresh load.

10-15-2010, 06:28 AM	#7
fredstek Baseband Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 65	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! can some one who read my post properly please comment?

10-21-2010, 07:42 AM	#8
figage In Runtime Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 136	Re: 270 rootkits!!!! maybe you have 2 logical hard disks and clean only one and rootkits stays on the 2nd one?

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