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Picked up a Rootkit Virus!!


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#1 fs_brehvon

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 21:19

I didn't have anything else up and running other than Fallensword, when my computer started to shut-down. I wasn't paying attention, so, I figured it was a windows auto-update. That was not the case. Turns out it was Avast! shutting me down to prevent infection, so that it could run a root-kit scan. Good thing I ran with it, because it found "Win32:MalOb-IK[Cryp]" Which is a variant of the Alureon trojan, from what I have read.

I have no clue if this truly came from Fallensword or if it was just something sitting around waiting for the opportunity to execute, or, if it was someone making a real-time attack, but, I figured it would be a good idea to, at the least, let everyone here know.

Avast! is usually very consistent about catching anything, immediately, therefore I am kinda worried about the status of the FS servers.

One can never be too sure if there is something bad going on with the FS servers... People get more clever with these things every day.

Hope this helps,
Brehvon

#2 Hoofmaster

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 21:39

I would guess something you downloaded was infected with it? Did Avast not tell you which file contained the virus?

#3 fs_brehvon

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 22:03

Yeah, it was stuck into some windows system file with a gigantic number allocation.


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