PICA (a virus?)

[Jibgolly]

ya ya computer questions go in computer forum, but i'd like to get an answer sooner rather than later...

so everytime i restart im getting this pop up about 5 minutes later from 'Pica' its some asian pop up with asian text. i dont want to call it chinese in case its actually japanese, or vice versa. bottom line is i dont know what the fuck language it is, or where its coming from.

my start menu will tell me i have new programs installed and even gives me an option to uninstall it. so i do and it goes away, til i restart and its right back there.

any ideas?


next time it comes up i'll get a screenshot posted.

[Jibgolly]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

i should mention that recently i installed a Gamehouse version of Mah Jong. wonder if this is the source?

[unkownartist]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

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[unkownartist]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

erm u have a virus m8

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/pica.shtml

[unkownartist]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

description

NAME:PicaALIAS:I-Worm.Lee

VBS/Pica is a worm written in VBScript.
VARIANT:Pica.A
When executed, the worm copies itself to the Windows System directory as "Ds9.vbs". Then it modifies the registry so that it will be executed each time the system is restarted.
After that the worm will send itself to every recipient in every addressbook using Outlook.
The message that the worm sends looks like this:
Subject: Hi check This... Body: Hello..your Game is Over..By Q from Lee Attachment: Ds9.vbs</B>
After mass mailing, the worm marks the registry so that the mass mailing will not be done again.
Finally, the worm checks if the "mirc.ini" file exists in the mIRC chat client installation directory, and if so, it replaces the "script.ini" with its own. After that the worm will be sent to every user that joins the channel where the infected user is.
The worm contains the following commented line in the top of its code: 'Worm Created by Ds9 --> Lee</B>[Analysis: Katrin Tocheva and Sami Rautiainen, F-Secure

[unkownartist]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

http://www.pchell.com/virus/sillyworm.shtml << i,m not so sure about this one m8 but it says this is a way to remove it, i would be a little worried about removing the sysboot personally

[Jibgolly]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

fack!
i am planning on rebooting the OS next week anyway.

[Jibgolly]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

thx the info

[unkownartist]

Re: PICA (a virus?)

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ should remove it now m8