Possible Virus ??

[soulsister14]

Chinese Language keeps popping up in my browser alongside the searchbar for no apparent

reason.

It is spontaneous, in that it disappears but then comes back.

I have run both Anti-virus and Ad-Aware, both of which have failed to pick it up

Any suggestions ?

[unclebulgaria67]

May not be a virus, but that you have the wrong browser version or a wrong update.

 

I have several browsers as they play up from time to time. Firefox does not appear to be working properly this morning, so I am using Opera.

 

Suggest the follow.

 

1) Instal another browser if you don't have one

2) Then uninstall the browser with the Chinese writing

3) Then reinstall the browser again.

[brassnecked]

May not be a virus, but that you have the wrong browser version or a wrong update.

 

I have several browsers as they play up from time to time. Firefox does not appear to be working properly this morning, so I am using Opera.

 

Suggest the follow.

 

1) Instal another browser if you don't have one

2) Then uninstall the browser with the Chinese writing

3) Then reinstall the browser again.

 

I had an issue with Steam where going to the Steam Website brought up Chinese characters, wonder if it is anything to do with Google Translate or some other plugin?

[renegadeimp]

Could simply be a language pack on your os . Possibly through an os update

[brassnecked]

Could simply be a language pack on your os . Possibly through an os update

 

Could be just that, as it did in from Steam in Windows, but not from Linux

[SabreSheep]

Someone did say China would inherit the earth, maybe this is just the start

[Bandit127]

I had a problem with some malware a while ago and tried AV and Spybot S&D. Both came up clean.

 

Conniff suggested Malwarebytes and that got it. It worked a treat and I recommend it.

[renegadeimp]

Run malwarebytes in safemode AND disable system restore. No point running it otherwise.

[dx100uk]

combofix from the bleepingcomputer site

best there is for removal

 

 

dx

[Guest]

could well be a website infection

eg

went to a chinese manu site re a cd/dvd writer, using then IE.

it asked for ch lang pack to be installed, didnt do that.

was then with symantec corporate a/v. it picked up an infection. and as rene says, was also in restore, kept coming back. symantec finally got rid of it.

flyby website (script) infections are sometimes harder to detect than a downloaded infected file, depends how good the a/v is re websites.

also, when checking router firewall logs, looked up an ip re a block. turned out to belong to the ch comm party! why they wld want to get into my pc i dont know

[renegadeimp]

Whenever you scan for malware, either run it from a bootable cd so it can run unhindered by the OS locking files, or disable system restore and boot into safemode. NEVER just boot it up and run it blind. You'll catch some stuff, but it's a very bad way to scan your system.

[soulsister14]

Thanks for the info, but how do I run malwarebytes in safe mode, as I have read on another forum that you should NEVER run it in safe mode unless it absolutley won't run at all.

And how do I disable the System Restore ?

That being said, I really do need to get rid of whatever it is that is causing the problem, as my Facebook Profile is now infected with it!