Hi all, Have a slight problem. I downloaded this program off a friend from MSN messenger. I later found out it was a .pif virus. It mainly sits as a shortcut in C: Drive and when im on messenger, likes to send its self to my contacts. Im not computer literate, and was wondering if there is a good downloadable system to track it and delete it, unfortunately i dont have a firewall (d'oh!). The main ones are sexy.pif, me and you pic!.pif Any ideas how to shift them? It only activitates when messenger is up, i think its the w32.spybot.worm Matt
Try www.avast.com for anti-virus and www.diamondcs.com.au for anti-trojan and anti-worm. Did you install spybot and ad-aware? You really need a hardware firewall, Matt. One that comes with SPI and NAT are better. The really good ones have dynamic SPI but are too expensive :crying:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html http://www.depts.ttu.edu/helpcentral/Quick_Fixes/W32_Spybot_Worm_Fix.php you can take a read through these sites to remove the virus. else, purchase an antivirus tool that can help. firewall and antivirus support are an absolute must these days.
Guys, Done an online scan and found it. Had to go into safe mode, isolate it and then delete the files it sent through messenger.Cheers guys. Got myself a firewall now though!!! Matt
