Virut Virus - Very Destructive
I am seeing a few cases of Virut Virus on customer’s computers brought into my shop for virus removal. Virut is one of the very destructive viruses. This virus attacks executable files (programs) on your Windows computer anytime they are accessed. This causes massive infection to your programs and the operating system. This virus infects USB hard drives and USB flash drives as soon as you insert them in an infected computer. Be careful sharing USB media with friends or re-introducing the virus to your computer after a repair. I always caution my customers of this fact when I perform virus removal for them.
Virut Virus Description
Virut is a polymorphic file infector with some additional features. It spreads all around the drive and infects even files infected by another virus previously. The only symptoms are a strange HDD activity while infecting, and also unwanted TCP traffic. Virut tries to connect into an IRC network under the user name “Virtu” and take control of your computer to do harm. Unfortunately, the cleaning of this virus is very difficult or almost impossible.
Newer versions of this virus are released frequently, so it’s highly recommended to keep the virus database up to date. If your computer is running slow or has strange pop-ups, it could be infected.
Spyware & Virus Removal
I have the tools to remove spyware or viruses and the knowledge to keep you safe in the future. Spyware is the most common reason that your computer will act strange or start operating slowly. You may be receiving annoying pop-ups or maybe your hard drive is constantly working. These are a couple of signs that your computer could be infected with spyware. Let me help. Call Mike to arrange an appointment. By Mike Challis
Tags: viruses
We have seen this virus in action as well. If you have the wrong variant – you will more than likely have to format the machine and re-install. This was not only our observation but many of the experts as well.
It will inject iteself into core windows systems files that your antivirus software will not be able to heal or remove. In some cases running an anti-malware utility will actuall speed up the system infection. This virus will also block (via host file) the ability to visit support sites.
*IF* you are attempting to clean this thing then please take the precaution of using CDR’s for transferring files to it. It will infect USB drives (as the article mentions) as soon as they are inserted. I would also recommend NOT connecting it to the Internet.