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j.m.reid

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virus removal problem
« on: October 11, 2005, 01:01:53 PM »
please advise a novice.

after running a full scan with the Avast free home edition it found -FILE NAME c:\windows\memory.dmp
         MALWARE  hllp-vova10.1-b and recommended Remove to chest. this i did but a box appeared stating  "Not enough space on disk" How do i rectify this? please.
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2005, 01:28:14 PM »
Free up space on your drive and run defrag. That may solve it.
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2005, 01:40:52 PM »
Other possibility is increasing the Chest size into avast! settings.
Which sizee does this file has?
Anyway, with this name, I think you can delete it. If you can't, just boot in Safe Mode (F8) and if this failed too, post here again  8)
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2005, 09:28:56 PM »
Hi j.m.reid,

This hasd been around for a while now.

hllp-vova-10.1-b This is an encrypted parasytic virus. It contains the strings (c) Dialogue, Rust. 1993 vir * com*.exe, COMMAND.COM. NCMAIM.EXE, EMM386.EXE NC.EXE
\vir comspec/c ren v/c>nul copy/b\vir /c del vir? ***ProfVovaVir 10.1 (INVECTOR) Give my best regards to LENA !!! (c) 1992/94 (max probability=1/128)***

Information Virus Library low risk low payload Safe to delete.

greets,

polonus
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2005, 03:40:52 PM »
many thanks to all for advice and help.have ran "thorough check" twice now and no virus found.
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2005, 06:54:36 PM »
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2006, 09:00:17 PM »
I did a virus scan just now and found exactly the same virus infecting one of my system restore files - the file name of the virus was HLLP-vova 10.1-B

The file infected was:-

c:\System Volume Information\_restore{EFD9E3D4-DE96-4FBB-BD50-72C8E6471885}\RP530\change.log.3

I'm wondering if it's safe to delete it or whether just turning off System Restore and re-scanning would be a good idea?

I had no problems moving it into the Chest, no other problems were found in the scan and I'm off to scan with Spybot, Ad Aware and Hijack This next. I'm running Windows XP on a Pentium 4 with 3.19 Mhz speed and 250 GB RAM. I did some searches online but couldn't find much information about either file.
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2006, 09:08:05 PM »
Quote from: Gillie2tat on October 29, 2006, 09:00:17 PM
c:\System Volume Information\_restore{EFD9E3D4-DE96-4FBB-BD50-72C8E6471885}\RP530\change.log.3
I'm wondering if it's safe to delete it or whether just turning off System Restore and re-scanning would be a good idea?
Both. It's safe to delete (if Windows allow you to delete...) and turning off the System Restore.
When turned off, all System Restore points are deleted and the files are gone...
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2006, 09:33:54 PM »
Thank you for your help! Much appreciated!
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2006, 09:44:20 PM »
Quote from: Gillie2tat on October 29, 2006, 09:33:54 PM
Thank you for your help! Much appreciated!
You're welcome. Feel free to come back and ask for further help if you need.
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Re: virus removal problem
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2006, 02:27:28 AM »
Just a little ad-on:

After disabling System Restore a reboot is needed to make the changes in the settings effective.
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