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videobruce · February 11th, 2007, 10:37 AM

I recently got hit three times (yes, I know, but please no "why didn't you questions) by malware. The third time was just by opening up a ".rar" file. What happened was it disabled Task Manager and put a icon in the System Tray that was a link to a anti-virus site which was actualy a virus in itself. My questions are:

1. How can Task Manager be disabled?
2. How can it be re-enabled?
3. How can just opening up a compressed ".rar" file run a executable? I did not run any file within the folder. WinRar is the program I have used for years (stopped using Winzip many years ago).
4. Can a virus, malware, trojan etc. be anything other than a ".exe" file? IOW's can a .jpg, .txt, .mpg or a doc (for examples) be one af the above??

Anyway, this program did the trick;
http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/Smitfrau...raudFix_En.php

Cleaned up what was added the the system and restored Task Manager.

February 11th, 2007, 10:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
videobruce Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 373	Malware attack through a .rar file & a disabled Task Manager I recently got hit three times (yes, I know, but please no "why didn't you questions) by malware. The third time was just by opening up a ".rar" file. What happened was it disabled Task Manager and put a icon in the System Tray that was a link to a anti-virus site which was actualy a virus in itself. My questions are: 1. How can Task Manager be disabled? 2. How can it be re-enabled? 3. How can just opening up a compressed ".rar" file run a executable? I did not run any file within the folder. WinRar is the program I have used for years (stopped using Winzip many years ago). 4. Can a virus, malware, trojan etc. be anything other than a ".exe" file? IOW's can a .jpg, .txt, .mpg or a doc (for examples) be one af the above?? Anyway, this program did the trick; http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/Smitfrau...raudFix_En.php Cleaned up what was added the the system and restored Task Manager. __________________ Copyright protection & Intellectual property my ass. All you elitists want is more money & power. Enough is enough! Last edited by videobruce : February 11th, 2007 at 10:40 AM.