FBI Moneypak Virus

[Dell Christopher]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

 

[Ken1943]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

Call him a dumb ass and walk away.


KenW

 

[Fat-Dumb and Happy]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7
desktop computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I
can help with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I
am doing something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro,
TDSSKiller, and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro
and MSE set to do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other),
and I also reset Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm
done. Three or four days later, it's infected again! He openly admits
to watching porn on his computer, but I occasionally do the same thing
and my computer NEVER gets infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use
to do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop
watching porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

http://superantispyware.com/ the free one..

 

[Ken Blake]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

You told him what to do, and he doesn't want to listen? If it were me,
I would just shrug my shoulders and not want to help him with the
problem.

 

[Char Jackson]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

Like the others have said, it might be time to cut bait and leave.

Alternatively, dig into his porn habit just a bit. There are safe
places to get it and places that are less safe. Maybe he can find
better places to get his fix. Not all porn comes with a payload, if I
may use that term.

 

[richard]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

Next time, tell him it's gonna cost him $200.
Then install all the freeware stuff you have and teach him how to use it.

 

[Paul]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7
desktop computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I
can help with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I
am doing something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro,
TDSSKiller, and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro
and MSE set to do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other),
and I also reset Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm
done. Three or four days later, it's infected again! He openly admits
to watching porn on his computer, but I occasionally do the same thing
and my computer NEVER gets infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use
to do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop
watching porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

Get your friend to fix his own problems ?

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-fbi-monkeypak-ransomware

Or, suggest using an alternate OS for risky behavior (like a Linux LiveCD).
Linux has Adobe Flash, a poor implementation of Silverlight, and some
level of media support via tools derived from FFMPEG. Not ever site out
there, can be accessed equally well from Linux.

Or, set up a virtual machine environment (VirtualBox or Windows Virtual PC based),
and load another OS in there. There may be an option in one of those, to
"revert" the OS after a session, so nothing is kept from a session. Virtual
machines can either be operated to maintain state information from one
session to the next, or to offer you an opportunity to throw away changes.
Throwing away changes would include changing settings in the OS, so
it's not exactly convenient. But once you've got the OS tuned the
way you want it, inside the virtual machine, you could use the revert
feature from then on, to preserve the working state of the guest OS.

Microsoft used to offer Windows "SteadyState", which was another way to
lock down the OS on a computer. But that's no longer supported. But you
can cook up a similar setup with a virtual machine.

Virtual machines are not completely bulletproof, and I'm expecting
any day now, to find malware that can "burrow out" into the main
OS. So while the VM approach works today, it might not be a complete
solution in the future.

It's malware - as long as there is money to be made from creating it,
there'll be a constant battering of computer defenses. So the thing
you think "absolutely protects" you today, is bound to be useless
tomorrow.

Paul

 

[Tony]

Sounds like he needs to make his computer pussy proof.

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7 desktop
computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows I can help
with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question if I am doing
something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro, TDSSKiller,
and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes Pro and MSE set to
do a FULL system scan every night (one after the other), and I also reset
Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK when I'm done. Three or four
days later, it's infected again! He openly admits to watching porn on his
computer, but I occasionally do the same thing and my computer NEVER gets
infected and I only have MSE on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can use to
do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the "stop watching
porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day on
the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help you
dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the while
pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your computer
except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next sucker on the
phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which one
are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,
ChuckZar!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three* fulltime
jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads
the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and out
your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes at
DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

You don't have to be "stinkbottomed" to post on this newsgroup

Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!

Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the
realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet

 

[HellT]

I'm at my wits end. I have a friend who keeps getting his Windows 7
desktop computer infected with the same FBI Moneypak virus. He knows
I can help with computer problems, but now I'm beginning to question
if I am doing something wrong.

Every time he gets infected, I run CCleaner, Malwarebytes Pro,
TDSSKiller, and Microsoft Security Essentials. He has Malwarebytes
Pro and MSE set to do a FULL system scan every night (one after the
other), and I also reset Internet Explorer, and everything seems OK
when I'm done. Three or four days later, it's infected again! He
openly admits to watching porn on his computer, but I occasionally do
the same thing and my computer NEVER gets infected and I only have MSE
on mine.

Short of wiping the hard drive clean, is there ANY other tool I can
use to do a better job of cleaning this up? I've already tried the
"stop watching porn" suggestion, and he just won't listen.

It's probably not the porn:

Symantec reports that religious websites are more likely to infect
computers with a virus than sites serving up naughty adult material.

"It is interesting to note that Web sites hosting adult/pornographic
content are not in the top five, but ranked tenth," the report states
on page 33. "Moreover, religious and ideological sites were found to
have triple the average number of threats per infected site than
adult/pornographic sites. We hypothesize that this is because
pornographic website owners already make money from the internet and,
as a result, have a vested interest in keeping their sites
malware-free – it’s not good for repeat business."

As expected, the top five most-infected sites are blogs and web
communications (19.8-percent), hosting and personal hosted sites
(15.6-percent), business and economy (10-percent), shopping
(7.7-percent), and finally education and reference (6.9-percent).
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Porn-Religion-Symantec-Malware-drive-by,news-15093.html

And of course Facebook is a proper pesthouse. I had a brother whose pc
was repeatedly infested until I finally ordered him to stop using
Facebook. No problems since.