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Getting Rid Of The This Nasty Philippine Made Virus |
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Zigfred Diaz |
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Getting Rid Of The This Nasty Philippine Made Virus
Zigfred Diaz
About a month my computer got hit by a virus. As of now it has not been given a formal name since most of the anti-virus makers still has not identified it. You can see that this is so because when you search for a "remover" for it in google you cannot find any. (Correct me if I am wrong) However, there are instructions on how to remove it manually. But sadly only a few websites are giving such instructions for the reason that this virus is locally created. (Made here in the Philippines)
Ok so before I start telling you how to remove it, let us "know the enemy first":
SYMPTOMS: 1.) Your internet explorer title bar has the message "TTMS NAA NA DIRE! DONT WORRY IM NOT A CORRUPT LIKE YOU!!" 2.) If you go to "Start" > "Run" and type "regedit." A message will pop up that says "Registry editing is disabled by your administrator." 3.) In windows explorer you can see a file or several files called "TTMS???.vbs.dll" (The question mark stands for numbers, like TTMS123.vbs.dll) This file is also present in your c:\windows directory)
HOW TO REMOVE IT IN YOUR COMPUTER Step 1 - Delete the virus file in the registry
a.) Go to Doug Knox's page to download a Registry enable/disable tool. (The tool requires you to reboot in order that you could access the registry) b.) After you have rebooted and has logged in to windows, press CTRL+ALT+DEL it will bring up the task manager. Go to "Processes Select "WSCRIPT.EXE" and click "End Process" c.) Go to START > RUN > then type "Regedit" d.) Once you are in the registry editor go to EDIT > FIND type "TTMS*" it will bring you to all files with the words "TTMS" click on the file and press delete. Do this again and again until you have deleted everything related to the TTMS virus. (Take note if you have an important program with a file with the words TTMS0 be careful about doing this but I do no know of any important program that has this)
e.) To change the annoying message in your Internet explorer title bar, in the registry editor, do the following: 1.) In the left panel, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERS>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Internet Explorer>Main 2.) In the right panel, locate and modify the entry: From Window Title = "TTMS IS IN YOUR PC, DON'T WORRY I'M NOT CORRUPT AS YOU!" 3.) Change the value to Window title = "Microsoft Internet Explorer" 4.) In the left panel, locate the following: HKEY_USERS>%USERID%>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Internet Explorer>Main NOTE: %USERID% is the current user ID in the registry. 5.) In the right panel, locate and modify the entry: From Window Title = "TTMS IS IN YOUR PC, DON'T WORRY I'M NOT CORRUPT AS YOU!", Change the value to Window title = "Microsoft Internet Explorer"
STEP 2 - Ensure that you have disabled "System Restore." This is prevent you from going back to a restore point, inadvertently activating the virus. You can accomplish this by going to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > SYSTEM RESTORE and check "Turn of system restore in all hard drives"
STEP 3 - Delete all virus strains a.) Set windows explorer to show hidden files. Do this by going to WINDOWS EXPLORER > TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > VIEW > HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Click on "Show hidden files and folders" b.) In your windows explorer, go to drive C right click and select Open. (Do not double click to prevent the virus from activating. ) c.) You must DELETE all files starting with "TTMS" it is there are usually 1 to 4 files. d.) Check to see if there is an "autorun.inf" in the drive. Using notepad, open the file. Once you see this link '[autorun]shellexecute=wscript.exe TTMS831.dll.vbs'. DELETE the file. e.) Repeat all the other steps for all hard disk. and for the C:\Windows folder.
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Article Source: http://www.statssheet.com/articles/article70896.html |
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