Brontox’s attack!
In the end, my laptop was attacked by BRONTOK (Brontox) virus / worm- wateva it was called. It can easily spreads thru network or file sharing and will duplicate itself into folders, named the same with the folders that we have. But actually those folders is the application. So Beware! The creator is an Indonesian, from ITB Bandung if I not wrong. Duh..This is the message that I got which was saved as Firefox page. (my current browser)
BRONTOK.A [ By: H[REMOVED]Community ]
– Hentikan kebobrokan di negeri ini –
1. Adili Koruptor, Penyelundup, Tukang Suap, Penjudi, & Bandar NARKOBA
( Send to “NUSAKAMBANGAN”)
2. Stop Free Sex, Absorsi, & Prostitusi
3. Stop (pencemaran laut & sungai), pembakaran hutan & perburuan liar.
4. SAY NO TO DRUGS !!!
– KIAMAT SUDAH DEKAT –
Terinspirasi oleh: Elang Brontok (Spizaetus Cirrhatus) yang hampir punah[ By: H[REMOVED]unity –
I have no idea where and how I got this thing from. My friend suspect that it came from Indon website since the creator is from Indonesia. No offence. Well, there are quite many hackers in Indo. I guess I should be more careful from now on in opening Indo site. Alert! Alert!
This thing almost made me cried. Ok, not almost, I cried for hours actually. All my assignments and pictures are inside! Not to forget the mp3. I’ve zipped those files and save them to my friend’s comp but when I copy and paste back to my laptop, that Brontox came back again. Duh… At the first, I’m not interested to know what Brontox is. I thought it would be ok if I format my laptop and copy back my files. But it failed. So, this morning only I tried to search in google and found out that it spreads thru network and files sharing. If only I knew it earlier. My time won’t be wasted on formatted laptop.
But heck, now it’s ok already. Well.. It’s sort of. I don’t know if it was hidden somewhere inside. I hope not. Anyway, I clean it using AVG anti virus free edition. It was recommended by my friend who was attacked by Brontox before. Hehe.. It’s quite good, although it took several attempts to clear all. Yeah, just keep on DELETE and DELETE the Brontox application whenever it turned up.
Fight Fight Brontox! Rontokkan Brontoks!
