One Nasty Philippine Made Virus

Last month my computer got infected by a virus. There is really no formal name for the virus since most of the anti-virus makers up to know have still not identified it. In fact when you search for a "remover" for this virus in google you cannot find any. (Correct me if I am wrong) There are only instructions on how to remove it and only a few websites are giving such instructions. The reason for this is because this virus is local, that is made in the Philippines.

Ok so before I start telling you how to remove it, let us "know the enemy first":

SYMPTOMS: 1.) When you open your internet explorer you see this annoying message in your title bar "TTMS NAA NA DIRE! DONT WORRY IM NOT A CORRUPT LIKE YOU!!" 2.) Go to "Start" > "Run" and type "regedit." Your computer will tell you that "Registry editing is disabled by your administrator" or something like that. 3.) If you go to windows explorer you can see a file called "TTMS???.vbs.dll" (The question mark stands for numbers, like TTMS123.vbs.dll) If fact you can see this file in all your hard drives, and there are usually from 1 to 4 files in each hard drive. You can also see this file in your c:\windows directory)

ERADICATING IT FROM YOUR COMPUTER Step 1 - Remove the virus from the registry

a.) You must first try to enable the registry. You can achieve this by going to Doug Knox's page. There, download a Registry enable/disable tool. (The tool requires you to reboot in order that you could access the registry) b.) After the reboot and once you get inside windows, press CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the task manager. Select "Processes Select "WSCRIPT.EXE" and click "End Process" c.) Activate the registry editor by pressing START > RUN > then type "Regedit" d.) The moment you are inside the registry editor go to EDIT > FIND type "TTMS.*" This will take you to all the files with the word "TTMS." Click on these and press delete. Do this repeatedly until you have deleted everything related to the TTMS virus. (However be careful in doing this there might be legitimate programs with the word "TTMS")

e.) To remove the annoying message in your Internet explorer title bar do the following in the registry editor: 1.) In the left panel, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERS>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Internet Explorer>Main 2.) In the right panel, locate and modify the entry: From Window Title = "TTMS IS IN YOUR PC, DON'T WORRY I'M NOT CORRUPT AS YOU!" 3.) Change the value to Window title = "Microsoft Internet Explorer" 4.) In the left panel, locate the following: HKEY_USERS>%USERID%>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Internet Explorer>Main NOTE: %USERID% is the current user ID in the registry. 5.) In the right panel, locate and modify the entry: From Window Title = "TTMS IS IN YOUR PC, DON'T WORRY I'M NOT CORRUPT AS YOU!", Change the value to Window title = "Microsoft Internet Explorer"

STEP 2 - It is important that you disable "System Restore" so that you will not reactivate the virus in case you go back to a restore point. Do this by going to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > SYSTEM RESTORE and check "Turn of system restore in all hard drives"

STEP 3 - Eradicate all virus strains. a.) Make your windows explorer show hidden files by going to WINDOWS EXPLORER > TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > VIEW > HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Click on "Show hidden files and folders" b.) Go to C drive by right clicking and selecting Open. Take note, do not double click the drive to prevent the virus from activating. c.) Tthere are usually 1 to 4 files which starts with "TTMS". Delete all these files. d.) See if there is an "autorun.inf" in the hard drives. If you see '[autorun]shellexecute=wscript.exe TTMS831.dll.vbs'. in the autorun.inf (You can open this via notepad) thene delete the file. e.) Do all of the above steps for all the other hard disks. especially for you C:\Windows folder.

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