Hello everyone,

a friend of mine caught the autorun.inf virus..he is on a dial up so it is hard to update virus definitions..i heard that there is a way to remove it by deleting all the files named autorun in local drivers but this didn't solve the problem..is there any way to remove it without the NEED to update?

thxDownload AVG Free onto that computer and run the updater and just be patient. I'm on dial-up (28.8 kbps) and the last big update took me maybe ten or fifteen minutes to download. Or you can even download the manual updates from the site on broadband and then put them on his computer. Either way, it's certainly better than just deleting some files. You're pretty much guaranteed to have traces leftover. And malware likes to have parties. Once you get one, it will often let others in. So, there's a good chance he has more than one virus. Just be patient and take the time to install the necessary updates. Slow and steady wins the race.seems that this is the only way my friend..deleting or replacing files didn't solve it..guess the only option is to download those updates..thx for the help man..Like CBMatt says .... malware attracts malware.

That autorun problem could indcate a number of issues.

What I suggest is that, after AVG has been run and updated, post a HIJACKTHIS log here for further review. Hopefully anything bad will show up in that log.

If you're unsure how to do this .....

download a self-extracting copy of HijackThis from here …….

http://downloads.malwareremoval.com/hijackthis_sfx.exe

Save it to your Desktop.

Double-click on the file hijackthis_sfx.exe file and it will self-extract into its own folder ……

C:\Program Files\HijackThis

Go to this folder and run the hijackthis.exe file.

From the menu click on "Do a system scan and save a logfile".

Copy and PASTE the HJT logfile to this thread. More specific removal instructions will follow for anything SHOWING up as bad.


OJ

the best way to run any ANTIVIRUS is in SAFE MODE, reboot the computer and keep pressing the F8 key and then select the SAFE MODE, when you are into the windows protected screen run the antivirus then there is a bigger chance it will be cleaned out.
Try Asquared
from here:- http://emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
OR
AVG Anti-Spyware from here:- http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1