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Title: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: Jonny on March 16, 2010, 03:14:55 AM

Right, I have a trojan/virus whatever thing on my laptop because I wanted to help someone get their memory stick back so I put it into my laptop and I instantly got it (but he got his memory stick back) and I'm so $%&#ing pissed off at this return of a good deed done.

So, I can't turn back time but I can't get rid of this either. I've tried scanning and tried end the process but it won't budge. Tried a system restore as well but it didn't go away.

I feel like wiping my whole laptop cause it's just pissing me off and I need a new laptop anyways. I can get all the stuff again (which I don't mind) and back them up on externals so this shite doesn't happen again.

Anyone got anything I could use (trial possibly) to get rid of this $%&#ing thing?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: horsehead on March 16, 2010, 05:40:21 AM

try downloading hijack this & posting it on the spybot forums website (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html), they're REALLY helpful on there

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: JDC on March 16, 2010, 07:21:38 AM

tried scanning and ending process in safemode?

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: Andrew W on March 16, 2010, 11:21:39 PM

I don't want to be a merchant of doom but... malware today is so good at digging itself deep into your system that the only way to be sure you're free of it is to wipe the slate clean and reinstall everything from scratch.  Once your system's compromised you can never trust it again.  What I would suggest, if you can face it, is to do a completely clean reinstall of your system and once you have your service packs updated and your apps installed make a disk image of your drive.  This way if your system gets compromised again you can just roll back to the disk imaged state.  It's a pain but the days of being able to rummage through the registry and manually deleting things to clean a system are long gone.

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: Jonny on March 18, 2010, 02:13:39 PM

Quote from: Andrew W on March 16, 2010, 11:21:39 PM

I don't want to be a merchant of doom but... malware today is so good at digging itself deep into your system that the only way to be sure you're free of it is to wipe the slate clean and reinstall everything from scratch.  Once your system's compromised you can never trust it again.  What I would suggest, if you can face it, is to do a completely clean reinstall of your system and once you have your service packs updated and your apps installed make a disk image of your drive.  This way if your system gets compromised again you can just roll back to the disk imaged state.  It's a pain but the days of being able to rummage through the registry and manually deleting things to clean a system are long gone.

I got rid of it. :P

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: AndyR on March 18, 2010, 05:34:18 PM

Nice one :D

I have to admit though I have images of the laptop going through a third floor window...

I assume you mean you managed to get rid of the pesky software, not the laptop itself? :lol:

Title: Re: Can't get rid of 'duebug.exe'
Post by: Jonny on March 18, 2010, 10:17:31 PM

Quote from: AndyR on March 18, 2010, 05:34:18 PM

Nice one :D

I have to admit though I have images of the laptop going through a third floor window...

I assume you mean you managed to get rid of the pesky software, not the laptop itself? :lol:

LOL,

Yes I got rid of the pesky software. The laptop is still safe - for now.