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re: Awax trojan
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 10:11 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mikey
(58 messages posted)
seen this http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/580064-solved-trojan-awax.htmll
On Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 6:28 am, Mike King wrote:
>Hi
>I have the Awax trojan and it has ground my computer to a halt.
>
>I did a NAV scan in normal and safe modes. In both scans it identified the file
with
>the virus as being pmnlkKeb.dll, however NAV says it can neither Quarantine or Delete
>the file. Therefore I have a PC that is littered with pop-ups and is so slow that
>it is almost impossible to use.
>
>NAV's solution to remove this trojan (allegedly easy) is turn off System Restore
>(Done) scan to find the files infected (Done) then (and this is where it hits a
big
>rock) boot up using the Windows XP CD and go into Windows Recovery Centre. Well
I
>don't have a Windows XP CD because it came pre-installed as is often the case these
>days.
>
>I left home this morning with it trying to run Trend Housecall (likely to take 10
>hours) but am not very hopeful. I am posting this from work, where I have downloaded
>Grisoft AVG and a program called Exterminate-It to try and run when I get home.
>
>This is serious for us because although all of our photos and music are on a now-disconnected
>external drive my wife cannot run MYOB for her business and I cannot update my website.
>
>Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. I have already searched the
>Forums for Awax but didn't come up with anything. Thanks in advance.
- Written in response to:
- Awax trojan (Mike King: Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 6:28 am)
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