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HelpAssistant Rootlit

parsec2112 · 2010-03-31T12:54:08+00:00

I have the "HelpAssistant"/Meboot rootkit The symtoms: Excessive churning of the harddisk/processor at start up or sometime after start up(timing varies) Complete freeze up of system during operation. Sometime all I have after these freeze ups is a black screen. Sometime just pieces of the task bar, command bar or other parts of the desktop is left after these freeze ups. At all times the mouse remains operational(I can move it),but it does not operate anything. Lastly, I don't know if this has been reported but it creates 5 new randomly named files(even the extension appears to be random)on every start up in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\ folder. How my "little friend" found me: Acrobat 6.0 I know....I know a version that I should not be running under any circumstances. I run that version because I am able to extract graphic out of .pdf's easier than with any other versions. (the graphics I need for what I do) And after this I will gladly find a way to work around this and install a newer v

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NonSuch

April 14, 2010, 8:47 PM UTC

As this issue appears to be resolved,