Zero access Rootkit

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

This may help: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/trojan-zeroaccess-removal/

I would use something like knopiix or even a ubuntu live cd and boot your
friends system, mount the windows partition, make a full back-up of all
important data then do what Neil advised which is a full re-install after a
low-level format. That way one is safe.


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Lennart Sorensen <
lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:09:32AM -0500, Thomas Milne wrote:
> > Hey y'all,
> >
> > Friend is infected with this bastard Trojan called Zero Access.
> >
> > The usual  crappy antivirus tools have only managed to screw up his
> Windows
> > install.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a Linux boot disc or other tool that can help with
> > this? I realize this is only tangential to Linux topic but he is really
> > desperate and I know nothing about Windows :-)
>
> Would something like the Kapersky rescue CD help?
>
> http://support.kaspersky.com/4162
>
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