I Have Long Live Sowar In My Ie

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I Have Long Live Sowar In My Ie, how can i fix this & how can i detect the source of this issue

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Quatro View Member Profile	Jul 12 2008, 08:11 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-July 08 Member No.: 222,240	Hi guys, i have an issue in my IE7, i think i have a spyware on my IE7. there is a message on the top bar, saying "Long Live Sowar". i can fix the issue by using hijack this. sometimes it works sometime not. and base on my troubleshooting i found out that i got this using my friends flashdisk. now i was trying how i can delete the source of this issue in his Flashdisk. i tried a lot of antivirus and antispyware but cant find the source of the problem in the Flashdisk. i dont wanna format the flashdisk since there's a lot of important data there. can you help in removing the virus/spyware in that flashdisk??? Mod Edit: Topic moved from Web Browsing to more appropriate forum~ TMacK This post has been edited by TMacK: Jul 12 2008, 08:40 PM

Juha View Member Profile	Jul 12 2008, 08:46 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 9-November 07 From: England Member No.: 168,496	Try Flash Disinfector from the link here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...st&p=712505 Scan your computer with whatever antivirus you have installed. Make sure it is fully up to date before scanning. Also, scan with a couple of Online Scanners: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Scanners.htm and remove all threats/infections.

Quatro View Member Profile	Jul 12 2008, 10:08 PM Post #3
New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-July 08 Member No.: 222,240	ok let me try the steps you said. Tnx for the reply.

quietman7 View Member Profile	Jul 13 2008, 07:33 AM Post #4
Bleepin' Janitor Group: Global Moderator Posts: 12,516 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Virginia, USA Member No.: 26,513	Please insert your flash drive before we begin. Hold down the Shift key when inserting the drive until Windows detects it to bypass the autorun feature. Reboot your computer in "Safe Mode" or "Safe Mode With Command Prompt" using the F8 method. To do this, restart your computer and after hearing your computer beep once during startup (but before the Windows icon appears) press the F8 key repeatedly. A menu will appear with several options. Use the arrow keys to navigate and select the option to run Windows in "Safe Mode With Command Prompt". Go to Start > Run and type: cmd press Ok. At the command prompt, type in your primay drive location, usually C: You may need to change the directory. If so type: cd \ Hit Enter. Type: attrib -s -h -r -a autorun.inf Hit Enter. Type: dir Hit Enter. This will allow you to see and confirm the Autorun files. Type: del autorun.inf Hit Enter. Repeat the above commands for each drive on your computer including your flash/usb drive. Now search for and remove sowar.vbs, SysRes.vbs, Cool USEP Scandal.vbs At the command prompt, type in your primay drive location, usually C: Hit Enter. Type: *attrib sowar.vbs. -s -h -r -a Hit Enter. Type: dir /s sowar.vbs Hit Enter. If the file is present, type: del sowar.vbs Hit Enter. Repeat the above commands for each drive on your computer including your flash/usb drive. Then repeat these instructions to search for and delete SysRes.vbs, Cool USEP Scandal.vbs on each drive if present. Exit the command prompt and reboot normally. Please download Flash_Disinfector.exe by sUBs and save it to your desktop. Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it and follow any prompts that may appear. The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives. Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well. Hold down the Shift key when inserting the drive until Windows detects it to keep autorun.inf from executing if it is present. Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program. Reboot your computer when done. Note: Flash_Disinfector will create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive that is plugged in when you ran it. Don't delete this folder...it will help protect your drives from future infection. When done, check for and remove any Startup RUN values by downloading and using Autoruns. -------------------- "THE BAD GUYS DON'T NEED A SEARCH WARRANT. ARE YOU PROTECTED?" Microsoft MVP - Windows Security 2007-2008**

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