Post by jojo on Jan 19, 2014 15:30:39 GMT
This appears to be reported as the latest threat. Seems Virus writers have grown bored with spyware and gone back to good old annoying.
Apparently the infection rate is very high. Most won't know they have it at first.
This one rewrites a number of files, to prevent anti-virus software from running or updating and blocks net access to a number of places to get help, including M$.
I found mine by accident when looking at my event viewer. There was an error entry, examining it, it claimed it could run At1.job.
I used my wife's computer, which is not infected and downloaded this off line virus tool tool from M$ and burned it to a CD. Handy to keep around anyway. I have written the version number on the disc and will update if it becomes available. I will also add, before running I removed the LAN cable, since it had been advised. Not sure if it was necessary, but since I wasn't going to use the net while the prog ran it wasn't important.
www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-gb/default.aspx
Incidentally, If you still use System Restore, that should be turned off for the time being as well.
I have also manually removed all old copies of Java, which seems to be the way the thing got in.
www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml
I should add that, the program which installed it, JS/Blacole.yo was in my old VISTA backup files. Not XP, probably because it is a new install. My copy of Vista had a firewall and an uptodate virus program. Just saying.
Apparently the infection rate is very high. Most won't know they have it at first.
This one rewrites a number of files, to prevent anti-virus software from running or updating and blocks net access to a number of places to get help, including M$.
I found mine by accident when looking at my event viewer. There was an error entry, examining it, it claimed it could run At1.job.
I used my wife's computer, which is not infected and downloaded this off line virus tool tool from M$ and burned it to a CD. Handy to keep around anyway. I have written the version number on the disc and will update if it becomes available. I will also add, before running I removed the LAN cable, since it had been advised. Not sure if it was necessary, but since I wasn't going to use the net while the prog ran it wasn't important.
www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-gb/default.aspx
Incidentally, If you still use System Restore, that should be turned off for the time being as well.
I have also manually removed all old copies of Java, which seems to be the way the thing got in.
www.java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml
I should add that, the program which installed it, JS/Blacole.yo was in my old VISTA backup files. Not XP, probably because it is a new install. My copy of Vista had a firewall and an uptodate virus program. Just saying.
