BleepingComputer.com: A simple patch while waiting for help...

Hey folks, I am one of the many infected by the XP Internet Secutiry 2012/Ping.exe virus and was having trouble with my system freezing.

I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I am dead without a browser, so I found a way to keep the system memory and CPU cycles from Ping.exe at bay...at least until we can get my system cleaned.

I downloaded an app from CNet called KillProcess and set it up to kill Ping.exe automatically. I was manually doing it, and killing ping the instant it came up, but my system still froze. I then created a shortcut to clear memory and that seemed to help.

But then I came across KillProcess (free and had a good review from CNet) and I set it to kill Ping.exe every three minutes. Things seem tolerable now. If Ping.exe gets too crazy (I will hear my system winding up like a jet engine) before the three minutes I just kill it manually, but this seems to be working for now.

With that in mind, I AM NOT logging into anything of value and certainly not using any passwords. Also, I am not an expert and if I am doing something wrong or jeopardizing my computer/data please tell me. But this seems to be working until a tech can walk me though the clean-up procedure.

Hope this helps someone in a similar pickle, at least it will give you access to a browser.

Cheers

ping.exe is a system file.

Disconnect your PC from internet and wait for tech help.

Killing ping.exe is not going to stop your redirects.Playing with rootkits with simple tools like KILLprocess may be sometimes dangerous.you may even get a bluescreen

This post has been edited by narenxp: 15 December 2011 - 05:06 PM

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Thanks! Will do...

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