Watch Out! %#@&^& Zoomify Malware!!

[goofyone]

Yep! Unfortunately [or by the virus' design], I can only restore to two days 'after' the sucker got in my computer....very suspicious!

Another lesser known to the public, but very good, tool you can try is McAfee Stinger:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

 

[NSTG8R]

Another lesser known to the public, but very good, tool you can try is McAfee Stinger:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

Interesting. When I try to download the software, it gets about 7% into the download, then disappears. It gave me an Icon on the lower right of the screen, but when right-clicked, doesn't allow ("start" greyed out) me to run the program.

 

[NSTG8R]

Another lesser known to the public, but very good, tool you can try is McAfee Stinger:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx

Okay. Got it downloaded and running. Looks like it's going to be a sloooow scan process, but if it does the trick, I'll be happy as a newborn in a titty bar. Thanks for the link G1!

 

[NSTG8R]

Hmmm...McAfee Stinger found nothing. I guess 'technically', ZoomifyApp is not a virus...just the most annoying adware I've ever encountered (relentless pop-ups and redirects to the point of locking up your computer). It's still on my computer. Here's the only thing that is keeping it at bay.

I went to Task Manager, clicked on the 'Processes' tab, right-clicked on Zoomify, clicked on 'properties', opened the 'Security' tab, clicked on 'Advanced', and reset all the permissions to 'Deny'. Had to do that for all the associated files individually. It hasn't been messing with my surfing since, but it still bugs me that nothing I try will delete it, and even Kapersky Pure (the newest/best version), which did identify it as a possible malware, could not even quarantine these files.

 

[phonetrbl]

This is the best I have found, just dl it to a flash drive (usb 3 will run from it) .
Best if you do it on another computer if you can, to prevent infection.

http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/homeusers/support/card?id=1678

First thing it does is KILL all processes and then disinfects.

 

[Injunjoe]

This shows why it is not too much trouble to switch to Linux, which I did 10 years ago and nary a malware problem since! I use PCLinuxOS which is immune to malware as are all flavors of Linux.

 

[Hog]

Also run the following - root kit killers (TDS, etc), adaware, msert (microsoft - very good), and malwarebytes (mbam). Also Detekt was just launched, it is what found my issue - (no fixes on this, just identification). Spybot S&D is good for isolation, and Hijack This for browser work.
There is no one 'super' program for everything, but there are several excellent ones for targeted work once you know what you have.
Several forums are good also (bleepingcomputer comes to mind).

 

[BilgeRat]

Thanks! I will look into these!

 

[Jambe]

If you get the ZoomifyApp malware try this removal guide...

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/zoomifyapp-removal/

 

[NSTG8R]

If you get the ZoomifyApp malware try this removal guide...

http://malwaretips.com/blogs/zoomifyapp-removal/

That's one of the first sites I tried. The problem is [and it still exists] it refuses to be deleted/uninstalled by any means. I even purchased Kapersky's 'top of the line' anti-virus/malware software. I acknowledges it's there, but still won't delete or even quarantine the files....perplexing for sure. There was one suggestion earlier to 'send' it to a thumb drive, and then format the drive. Might try that. But thanks for the input!