SDJ Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Just discovered that a friend has the Funlove virus, downloaded a removal tool and AVG as they didnt have an antivirus! but also have a problem in that the machine wont shut down.Blue screen error everytime and only way is to turn off.Will I be lucky in that once the virus is removed it might start behaving or is it something more serious?They were receiving constant illegal ops in IE so I ran the repair and installed 6.1 that seems to have stopped themAlso (this is the last one honest!!) when booting they received the illegal op DW which im assuming was "downloadware" or something like it I cant remeber the machine is switched off at present, so I unticked this program to start in the startup within msconfig, that seems to have taken care of that, is this ok or does it need to be running?Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Have you removed it in safe mode?Symantec InstructionsDW I think is Dr Watson :huh: part of windowsfunlove infects various .exe filesShut down problem could be due to the virus or just a corrupted sound file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VoG™ Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 DW.EXE is spyware http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Thanks for putting me right, VoG™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 And so the story unfolds:-My friend is running the infernal K***a!!!!But I was under the impression that it needed the spyware to run?Will I leave her upset if by removing the DW at startup will that prevent her K***a from working?Please dont have a go at me I dont condone that program, just trying to help a friend!Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 It does need the spyware to run, but is likely to be the source of her virus problems.Can you not educate her on the nasties out there, and the value of an up to date A/V ?There are several spyware free p2p progs Winmx and shareza , being a couple.Does she have a firewall running or any other security software :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VoG™ Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 You could get rid of KaZaa http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/DormNet.../P2P/kazaa.html (I suggest doing this in Safe Mode).Then clear up the spyware using AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.com and Spybot http://beam.to/spybotsdAnd get a different P2P program (Spyware-free). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Cheers you guys.I would love to educate her on the nasties, but shes fifteen and into Justin Timberlake (according to her download folder in Kazaa!) so there is probably not much hope in that. :blink: I have got her a copy of AVG running now so I think I will try to remove the virus and see how windows goes, if it still wont shut down I will reinstall suggest Kazaalite but she probably wont go with that. Ill let you knowCheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Spyware free alternativesShareazaWinmxGnucleusBlubster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Kazaalite and Groksterlite are both spyware-free versions of the full versions of this software. Neither of these are distributed by the software authors. They are cracks, meaning that the people distributing them violated their End User License Agreements to decompile them and remove the embedded spyware. Should we be promoting Illegal software :(The register Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Mark2I understand you entirely and be assured that I am intending on getting rid of Kazaa and not installing any alternatives I will leave it up to my friend to decide.Just out of interest I have been given a utility called KazaaBegone and was about to use it until I realised that it would remove the folder which contains all of my friends files (mainly mp3s) so I stopped and copied all of the said files into a c:\backup folder.Will the utility still delete the c:\backup files? I know this sounds silly but as paranoid as I am about working on my friends computer, I thought there may be a way the utility recognised that the files camer through Kazaa!! :ph34r: :ph34r: May I just say thanks you very much to all of you who have helped with this touchy subject and thank the administrators for their understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 AFAIK kazaabegone targets the Kazaa files only so the files you have backed up should be safe is there somewhere off the C:drive you could store them maybe cdr or another partition for safety? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 mmm was going to copy them to cdr but maybe ill hook up my second hdd into her machine and copy them over she has a v slow cd writer!theres soooooo many.what a way to spend my saturday evening :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Make sure any you keep have been scanned for virus and trojans tho, try Gladiator as a second opinion to AVG :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Mark, I don't think we have to worry unduly about copyright infringements we are not providing links or distributing dodgy programs. PCA provide links but ban the discussion of P2P. If we can't talk about helping people gawd help us ! :smart: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 RememberIf you remove the virus, do a registry fix as wellboot into msdos and then type scanreg/fixmadboy33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Thanks everyone for your very welcome help.Sorry I didnt reply sooner but I have been on a course all week YAAAAAWWWWNNNNN!I DID manage to educate my friend and she has vowed not to use a P2P program again :D I did backup all her files virus scanned the lot and reformated and reinstalled windows, put all her software back on and her data and she now has a flying computer which she is very very happy with. :P I owe you all a big thank you and may this forum continue to grow and outshine PCA :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 Hopefully she will remain educated, have you recommended us ? :) We seem to be short of lady members :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 i am glad you have got your friends computer up and running for herbut promises are broken and she will be back dowloading music etc etc :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: madboy33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 aww have faith madboy ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 have faith...............mmmmmmmmmmi used to be just as bad to be honest with youmadboy33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yeah I have recommended this site to a few people now but unfortunalty most of these people always ask me to post for them <_>I do have faith, she was so happy at how fast her machine is now, not to mention quiet as the HDD doesnt monkey around for eternity that I am sure she wont bother with a P2P program again.I even downloaded Kazaalite and put it on a cd for her and she said no and gave it straight back, I then proceeded to destroy that cd with great satisfaction, shame though I used one of my really good cdrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Fancy wasting a good CDR on THAT :P Tell them we don't bite :P (often) and any level of experience is welcome. <_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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