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Computer drives are missing
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27/12/2012 03:54:42
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
 
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Windows
Category:
Computing in general
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OS:
Windows 7
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01560645
Message ID:
01560673
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>>>>Thank you. I will download and try it.
>>>>
>>>>>http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
>>>>>
>>>>>>What do you use for AV?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>MS Security Essentials is piece of crap. You just wasting your time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I will finish this Windows Essential AV full scan. Then I will make another backup (I don't want to do it during the scan). Then, I don't know yet. Btw, I killed all the PUAWZEE.EXE programs (they all have description aaF0roP7Mk) and they (so far) didn't restart.
>>>
>>>Odd that PUAWZEE.EXE doesn't get a single hit on Google.
>>
>>Files that get dropped on compromised computers almost always have random filenames, specifically so removal info can't be found with a simple Google search. If you actually got lucky and got a Google hit for a virus payload file with that name, chances are it would be for the wrong virus.
>
>ah, didn't think of that. So, applying inverse logic it probably *is* a virus.....

Yes. And of the ones that aren't randomly named, most take the names of critical Windows files or DLLs (but in different folders), or they patch or replace the actual Windows files. So in that case you get millions of hits, none of which are useful.
Regards. Al

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