are you aware of a computer virus called "brontok"?
By nettmu
@nettmu (396)
Philippines
6 responses
@anjuscor (1266)
• India
24 Jan 07
The Brontok worm is a computer worm that affects computers running Microsoft Windows. It spreads by sending itself to email addresses harvested from the affected computer. Variants of the Brontok worm include:
* Brontok.A
* Brontok.B
* Brontok.C
* Brontok.D
* Brontok.F
* Brontok.G
* Brontok.H
* Brontok.I
* Brontok.K
* Brontok.Q
When Brontok is first run, it copies itself to the user's application data directory. It then sets itself to start up with Windows, by creating a registry entry in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key. It disables the Windows Registry Editor and modifies Windows Explorer settings. It removes the option of "Folder Options" in the Tools menu so that the hidden files, where it is concealed, are not accessible to the user. It also turns off Windows firewall. In some variants, when a window is found containing certain strings in the window title, the computer reboots. Using its own mailing engine, it sends itself to email addresses it finds on the computer, even faking the own user's email address as the sender.
Use symantec and spybot search and destroy and hijack this software.
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@zee579 (434)
• Pakistan
9 Jan 07
Brontok is a virus that stores informatiion from your computer and send this information to multiple email addresses.
The good indication of such virus is that you get a folder by drive's name in each drive.
I am using Mcafee and it is working fine to detect and delete such virus
@profcentral (719)
• Philippines
9 Jan 07
My laptop once had that virus, suddenly pops up on the screen with the brontok and some words I can't understand. I couldn't do anything but when I went to get it fixed they said they had to reformat my laptop. The virus was deleted and Since then I have not experienced that kind of virus again. I'm now making use of AVG.
