J
Jon
Penang wrote...
> I have Norton Anti Virus installed in my PC, however, I just found out
> that it is utterly useless.
>
> My PC has been infected with banbot, but NAV can't even find it, let
> alone remove it !
>
> It isn't that Symantec doesn't know about banbot, they have 2 webpage
> devoted to it --
>
> www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=2
>
> and
>
> www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=3
>
> and yet
>
> Can anyone please tell me if there's any utility that can help me
> getting rid of banbot?
>
> Thank you !
>
"The Trojan may arrive as an attachment of spammed email. The email
contains either an .RTF or a .DOC file that contains an embedded
executable file which must be double-clicked to run. This embedded
executable file is detected as Infostealer.Banbot.
At the time of writing, the .rtf file attached to the spammed email
contains the following text:
Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. Please
double click to view the original file. scr."
Your computer requires "NewOwner.exe"
Can be found on EBay...
> I have Norton Anti Virus installed in my PC, however, I just found out
> that it is utterly useless.
>
> My PC has been infected with banbot, but NAV can't even find it, let
> alone remove it !
>
> It isn't that Symantec doesn't know about banbot, they have 2 webpage
> devoted to it --
>
> www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=2
>
> and
>
> www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=3
>
> and yet
>
> Can anyone please tell me if there's any utility that can help me
> getting rid of banbot?
>
> Thank you !
>
"The Trojan may arrive as an attachment of spammed email. The email
contains either an .RTF or a .DOC file that contains an embedded
executable file which must be double-clicked to run. This embedded
executable file is detected as Infostealer.Banbot.
At the time of writing, the .rtf file attached to the spammed email
contains the following text:
Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. Please
double click to view the original file. scr."
Your computer requires "NewOwner.exe"
Can be found on EBay...