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yontoo virus????

Discussion in 'Tilted Gear' started by pan6467, Sep 11, 2012.

  1. pan6467

    pan6467 a triangle in a circular world.

    Location:
    somewhere in the center yelling about extremists
    Not sure if this is the right place, but, I just restarted my desktop (to get my router to recognize my Roku) and found that when I opened an internet browser on the desktop it went to a US Search engine page. I did some research and found that it is part of the "yontoo" virus. I ran a Kaspersky scan and it came back clean.... I went to my Add/remove programs control and removed the Yontoo and the US Sreach that was appearing on the list. HOWEVER, on my PC I cannot sign into anything (facebook, yahoo, etc) because it says my account has been temporarily locked. I try to get through on my laptop and it does the same thing.

    My question is 2fold..... How can i get rid of it if Kaspersky ignores it and will this virus affect my laptop through the router?
     
    pan6467, Sep 11, 2012
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  2. martian

    martian Server Monkey Staff Member

    Location:
    Mars
    A quick bit of Googling suggests that Yontoo is adware and not a virus. It's still malware, but adware is more on the sleazy end of the scale and less on the nefarious. It won't spread to your laptop over the network so you should be okay there.

    I'd strongly recommend not trying to do anything important on the desktop until the issue is resolved. Kaspersky isn't picking it up so you'll need other tools. Desktop support hasn't been an area that I've been really in on for several years now, but a recent discussion with the folks who do it has lead me to believe that Superantispyware and Malwarebytes are good tools.

    I'll let the folks who have more expertise in this area fill in more details.
     
    martian, Sep 11, 2012
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  3. pan6467

    pan6467 a triangle in a circular world.

    Location:
    somewhere in the center yelling about extremists
    Thanks martian, you eased my mind with the network, I don't really even use my desktop anymore except for games. I just needed to get my router to recognize my roku and to remind myself of an old accounts password.
     
    pan6467, Sep 11, 2012
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  4. grumpyolddude

    grumpyolddude Very Tilted

    Location:
    Metro Detroit, Michigan, USA
    When was the last time you started the desktop prior to this? Assuming you're running some version of Windows, I'd do a system restore to a time before then, then download and run Malwarebytes. I'm not an IT pro, but I've had too much experience dealing with these kinds of things at work over the years. The last time I spoke to my friends at Epicor, they were still treating this problem that way. Good luck.
     
    grumpyolddude, Sep 12, 2012
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  5. pan6467

    pan6467 a triangle in a circular world.

    Location:
    somewhere in the center yelling about extremists
    Thanks Grumpy will try the restore. The more I look into Yontoo the more confused I get. Seems it is face book related (page rage, whatever that is) and some people seem to say they love it and some say it is near impossible to remove. I do think that since it seems to be face book related that may be why I am having face book issues.
     
    pan6467, Sep 12, 2012
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  6. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    Oh god. I hated fixing yontoo for someone. Mostly because I saw just how it fucks up the Facebook experience by inserting extra extra advertising. Really I can't imagine fucking up a companies image right from within their space without them even knowing it at all. Ever.
     
    cynthetiq, Sep 18, 2012
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