Comments on: TDSS Trojan and Bediddle Adware – Hindsight Removal Guide

By: Tiff

Tiff — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:24:54 +0000

Hi, great solutions, I haven’t met a virus/malware this tough before.

I’ve managed to disable part of it, and remove part of it, but I can’t do any searches on yahoo without the page being re-directed, it was the same with google too, but I’ve managed to fix that one. This rotten little bugger has allowed more malicious content to find its way into my computer as well. I’m about at my wits end. I really need to extend the life of this computer at least another year, but it’s getting tired (had it since ‘03, Compaq Persario) and these new viruses and malware programs are really kicking its butt.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:01:21 +0000

I HATE THIS FUCKING TROJAN
IT REDIRECTED ME TO PORN SITES AND ALL THESE SHIT ICFKAISER SITES!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:32:02 +0000

I am infected with the TDSS trojan. I moved the renamed MBAM.exe file from my flash drive to my desktop and selected Run as Admistrator. It says “The InstallShield Engine (iKernel.exe) could not be installed. The system cannot find the file specified.”

I went to C/Program Files/Common Files/InstallShield/Engine/6/Intel32.

The IKernel application is there. Any idea how to solve this issue so I can run the Setup.Exe, but nothing happens if I try to run the app?

Thanks

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:44:44 +0000

Don’t know when it was released, but a tool has been released
which worked for me on a friends computer.
Download TDSSKiller, http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684
unzip file to desktop.
install MBAM as outlined above, changing the installer file name, and the exe file in the programs folder.
Run MBAM, update, Full scan, when it’s done, run TDSSKiller,
reboot.

By: n

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:58:30 +0000

Just wanted you to know that this has also infected Firefox. Will try this tomorrow and let you know what happens.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:31:20 +0000

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938610.aspx

Be aware of the Idle process when monitoring processor usage. The Idle process runs a thread on each processor. This thread runs when the system is not already running the thread of an active user or system process. System Monitor and Task Manager both use the Idle process to calculate time when the processor is not busy. You can see processor time for the Idle process on the Processes tab in Task Manager (called the System Idle Process) or by tracking the Process(Idle)\% Processor Time counter in System Monitor. Notice that the Total instance for this counter includes processor time for the Idle process. To measure the Idle process, use the Process(Idle)\% Processor Time counter, or use the Processes tab in Task Manager. Zero idle time could mean that the processor is handling a lot of work, but it could also mean that the processor or central processing unit (CPU) is overloaded.

What does the high Sytem Idle Process usage have to do with the infection?

By: USMarine

USMarine — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:56:54 +0000

I have a question.
After I have scanned it in safe mode and it finds the root trojan, do I delete it or do I just reboot my computer and scan again?