Removal Instructions For A Nasty Philippine Made Virus | Software

By ZigfredDiaz
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Several weeks ago my computer got infected by a virus. I had a hard time removing the virus since as it still has no formal name as most of the anti-virus makers up to know have still not identified it. Try searching for a "remover" for this virus in google and you can see that you cannot find any. (Send me a message if you can find one) Luckily there are instructions on several websites on how to remove it. But there are only a few of these websites that bear such instructions. Probably the reason for this is because this virus is locally made. (made in the Philippines)

Before I start detailing to you how to remove it, let us first know the symptoms of the virus.

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)

HOW TO REMOVE IT IN YOUR COMPUTER Step 1 - Delete the virus file in the registry

a.) Go to Doug Knox's page to download a Registry enable/disable tool. (The tool requires you to reboot in order that you could access the registry) b.) After you have rebooted and has logged in to windows, press CTRL+ALT+DEL it will bring up the task manager. Go to "Processes Select "WSCRIPT.EXE" and click "End Process" c.) Go to START > RUN > then type "Regedit" d.) Once you are in the registry editor go to EDIT > FIND type "TTMS*" it will bring you to all files with the words "TTMS" click on the file and press delete. Do this again and again until you have deleted everything related to the TTMS virus. (Take note if you have an important program with a file with the words TTMS0 be careful about doing this but I do no know of any important program that has this)

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 - Ensure that you have disabled "System Restore." This is prevent you from going back to a restore point, inadvertently activating the virus. You can accomplish this by going to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > SYSTEM RESTORE and check "Turn of system restore in all hard drives"

STEP 3 - Delete all virus strains a.) Set windows explorer to show hidden files. Do this by going to WINDOWS EXPLORER > TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > VIEW > HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Click on "Show hidden files and folders" b.) In your windows explorer, go to drive C right click and select Open. (Do not double click to prevent the virus from activating. ) c.) You must DELETE all files starting with "TTMS" it is there are usually 1 to 4 files. d.) Check to see if there is an "autorun.inf" in the drive. Using notepad, open the file. Once you see this link '[autorun]shellexecute=wscript.exe TTMS831.dll.vbs'. DELETE the file. e.) Repeat all the other steps for all hard disk. and for the C:\Windows folder.

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