Virus?

[Alienware_Dude]

Hello,



The family system that I built has been acting strange lately; the CPU usage spikes to 100% at odd/random times, slowing the system down so it's unusable. The funny thing is, I look at the processes running, and there's nothing out of the ordinary! First I suspected a virus, so I scanned with PC-Cillin. It found nothing. Then, I look in the Virus Log. Lo and behold, the W32.KLEZ.H virus had infected the system a few days ago. According to PC_Cillin, the Clean attempt failed, and the Quarantine attempt also failed. Could it still be lurking? I can't find it through a virus scan, but the suspicious CPU activity continues. I'm this close to reformatting, as it makes the system unusable. I did a system restore to the day before the system was infected, and even though that's not supposed to rescue you from a virus, it seems to have worked. If it hasn't, then I'm going to have to reformatt, I guess. Any tips? Thanks.....

[mairving]

You might go over to Symantec's site and download the Klez removal tool. That will tell you if Klez is still lurking and remove it also.

[lil Jimmie]

Or go to Trend Micro and use their removal tool.

[Alienware_Dude]

Thanks for the help guys! I'll try both later today.

[Alienware_Dude]

Used the Trend Micro tool, didn't find anything. I guess there's no infection after all. Thanks for the help!

[ZANEY123]

my aunts computer got hit with the klez and i ended up having to re-install,,,even after using the klez tool

Zaney123

[Alienware_Dude]

Well, there are no remaining symptoms that I can see. Time will tell.....

[Alienware_Dude]

OK, spoke too soon. Almost every game that my brothers try to play on the system freezes up instantly, CPU usage spikes randomly, I'm gonna take the plunge and reformat later......