Posted November 6, 200816 yr 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...
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