Infected withTrojan:Win32/vindor!pz
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My father in law asked me to source him a Dell Optiplex 780 USFF, Windows 7, then upgrade it to SSD and 8GB RAM. I know it's a vulnerable computer but that's what he says he needs for a project.
The computer booted fine, albeit perhaps a little slower than I would have expected even for a spinning hard drive, especially as there were no documents, pictures etc, as if someone had just done a fresh installation of Windows.
After a few quick checks and being satisfied that it works, I powered it off again and took out its hard drive.
I connected its HDD (I have a powered USB-SATA cable) to what I call my guinea pig computer (an expendable computer running Windows 10 which has nothing important on it) and asked my guinea pig to virus scan it using Windows Defender.
After a while it warned of the presence of Trojan:Win32/vindor!pz
Windows 10 Defender says it removed it. I asked Defender to scan again, which it is doing as I type.
Do I need to be concerned if Windows 10 Defender says the virus is gone?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
The computer booted fine, albeit perhaps a little slower than I would have expected even for a spinning hard drive, especially as there were no documents, pictures etc, as if someone had just done a fresh installation of Windows.
After a few quick checks and being satisfied that it works, I powered it off again and took out its hard drive.
I connected its HDD (I have a powered USB-SATA cable) to what I call my guinea pig computer (an expendable computer running Windows 10 which has nothing important on it) and asked my guinea pig to virus scan it using Windows Defender.
After a while it warned of the presence of Trojan:Win32/vindor!pz
Windows 10 Defender says it removed it. I asked Defender to scan again, which it is doing as I type.
Do I need to be concerned if Windows 10 Defender says the virus is gone?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
Normally I would have reinstalled the OS but this one has an unusual variant of W7 installed and Microsoft don't offer downloadable ISO. The only Win7 reinstallation CD I have is Win7 Pro which is a higher licence than what the computer has.
And what about the Win10 computer that I used to analyse the Win7 HDD? How at risk is that? Nothing was opened from the Win7 drive connected to it via the USB-SATA adapter. As soon as I plugged in the Win7 HDD I asked Defender to scan it.
On the Win10 computer used to scan the infected drive, I ran a full scan afterwards with Win10 Defender and nothing detected.
Also on the Win7 drive, after the Win10 computer said it had removed the virus, I put the Win7 drive back into its original computer and installed Norton, then ran a full Norton scan, with no virus detected.
Then I removed its drive for a second time and used the USB-SATA cable to plug it back into the Win10 computer and did another full scan with Win10 Defender, with no virus detected.
Apologies if my questions are odd, but I don't have much experience with viruses.
And what about the Win10 computer that I used to analyse the Win7 HDD? How at risk is that? Nothing was opened from the Win7 drive connected to it via the USB-SATA adapter. As soon as I plugged in the Win7 HDD I asked Defender to scan it.
On the Win10 computer used to scan the infected drive, I ran a full scan afterwards with Win10 Defender and nothing detected.
Also on the Win7 drive, after the Win10 computer said it had removed the virus, I put the Win7 drive back into its original computer and installed Norton, then ran a full Norton scan, with no virus detected.
Then I removed its drive for a second time and used the USB-SATA cable to plug it back into the Win10 computer and did another full scan with Win10 Defender, with no virus detected.
Apologies if my questions are odd, but I don't have much experience with viruses.
Edited by RVB on Thursday 8th June 12:49
pquinn said:
ARHarh said:
And we still don't know why it needs windows 7. I would just install win 10 and use it without a licence. only thing you lose is backgrounds and you get a nag in the bottom corner.
You can always use the Windows 7 key to activate 10.If you really want to nuke it with a fresh Win 7 install then copies of the MSDN ISO images for all the flavours are available for direct download in a few open archives. If you know what version you want I'd give you the specific file name to search for.
I'd directly link you but someone might get funny even though it's not pirated or anything like that.
I'd directly link you but someone might get funny even though it's not pirated or anything like that.
RVB said:
Normally I would have reinstalled the OS but this one has an unusual variant of W7 installed and Microsoft don't offer downloadable ISO. The only Win7 reinstallation CD I have is Win7 Pro which is a higher licence than what the computer has.
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Can you get a Dell image of Windows 7 from their support site (need asset tag)? Its still available for old Latitude laptopsfootnote]
RVB said:
ARHarh said:
And we still don't know why it needs windows 7.
Neither do I.OP I have several verified Windows 7 iso images along with a raft of updates, which will get you a fresh working installation of Windows 7.
I also have the last version of MSE (security essentials - which still updates by the way).
Yes, one of my PCs is running Windows 7 as I use some specialist audio testing software on it, which although does work on Windows 10, doesn't work very well (interface issues).
If you need anything, drop me a PM.
And a note for mods: None of this are illegal downloads - they are Windows iso images that were in the public domain for many years, and subsequently withdrawn by Microsoft.
There are NO WINDOWS KEYS.
I also have the last version of MSE (security essentials - which still updates by the way).
Yes, one of my PCs is running Windows 7 as I use some specialist audio testing software on it, which although does work on Windows 10, doesn't work very well (interface issues).
If you need anything, drop me a PM.
And a note for mods: None of this are illegal downloads - they are Windows iso images that were in the public domain for many years, and subsequently withdrawn by Microsoft.
There are NO WINDOWS KEYS.
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