Please help with Aurora!!!!

Question

About two months ago, I could not do much on the Internet because of the Aurora stuff.  Someone from your forum helped me through the removal steps and it has been working beautifully until a couple of weeks ago.  I am just now finding time to deal with it again.  I teach an online class and it has become very annoying trying to do it with this Aurora stuff.  Can someone please help me through the steps again?  Let me know if you want a highjackthislog.   Thank you so much. Susan

ky331 · Answer

Susan,

I see that you had been receiving HiJackThis help from RKinner a short while back, and that he used ABIRemover as one of his tools to remove Aurora.

If you wish, yes, you can immediately post a NEW hijack log, in the HiJackThis forum,

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=si_hijack

and one of the experts, perhaps RKinner again, will be able to assist you.

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I use an alternative approach (VX2-Cleaner) to fixing the aurora problem, which I'll now mention, IN CASE you wish to try it:

If you don't already have it, download Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 from http://www.majorgeeks.com/Ad-Aware_SE_Personal_d506.html

[Note: If you have an older "build" of Ad-Aware SE --- or even worse, if you're still using Ad-Aware 6 --- you must upgrade to this version/build, SE 1.06 ]

Install the Ad-Aware program (following any indicated directions). [As part of the installation, it will check to see if you already have an older version of Ad-Aware installed, and if one is found, it will ask ("advise") you to allow the older one to be removed... so if asked, please allow it.]

Open/start Ad-Aware SE. Click on Check for Updates Now, and Connect . if found, follow the directions to download/install the latest reference file, till you FINISH.

After updating, from the STATUS screen, click on START.

then make sure you have a RED X in front of "Search for negligible risk entries"

(if you see a GREEN CHECK, then CLICK on it, to change it to the RED X. )

then hit NEXT to perform a S mart Scan. Allow it to remove any problems founds.

Close-down Ad-Aware.

then download the VX2-cleaner add-on by clicking-on the link near the bottom of

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/addons/vx2cleaner.shtml

This will download the file vx2cleaner_inst.exe ; click on it, and follow the directions to install the VX2-cleaner.

Start Ad-Aware SE again. Click on the Add-Ons button. Click on the VX2-Cleaner. Click on Run Tool, and then click OK . If it finds any VX2 problems, follow all the directions to CLEAN things. (I believe this will include a reboot, and directions to run another smart scan. Follow all indicated directions [i.e., various/multiple scans] until it tells you you're clean of VX2.

This should have removed all traces of NAIL/Aurora. To verify this, as well as to check for any other virus/spyware problems you might have, you should proceed to generate and post your HiJackThis log in the appropriate forum (indicated above).

Message Edited by ky331 on 09-18-2005 09:20 AM

slweacc · Answer

Thank you so much!  I tried it your way this time before I went to work.  I have been teaching my online class tonight and it is working beautifully. No Aurora!  I don't want to be to confident, though.  Anyway, I appreciate your quick response and your help.  You guys really do make people's lives easier.  I hope that make you feel like it worth the effort!  Thanks.

ky331 · Answer

you're welcome.   and thanks for the nice vote of confidence :smileyhappy:

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