NEED HELP!!!!! removing ALCAN.I

[TaxiDriver65]

My computer started acting strange,Extremly slowwww.I opend internet explorer pages started downloading so slow in bits and pieces. ran i virus scan (i use ZONE ALARM INTERNET SECURITY5.5) picked up ALCAN.I now the computer is worse it locks up ,freezes and i have to unplug to reboot.Can anyone help? first time posting Also tried wiping hard drive and it did'nt help. Thanks for anyone's help.Aso if i wipe drive willit remove virus? or iv'e heard it would be easier to replace hard drive

 

[Rob Williams]

If you format the hard drive completely, it should rid the virus. I've formatted a few and have still had the virus linger around, so you may want to get a program like DBAN to thouroughly wipe it clean. don't buy a new HDD because of a trojan, that's silly

You may also want to try every good trojan/spyware cleaner, including these two:
http://www.moosoft.com/products/cleaner/download/
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

 

[T-Shirt]

Major geeks has some pretty good removal instructions

ALCAN

 

[Rob Williams]

Good find T-Shirt, that looks great. Almost feel like getting the Alcan on purpose just to remove it =)

 

[T-Shirt]

well I don't know if that's a good idea , those instructions are 4+ months old. all the major AV sites have manual instructions (alot of steps, a lot of work) but some mention that ALCAN can also install other worms making the removal job even harder.
Since ALCAN is known to spread almost exclusively via P2P, buying a new drive makes that free software/music pretty expensive

 

[Sledgehammer70]

Short-media.com seems to have a good team to help in these issues.

http://www.short-media.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57

 

[dibene]

Almost feel like getting the Alcan on purpose just to remove it =)

Just a heads up to all the young, impressional Techgagers out there: Please use a different approach when confronting Chlamydia or Syphilis.

 

[Jakal]

I lol'd

 

[Greg King]

As did I...