insaneukrainian

Howdy all:
I don't know if any of you on aximsite are aware of this (i know you IT people do!) but there is new spyware out there that is nearly impossible to remove. It is called MIDADDLE. It contains 3 parts. When you delete 1 part the other parts re-generate it.

Now, my problem is that midaddle has infected my computer. I can't search through yahoo, I can't check email from gmail or hotmail. Also, I run ad-aware, spybot, spysubtract to try and get rid of it and it removers it but it is still there.

Part of the headache I am having is that the fixes that are listed online ask you, at some point, to search your c: drive. The problem is that this dang MIDADDLE IS PREVENTING ME FROM SEARCHING. There is no search option to allow me to do the fix.

I am desperate to fix this. I am getting the updated Norton in the mail but I don't think that will work. If Any of you IT people or other who have fixed this problem could post some feedback, it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
insaneukrainian

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jdh1415

I think that eventually NOrton will take care of it, there is nothing that cant be removed without a little time. have you tried identifying the processes and ending them and then maybe moving all the files to one location and holding shift while you push delete. I dont know anything about MIDADDLE and you sound like you know what your doing so youve probably tried that.

have you tried deleting them through DOS?

have you tried in safe mode?

Just in case you dont know, to boot to these methods bang F5 on the keyboard right when you reset untill menu appears

wmcjhi

JDH is correct; Try safemode or ending all non-necessary processes, then go to delete the offending malware...I've run into a few personal computers (I work in IT, so sometimes people bring me their personal computers) that have been loaded with viruses, malware, etc. and I usually just reformat and reinstall after backing up their documents. That way, everything is COMPLETELY gone and they have a fresher, snappier OS on which to compute!

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CtrlAltDel

you can search your c drive from command line window

dir /s/p filename

that should find the file for you

star882

Bah, a dose of Knoppix cures it.

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Originally Posted by A friend of mine who has a Linux kernel named after his girlfriend.

If I was VirtualBox, I could load my virtualization module into Hannah and boot up another kernel in the same address space.

ericcumbee

google the offending file name and i bet you will find instructions on how to get rid of it, i had the same problem a while back and got rid of it that way