i guess its a virus... please help.

[princekool]

Hi all;
My system has been acting crazy since yesterday, i first got weird file named IT_LKW_SUCKS i dont know where it came from and i deleted it then just after one minute the file appeared again. Tried deleting that file but it cant be deleted. ma hard disk has 3 drives (C,D,E) and i cant open any of the drives and my DVD-RW drive opens itself everytime. i scanned the whole system but didnt detect anythng (antivirus used: Symantec Antivirus). I dont want to format the whole system as i have very important files in drive D & E. Drive C is the windows drive of which i can format but i aint sure if the virus will still be gone by jus formatting C. Does anyone have an idea of how to get rid of this problem (its more of a nightmare to me) without formatting those 2 drives???? Please help me am just stuck:(

[TT4Titans]

first go into control panel - system turn off system restore.

download Hijackthis and post log.

http://www.filecluster.com/download/software/hijackthis.zip

Norton isn't a very good virus detector or cleaner anymore.Go here and download AVG it is free.

http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-2239_4-10695030&ontId=2239_4&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=10695030&mfgId=6270610&merId=6270610&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-2239_4-10695030.html

Once we get the system clean you can turn back on system restore.

[princekool]

first go into control panel - system turn off system restore.

download Hijackthis and post log.

http://www.filecluster.com/download/software/hijackthis.zip

Norton isn't a very good virus detector or cleaner anymore.Go here and download AVG it is free.

http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-2239_4-10695030&ontId=2239_4&lop=link&tag=tdw_dltext&ltype=dl_dlnow&pid=10695030&mfgId=6270610&merId=6270610&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.download.com%2F3001-2239_4-10695030.html

Once we get the system clean you can turn back on system restore.

The system tool on the control panel doesnt open also, its same case with the drives.:(

[piyushchandra]

hello prince kool,
what error message u get when you try to open ur drives,....?
try right click > explore...

[princekool]

hello prince kool,
what error message u get when you try to open ur drives,....?
try right click > explore...

I dont get any error message, just dont open even when u click explore. you will for hours and nothing will be opened.

[TT4Titans]

Go to these two online virus scanners.

http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Also unhook your other hdd's till you get this fixed so it doesn't damage them.If the damage done is unrepairable i would advise to get the util from your HDD manufactures site and zero write the drive before installing your OS.

[Hosmer23]

Try scanning it with Adaware. You can get a free download form my Company's website.
DraconusIT.net
Or you can download the direct link by clicking here

[piyushchandra]

i don't have much idea then, try to access your files thru command promt ,...

[princekool]

Thanks all who tried to give me some ideas, was able to access my files from drop down option at the address bar on my computer.
Copied all the files i wanted and transfered to external hard disk and then formatted all the drives and installed clean copy of windows vista. So happy i managed to get rid off that virus.:)

[venera17]

personally, i didn't think norton was very reliable when i had it. i recently switched to trend micro products and they have worked wonders. if you don't want to buy a full version, they also have great free downloads on their website [www.trendmicro.com]. i think a download called "hijack this" might help you in this situation.
i hope this helped and good luck!!