Tubekiller

[Guest TankerHC]

If you saw that word (Tubekiller) and know what I am talking about, then you know what I am about say and ask. First...SON....OF.......A.......BEEEEECCHHHHH.....

 

Ok so all of my IT buddies, Computer people I know, etc, have no clue how to effectively get rid of Tubekiller. So far I have run.

 

TDSSKiller

My Trend Micro Total protection

JRT

Wise Cleaner Pro

And a dozen others.

 

Have gone through the Registry manually and removed 11 extensions and also found two Rootkits (One of the was Tidserv) that came with them.

There were 5 extensions each in FF, Chrome and Explorer

I ran aDware (Not Adaware) and it didnt even find what I already knew was there.

Trend is picking up maybe 5 extensions at a time.

Every time I get an all clear and reboot, comes right back. Manual removal of Registry Key extensions, reboot and right back.

 

I see this is going on all over the web and since October a lot of people are having the same problem.

 

I dont see how a site like cNet can allow something like this to go up and stay up. This "thing" which is being called by the Security Industry Techs "a new kind of Evil" is the worst I have ever seen. Or I should say the worst I ever got. I keep things pretty clean and secure, this is not good at all. Made it past three layers of security and is not being picked up or deleted.

 

Right now MWB is analyzing my log files to see what I can do, emailed them to trend micro havent heard back. I do have a years license on Kaspersky but moved to Trend, I dont think Kaspersky will be able to do much good because I have already used the Kaspersky JW removal tool.

 

Any suggestions before I go get up in the AM and have to backup and  format this 3 TB HD?

 

If you start seeing popups like its 1994, look down in your Start Task Manager and if you see a little grey box, all I can say is GOOD LUCK....and I really mean that.

 

Note: I didnt download Tubekiller (Although you can from several sites including Cnet (See link and read comments). I believe it came attached when I downloaded a photo resizing tool. At least thats what the Registry entries seem to be focus on, but it isnt just attached as registry entry extensions, he fricken thing is everywhere and considering I had to manually find two Rootkits, its bypassing everything.

 

http://download.cnet.com/Tube-Dimmer/3000-31714_4-76007164.html

 

[ironsniper1]

best way to remove a virus is to scan when windows is not running, if i were closer i would bring my bootable usb and run those scans on your hard drive from there 9 time out of 10 this has fixed many a issue for me

[GlockSpock]

Free fix:

 

http://www.ubuntu.com

 

Or if you want to spend money:

 

http://alturl.com/vk9uj

[SALK]

I agree with luke. Windows has to many worm holes in it. Best to run when windows is not in operation. ubuntu is supposed to be good but I have never used them.

[GlockSpock]

I used to use Linux exclusively in high school. I tried many distros, Ubuntu being the primary one but also OpenSuse, Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome), Gentoo (not for beginners, I'll explain below), and probably more than I cannot think of right now.

 

In a Nutshell, you can run different different desktop environments on the same installation. The two major ones are Gnome and KDE, but you do have other more minor ones too. They look different. They have different features. Some are built more for optimization and efficiency, some have a lot of bloated stuff you don't need but it's there. Some are as minimalist as possible.

 

Gentoo was interesting because you had to compile pretty much everything from scratch. With instructions, an installation goes pretty much like this. From a CD you install a very small "starter package". It's just enough to get you a CLI when booted from, roughly 50MB or so (may be different now). From then on, you compile from source code "Gentoo", the drivers for your specific hardware and only your specific hardware. It takes about 1-2 days for a full Gentoo installation because your computer is compiling from scratch everything. The end result is a very lean OS that only has the drivers and modules for the hardware you have. That would result in a very efficient installation that takes full advantage of your hardware but is not bogged down from having all kinds of stuff in there that you cannot use or wouldn't use. It was really neat and a fun experience, but I ended up leaving it after a few days because it was a pain to get something to work. If you realized you installed the wrong drivers for your sound card, you had to get and recompile a few things (much quicker than the original setup, but still took time).

 

I would say, in today's tech world, I'd try a distro with KDE instead of Gnome. Or if you try Gnome, go with one that does not use the "Unity" interface. In my opinion, it's crap. Maybe it's just different. KDE has really became nice in the past few years.

 

In the end, I switched from Linux to OS X because OS X has more commercial software for media and office productivity. I miss Linux though for many reasons. I have many times been tempted to sell my rMBP and purchase a high end laptop and just install Linux on it. I'd probably net $100-$300 and get back to my roots. Overall, I despise everything that is Windows. The only thing, in my opinion, that they have going for them is the office suite. It is the standard. Numbers and Pages on a Mac are usable, but (maybe just because I learned on Excel and Word) and infinitely more usable in my opinion.

 

Linux recently has stolen some of the gaming crowd due to Steam pushing a Linux version. It was not around with I had my massive homebuilt machine. If it was I would have installed it and probably kept it. I got tired of Windows 7 on the gaming machine so I sold the machine. One of the Linux distros + Steam would be a killer combination in my opinion, as long as there were a few games that you liked that had applicable Linux versions.

 

It is easy to try most any Linux distro, simply download an .ISO, burn it to a disk (or flash it to a USB drive), and boot into a "live" mode. From there you can use it or install it. If you use it, it does not write anything to your hard disk (unless you manually do say by saving a file, etc). You won't accidentally do so though.

 

For the most part, Mac OS X offers much of what Linux has to offer (but in a less open and diverse package). I just get nostalgic thinking about Linux though sometimes.

[GlockSpock]

Oh, and I don't want to hijack this thread, at least until he gets it fixed. Then we can talk about Linux all we want!


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[Oh Shoot]

So, has the actual Tube Dimmer app been hacked at some point, or is this what is "supposed" to do from the gitgo of its creation by the makers?

 

- OS

[Sam1]

I'll skip over the usual digs at windows and suggest that..

 

check the common files/program folders and see if you can locate anything in there.  the directories are hidden in win7 so you'll have to show them or access by typing in the full path.  normally if you're dealing with a residual app, it's in that directory.

 

also, download TFC (temp file cleaner) to get rid of all your junk after you delete the folders.  http://addpcs.com/software/tfc/  download the portable executable 4.0.2 or older, the newer versions do the same thing but are clogged up with advertisements and other crap.