swp2009 demo - malware story

Here is another malware hit. Read story! Ken
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Just killed this bastard swp2009 with a cocktail of MS Malicious software
removal tool and then Malwarebytes. Phew. SAS, a favorite did not work
for me
this time around. I think the MST was the one that did the trick.


"John Doe" wrote:

> > Just cleaned a machine with that; SuperAntiSpyware was the only one
that
> > removed it; for this one Malwarebytes nor Spybot caught it
correctly. Run
> > those after SAS tho' . . .
> >
> > "FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:gmm1dg$2ms$1@reader.motzarella.org...
>> > > My computer was hit by swp 2009 tonight. The first indication
was a
>> > > message that my firewall was not on. (??) I restarted it.
>> > >
>> > > I updated virus defs and ran a deep scan with BitDefender, and
it did not
>> > > detect anything. Sometime while it was running, a big black square
>> > > appeared in the middle of the screen.
>> > >
>> > > I checked Task manager and saw swp2009 demo.exe running, and
killed it,
>> > > which removed the big black square.
>> > >
>> > > Windows popped up a message saying
>> > > DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\digeste.dll is not a valid Windows image.
>> > >
>> > > Sure enough, it appeared on the computer at 6:33 PM tonight,
about the
>> > > time I got the firewall message.
>> > >
>> > > I can't find out much about this - googling turns up a few
instances of
>> > > people who have been affected, but not much help. I can't find it
>> > > mentioned on McAfee or Symantec sites.
>> > >
>> > > I run Windows Firewall, a BitDefender scan daily, and the system
sits
>> > > behind a router. I suspect I inadvertently clicked on the a
hidden link
>> > > around 6:33 tonight.
>> > >
>> > > How do I get rid of this, or am I going to have to reformat and
reinstall
>> > > windows? (I have a complete backup from last night.)
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your help!
>> > >
>> > > Carol
>> > > --
>> > > Don't believe everything that you think.
>> > >
>> > > To reply, unleash the dog.