HTML/Crypted.Gen Virus:
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From: Navyguy on 14 Apr 2010 19:43 I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with Windows Firewall, Avira antivirus, Spybot and Hive Cleanup and all the programs work well together and are up to date. However, my computer recently became infected with a HTML/Crypted.Gen virus. http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/3666/html_crypted.gen.html I ran Avira and Spybot and thought that it had corrected to problem but today when I logged on I had the same virus alert. I would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on how to remove this virus from my computer. Thanks, Robert
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 14 Apr 2010 20:32 Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) when posting in a forum or newsgroup. Please do so in your next reply. Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 Navyguy wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with Windows Firewall, Avira antivirus, > Spybot and Hive Cleanup and all the programs work well together and > are up to date. However, my computer recently became infected with a > HTML/Crypted.Gen virus. > > http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/3666/html_crypted.gen.html > > I ran Avira and Spybot and thought that it had corrected to problem > but today when I logged on I had the same virus alert. I would > appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on how to remove this virus from > my computer.
From: Daave on 14 Apr 2010 21:03 Navyguy wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with Windows Firewall, Avira antivirus, > Spybot and Hive Cleanup and all the programs work well together and > are up to date. However, my computer recently became infected with a > HTML/Crypted.Gen virus. > > http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/3666/html_crypted.gen.html > > I ran Avira and Spybot and thought that it had corrected to problem > but today when I logged on I had the same virus alert. I would > appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on how to remove this virus from > my computer. Sometimes, AV programs (Avira AntiVir included) detect false positives. What is the name of the file(s) associated with this particular type of malware (note that it is not a virus)? Can you upload it/them to these two sites?: http://www.virustotal.com/ http://virusscan.jotti.org/en
From: Navyguy on 14 Apr 2010 21:41 On Apr 14, 4:43 pm, Navyguy <maginee...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension 8200 XP SP3 with Windows Firewall, Avira antivirus, > Spybot and Hive Cleanup and all the programs work well together and > are up to date. However, my computer recently became infected with a > HTML/Crypted.Gen virus. > > http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/3666/html_... > > I ran Avira and Spybot and thought that it had corrected to problem > but today when I logged on I had the same virus alert. I would > appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on how to remove this virus from > my computer. > > Thanks, > > Robert
From: David H. Lipman on 14 Apr 2010 22:38
From: "Navyguy" <magineer02(a)yahoo.com> | I have a Dell Dimension 8200 with Windows Firewall, Avira antivirus, | Spybot and Hive Cleanup and all the programs work well together and | are up to date. However, my computer recently became infected with a | HTML/Crypted.Gen virus. | http://www.avira.com/en/threats/section/fulldetails/id_vir/3666/html_crypted.gen.html | I ran Avira and Spybot and thought that it had corrected to problem | but today when I logged on I had the same virus alert. I would | appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on how to remove this virus from | my computer. It is not a virus and you can't get infected by it. However if the script it represents its successfully executed it may lead to the installation of some other malware. What this is is a generic detection for a cryptic HTML script. If you got alerted on it then Avira AntiVir did its job and blocked the malicious code in the HTML script. Perform a full scan of your system using AntoVir to make sure the script is not in a cache somewhere. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |