A dangerous virus infecting PCs
Our Church is currently dealing with a virus that has infected several of our computers. We first learned of this virus when a notepad window would come up with the following text:
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787
Our computer support is provided by volunteer church members who work with computers professionally. One of them informed us that this is a bug in a virus known as a "keylogger." A keylogger records your keystrokes, including passwords, and sends them to a third party. We believe this keylogger may have been responsible for several security breaches in recent months.
The resolution is for this problem is unfortunately extreme. The virus infects a number of critical system files, making it impossible to cure the infection without rending the computer inoperable. Each of the infected computers are being returned to their factory state using the system restore CDs that came with them when they were either purchased or donated.
Our Church is blessed to have so many dedicated volunteers to help us with issues like these, to keep the church's office running in tip-top shape.
4 comments:
Why doesn't your antivirus detect it?
Update your antivirus software. Keylogger bugs have been around for years--you're lucky they haven't cropped up on those computers dozens of times by now.
I'm sorry that your church's computers were infected, but new viruses are constantly being developed, and if you don't update your antivirus software regularly, you can't prevent them from turning up.
Perhaps you should try a homoepathic remedy for your whore computer.
OBVIOUSLY, someone has been using it for porn and God is administering his divine judgement.
You dumbass.
It's NOT a virus.
A desktop.ini file was created in a startup folder, a benign and entirely likely occurrence. Microsoft has an article online about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330132
The reinstall is pointless and unnecessary.
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