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Discussion in 'Malware and Virus Removal Archive' started by gghartman, 2012/11/13.

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    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    [Inactive] everything gone

    this is the most weird thing ive ever seen. at first thought it was the bug that puts attributes on everything so they appear invisible. after running rkill and unhide only thing that comes back is the program folder. ran malwarebytes and found no errors although client said a program came up telling him of all the bugs and wanting 79.00 to fix the normal bug ive seen many times. whatever hit this machine specifically isolated on clients data only. programs work after using unhide but no pixs no music no briefcase no data what so ever. even at dos prompt nothing found in folders.

    has anyone seen this ??? is this a new variant that specifically zaps just the data ??? ive never seen this kinda damage before. have fixed 100 machines using the unhide with no problems but this one is nasty.

    any info would be appreciated. rebuilding machine back to defaults now but if this is new i would like to know what i can do. thanks.
     
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    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    I can't comment without seeing some logs.
    Being a long time member here you should know what to do or at least read malware removal forum rules.

    Please, complete all steps listed HERE

    Please, observe following rules:
    • Read all of my instructions very carefully. Your mistakes during cleaning process may have very serious consequences, like unbootable computer.
    • If you're stuck, or you're not sure about certain step, always ask before doing anything else.
    • Please refrain from running any tools, fixes or applying any changes to your computer other than those I suggest.
    • Never run more than one scan at a time.
    • Keep updating me regarding your computer behavior, good, or bad.
    • The cleaning process, once started, has to be completed. Even if your computer appears to act better, it may still be infected. Once the computer is totally clean, I'll certainly let you know.
    • If you leave the topic without explanation in the middle of a cleaning process, you may not be eligible to receive any more help in malware removal forum.
    • I close my topics if you have not replied in 5 days. If you need more time, simply let me know. If I closed your topic and you need it to be reopened, simply PM me.
     
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    gghartman

    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    ive done this a thousand times so i do know what im doing. like i said everything is gone there is nothing to run any log on other than the programs still being there after running unhide the rest of the system is like someone manually deleting everything from all the folders. i cant afford to run all these things ive done here before it takes way to much time last time i did this with you we were still working on it 7 days later and i cant afford to keep my clients without a machine that long. thanks anyway.
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Fair enough.
    Good luck :)
     
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    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    thanks ive already rebuild the machine i was just wondering if anyone has seen a twist on this bug that gives the attributes to make things invisible. if it is the same bug they are getting more nasty all the time.
     
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    Since I don't know it your issue had been caused by some kind of infection (no logs) I can't comment.
    If you still want to discuss the subject I suggest you create new topic in "General security" forum.
    This forum is designed for malware removal.
     
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    gghartman Inactive Thread Starter

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    ill do that thanks.
     
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    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Sure thing :)
     
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