Malware issues-is he clean?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Spock96, Jul 13, 2013.

  1. Spock96

    Spock96 Major Geek 'Spocky'

    Hey,
    A friend got infected with SIREFEF-PL rootkit and win32:somoto-j, not sure what those are. He reinstalled Windows 7, formatted (using Windows) and deleted the old partitions. Then he scanned with Avast and said that some files in his Winssx folder could not be scanned. Is that normal?
    Ran RougeKiller, and it found HJSmenu, HJdesk which he deleted. Re-ran RougeKiller and it came back clean, and he scanned in Safe Mode with Avast and it didn't show anything.
    How can we tell that the issue is completely resolved?
    Thanks,
    Spock96
     
    Spock96, Jul 13, 2013
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Same thing we tell everyone else ;)

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    But if it was formatted and reinstalled it is most likely clean. The only issue would be if there has been an MBR or partition infection. Formatting would not fix these, but you said the partitions were deleted too. So this should have fixed those kinds of issues too.
     
    chaslang, Jul 13, 2013
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