So far, it "appears" clean after all of the malware scans. Thanks, Bobby
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Infection question Trojan.MalJava!gen21 is usually installed by malware to download advertising files. If you can find out which malware installed it, you can possibly search for removal methods. On 12/16/2012 3:08 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: > Hey, > > > > Before I nuke a friend's laptop, I figured I'd throw it out here to see what > I can get. > > > > She downloaded something and then started getting blue screens. This is > where I got it. I started it in safe mode and ran anti-malware bytes > (several times), SpyBot, super antispyware, online Symantec scanner, and > some other online scanner. > > > > Malware bytes cleaned several items, so did Spybot. The Symantec scanner > said it had the Trojan.MalJava!gen21 (iirc). I have not ran the Symantec > one since the others cleaned stuff. The other online scanner found nothing. > Malware bytes and Spybot now return clean. > > > > If I boot into normal mode (Vista Home), I do not get blue screen anymore. > But I get the progress bar from the Vista start screen, then the screen goes > black. I can see the HD access for a while, then nothing. This leaves me > to believe that it might have been one of those scare ware infections that > do not let you get to your desktop. > > > > Any ideas before I nuke and repave? Going to wipe it in the next few hours > if I don't hear anything. > > > > Thanks, > > Bobby >
