06-13-2008, 09:50 AM
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| RE: Need help removing a virus
me too
"eselk2003******.com" wrote:
> I'm using Windows Media Player 11, with all updates. Anytime I play a
> music file, MP3, WAV, AU, etc, it plays for exactly 10 seconds, then
> the playback pauses and Internet Explorer launches to this URL:
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> www.flashcodec.com
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> Then the browser window closes and another window opens to ask if I
> want to download/open/run this file:
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> Windows_Media_Player_Flash_Codec_Plugin.exe
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> I saved the EXE and scanned it, and sure enough, it contains a virus.
>
> What I can't figure out, is what is causing this behavior. Also, it
> only happens on one user account. I'm using XP SP2, and I have 2
> admin user accounts, and 1 doesn't have this issue, and the other
> does... so it must be some per-user setting. I don't see any weird
> processes running, and my anti-virus software isn't reporting anything
> (unless I download and run/scan that EXE).
>
> Also, if I skip past the 10 second mark in the song (click the slider
> bar to jump to 11 seconds) then I don't have any problems, until the
> next song plays, or I replay the song and it hits 10 seconds again...
> so this virus must trigger to do something at exactly 10 seconds.
>
> With all of the details I know about it, I can't believe I couldn't
> find anything with my various searching (Google, etc). Anyone know
> what it is?
>
> I even installed Windows Defender, and no luck. I guess I'll try a
> few other anti-spy-ware and anti-virus programs, but I've already
> tried several with no luck... and usually Avast! finds everything.
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