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Lancer68
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8. May 2006 @ 22:16 |
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My anti-virus/spyware keeps picking up what it calls a potential threat which is PE_POLIP.A. It won't remove it. Anyone familiar with this? What is it? I seek divine wisdom.
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DMW
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9. May 2006 @ 03:13 |
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Lancer68
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9. May 2006 @ 05:19 |
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I just realized I put this in the wrong place, sorry. Thanks for the info, I'll give it try.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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ddp
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9. May 2006 @ 05:46 |
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moved
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Lancer68
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9. May 2006 @ 06:30 |
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House call isnt working for me, anything else that will remove this?
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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DMW
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9. May 2006 @ 08:04 |
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What protection do you have on your system?
Try running cleanups with updated versions of (if you havent already of course)
Ccleaner
Ad-Aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
AVG
Ewido Security Suite
If it still can't be removed then try rebooting into safe mode and scanning there instead.
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Lancer68
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9. May 2006 @ 16:22 |
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Virus wins. I've tried everything. Adaware, Spybot,Vcom fix it utilities, SafeMode.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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ddp
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9. May 2006 @ 17:31 |
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Lancer68
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9. May 2006 @ 18:31 |
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This thing has attached itself to every .exe file on my computer and it's not going anywhere no matter what I do. I'm looking at a complete win reinstall to get rid of this thing.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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ddp
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9. May 2006 @ 18:59 |
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had that happen with a customer twice. end result was complete blowout of drive & reinstall of all programs.
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-kemisti-
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9. May 2006 @ 22:57 |
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Polip is extremely difficult to remove (morphing virus) and in most cases the only result is formatting :(
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DMW
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10. May 2006 @ 01:40 |
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May not work, but mcafee have a version of stinger that supposedly gets rid of it http://vil.nai.com/vil/averttools.aspx#stinger
Trend, Symantec and Mcafee all say update and run a scan, but that rarely works when you have an infection in my experience.
Give stinger a go and fingers crossed.
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Lancer68
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10. May 2006 @ 03:54 |
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Thanks DMW, Stinger seemed to remove it. I'm keeping fingers crossed anyway.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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DMW
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10. May 2006 @ 04:07 |
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Glad it helped, let's hope it's gone for good eh? :-)
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aabbccdd
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10. May 2006 @ 23:54 |
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Lancer68, where do you think you picked up that virus? so we know where to steer clear from lol
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Lancer68
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11. May 2006 @ 05:34 |
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I got it from an infected torrent file.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 AM2
MSI K9N Platinum SLi
2Gigs CorsairXMS26400
2 BFG 7900GT's
WD 250 7200 SATA150
Soundblaster Live!
WindowsXP PRO SP2
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