VIRUS HELP!!

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Ok, I tried downloading the Guitar Hero PC Clone (found here). I got the program, but I also got a nasty little surprise with it. Mr. JeefoGUI, which just so happens to be a virus.

(Yes, I am aware that the site warned about it. However, the site also used the warning in a past tense, meaning that common sense would show that the threat was over.)

I tried running the Resolve program that the site suggested, but it's not picking it up. I know exactly where the virus is at (on my Desktop) but I can't seem to delete it, since it's write-protected. I haven't opened it up obviously, but I'm afraid that since this is a very public computer in my house that it'll be accidentally opened eventually.

Any help as to fixing this would be GREATLY appreciated.
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**joker** · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:29 am Post subject:

if you're feelin risky, you could go into regedit and remove it

if you're not familiar with regedit, i wouldn't suggest it

do you have ANY virus software on your pc?
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Agh...no.

We had a ton of virus software, but it was mostly free trials that expired a really long time ago and deleted shortly after.

Just out of curiousity, what would I have to do in regedit to get rid of it?
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**discgolferpro** · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 861 Location: Kansas City, Mo

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

I didn't really plan on doing anything related to the registry at all, since I'm not terribly good with computers. However, if worst comes to worst, I think I may be able to do it.

I'm downloading AVG right now and will post the results when it installs and does its scan.
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**joker** · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:44 am Post subject:

heh heh heh

if you have to ask, you might not want to know

if you use the "Run" function from your start menu

(you're using a Windows OS right??? please, God, tell me its not a Mac!)

type regedit in the prompt. once you get it open, find the file under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, and delete it. if it isn't gone from your desktop, try and manually delete it.

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO FUCK WITH ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE IS A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE AND ANY ALTERATION COULD CAUSE YOUR PC TO BECOME "WINDOWS UNBOOTABLE" AND YOU'LL HAVE TO COMPLETELY REINSTALL WINDOWS AND ALL COMPONENT SOFTWARE!!!!
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

All right, and because of Matt I can't edit my post in this forum.

The virus isn't a .txt file like you had it in the instructions. It's a MS-DOS application.
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**dspoonrt** · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2449 Location: Columbus, OH

It's probably an .exe. That's what he wanted to know. He just wanted you to rename it as a text file so it could get through by email.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Ah, I see. That makes a little bit more sense.

All right, I'm e-mailing it to you now.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Man, I don't like not being able to edit.

Ok, everything seems to be good to go now. I left AVG running in the background and 20 minutes into the hunt it picked it up. I'll let it grab everything and delete it.

Thanks for the help everybody.
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**dspoonrt** · Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 2449 Location: Columbus, OH

Hope it's all worked out. Viruses suck.
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"Power Surge," "Funk You," "Grindsaw Groove," and "DisorderlyConduct"
- all charted by dspoonrt

**joker** · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:00 am Post subject:

sorry i wasn't any more help than i was. i'm old school...

...like apple IIe old school

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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Yeah, it looks like it picked it all up.

I guess it was just a small one though. It seemed to be geared more towards pop-ups than actually destroying anything, judging off of all the .zip files AVG picked up that have movie title names, so it wouldn't have been too bad.
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**HylianHero** · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 4673 Location: Santa Cruz, CA