MSN My Photos virus

I have a virus on my pc and I was wondering if any of the experts on here
could help me out, PLEASE.

It was sent via MSN (well Windows Live Messenger is the new name for it) and
it was a rar file that was called My Photos, then a message that said
something like Have a look at the photos of my workplace)

The worrying thing is that AVG was totally up to date and when it scanned
the incoming file it said no threats found, so my wife extracted the photos
and that is when it went a bit weird and shut each MSN contact window down
and then closed MSN down.

I just thought I would give you the brief details on what or how it got onto
my pc. I might have been stupid but when AVG scanned and said it was OK she
did not think.

I have managed to run AVG, Ad Aware and Windows Defender (which for some
reason when all these programs found something it moved them to the AVG
Virus Vault) and it has now found all of these trojans and worms.

This is the list from my AVG Virus Vault

Virus Identified Worm/VB.AUG
Trojan horse Backdoor.Ircbot.AK
Trojan Horse Dropper.Delf.EL
Trojan horse Downloader.Istbar.9.AV
Virus Identified Worm /Sumom.C
Trojan horse Downloader.Agent,MLM

I am guessing that the if a file is in the AVG Virus Vault it is no longer
harmful to the pc, or am I mistaken.

I know it is a pain but I wanted to ask first before I did something else
that was stupid.

Greetings,

Yes, once it's in the virus vault it should be quarantined.

However, I certainly would never trust anti-virus applications to be up-to-date on every
virus, especially through instant messaging. If you're getting anything beyond images or
audio files, it's a good bet to ask your contact what they're sending; especially if they
haven't mentioned what they're sending or what it contains.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--


"Dino M" <> wrote in message
news:VAxii.11882$%...
>I have a virus on my pc and I was wondering if any of the experts on here could help me out,
>PLEASE.
>
> It was sent via MSN (well Windows Live Messenger is the new name for it) and it was a rar
> file that was called My Photos, then a message that said something like Have a look at the
> photos of my workplace)
>
> The worrying thing is that AVG was totally up to date and when it scanned the incoming file
> it said no threats found, so my wife extracted the photos and that is when it went a bit
> weird and shut each MSN contact window down and then closed MSN down.
>
> I just thought I would give you the brief details on what or how it got onto my pc. I might
> have been stupid but when AVG scanned and said it was OK she did not think.
>
> I have managed to run AVG, Ad Aware and Windows Defender (which for some reason when all
> these programs found something it moved them to the AVG Virus Vault) and it has now found
> all of these trojans and worms.
>
> This is the list from my AVG Virus Vault
>
> Virus Identified Worm/VB.AUG
> Trojan horse Backdoor.Ircbot.AK
> Trojan Horse Dropper.Delf.EL
> Trojan horse Downloader.Istbar.9.AV
> Virus Identified Worm /Sumom.C
> Trojan horse Downloader.Agent,MLM
>
> I am guessing that the if a file is in the AVG Virus Vault it is no longer harmful to the
> pc, or am I mistaken.
>
> I know it is a pain but I wanted to ask first before I did something else that was stupid.
>

It said it was My Photos, but it was nothing other than the virus, and the
contact on my wife's list did not actually send it, as it just appeared as
if it was being sent from her, which is why, after AVG scanned the item and
said it was ok she opened the file. It was then that it unleashed the virus
on my pc.




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:ED3EC34F-BBB1-4DAC-A703-...
> Greetings,
>
> Yes, once it's in the virus vault it should be quarantined.
>
> However, I certainly would never trust anti-virus applications to be
> up-to-date on every virus, especially through instant messaging. If
> you're getting anything beyond images or audio files, it's a good bet to
> ask your contact what they're sending; especially if they haven't
> mentioned what they're sending or what it contains.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Dino M" <> wrote in message
> news:VAxii.11882$%...
>>I have a virus on my pc and I was wondering if any of the experts on here
>>could help me out, PLEASE.
>>
>> It was sent via MSN (well Windows Live Messenger is the new name for it)
>> and it was a rar file that was called My Photos, then a message that said
>> something like Have a look at the photos of my workplace)
>>
>> The worrying thing is that AVG was totally up to date and when it scanned
>> the incoming file it said no threats found, so my wife extracted the
>> photos and that is when it went a bit weird and shut each MSN contact
>> window down and then closed MSN down.
>>
>> I just thought I would give you the brief details on what or how it got
>> onto my pc. I might have been stupid but when AVG scanned and said it was
>> OK she did not think.
>>
>> I have managed to run AVG, Ad Aware and Windows Defender (which for some
>> reason when all these programs found something it moved them to the AVG
>> Virus Vault) and it has now found all of these trojans and worms.
>>
>> This is the list from my AVG Virus Vault
>>
>> Virus Identified Worm/VB.AUG
>> Trojan horse Backdoor.Ircbot.AK
>> Trojan Horse Dropper.Delf.EL
>> Trojan horse Downloader.Istbar.9.AV
>> Virus Identified Worm /Sumom.C
>> Trojan horse Downloader.Agent,MLM
>>
>> I am guessing that the if a file is in the AVG Virus Vault it is no
>> longer harmful to the pc, or am I mistaken.
>>
>> I know it is a pain but I wanted to ask first before I did something else
>> that was stupid.
>>
>