Solved It must be a virus

Download and install the Visual Basic 6 runtime.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...61-7A9C-43E7-9117-F673077FFB3C&displaylang=en

 

Downloaded Visual Basic thanks - Now able to run ATF cleaner and it removed a bunch of files so that seems OK. I have re-installed Ubuntu and that is now working so I can continue building my learning curve.
It mus be the early hours of the morning there, don't you guys ever sleep? Or is WBBS like the emergency services, 24/7?.
I will run Kapersky shortly and send the log but, hopefully, I won't have anything left to whinge about. Hope you're new president gets everything sorted!
Thanks again for your help and I hope that the Kapersky log is the last thing I need to send.

Brian Owen
www.leschenauds.com

 

Hi,

Here is the Kapersky Scan as of today, do I need to do anything else?
In any event, thanks for your time and trouble.

regards
Brian Owen



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KASPERSKY ONLINE SCANNER 7 REPORT
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Kaspersky Online Scanner 7 version: 7.0.25.0
Program database last update: Sunday, November 16, 2008 09:50:47
Records in database: 1387356
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Scan settings:
Scan using the following database: extended
Scan archives: yes
Scan mail databases: yes

Scan area - My Computer:
A:\
C:\
D:\
E:\
F:\

Scan statistics:
Files scanned: 279978
Threat name: 2
Infected objects: 2
Suspicious objects: 0
Duration of the scan: 06:05:09


File name / Threat name / Threats count
C:\Qoobox\Quarantine\C\WINDOWS\mqxvbdwk.dll.vir Infected: Trojan.Win32.Vapsup.nmb 1
C:\Qoobox\Quarantine\C\WINDOWS\xdsfqroepox.dll.vir Infected: Trojan.Win32.Vapsup.nmi 1

The selected area was scanned.

 

Great! Click Start>Run and type ComboFix /u then hit Enter to uninstall ComboFix and remove the files it has quarantined. This action will also reset the System Restore points, removing any infected files there as well.
Verify the C:\Qoobox and C:\ComboFix folders were removed, as well as the C:\ComboFix.txt file.
You can also delete RSIT.exe and the C:\rsit folder.
You can delete any other logs that were created/saved too.

Now run ATF Cleaner once again as previously described.

That should be a wrap. Any other issues persist?

 

Must be a virus

Have been up and running for a couple of days now and everything seems to been fine.
WBBS rules OK!

Thanks a million

Brian Owen

 

That's good to hear. Thanks for the update!

Geri has posted some very helpful information and recommendations regarding future protection in the following link.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=67958

Surf safe!