Infected with BOO/Sinowal.E, need help

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Vitamin D, Aug 6, 2009.

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  1. Vitamin D

    Vitamin D Private E-2

    Avira says it can't fix this virus, so here I am.

    I've read some of the other threads on this and they say to run fixmbr from the recovery console. When I run this I get a message that says:

    "This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record." And it says that running fixmbr can damage the partition tables if I proceed. So, I haven't run fixmbr yet.

    Please let me know what steps should be taken.

    Thanks.
     
    Vitamin D, Aug 6, 2009
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    It is the only way to fix it. The other fix is to wipe the system, delete partitions, and do a total reinstall.

    So backup important data, and try running fixmbr from the Recovery Console and see what happens. In many cases, this works just fine.
     
    chaslang, Aug 7, 2009
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  3. Vitamin D

    Vitamin D Private E-2

    I ran fixmbr and it appears to have been successful. Avira shows no trace of the virus. How can I be sure I'm clean? Are there any other scans I should run?
     
    Vitamin D, Aug 8, 2009
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes the link you were given in the email you received when you signed up for an account:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide
     
    chaslang, Aug 10, 2009
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