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.) Your internet explorer title bar has the message "TTMS NAA NA DIRE! DONT WORRY IM NOT A CORRUPT LIKE YOU!!" 2.) If you go to "Start" > "Run" and type "regedit." A message will pop up that says "Registry editing is disabled by your administrator." 3.) In windows explorer you can see a file or several files called "TTMS???.vbs.dll" (The question mark stands for numbers, like TTMS123.vbs.dll) This file is also present 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 - 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 strains of the virus. a.) Make sure you set windows explorer to show hidden files. You can achieve this by going to WINDOWS EXPLORER > TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS > VIEW > HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Click on "Show hidden files and folders" b.) Go to drive C right click and select Open. Do not double click to prevent the virus from activating. c.) DELETE all files which start with a "TTMS" it is there are usually 1 to 4 files. Delete all of these. d.) If there is an "autorun.inf" in the drive. Open the file using notepad. If you see this linke '[autorun]shellexecute=wscript.exe TTMS831.dll.vbs'. then DELETE the file. e.) Go over steps "a to f" for all hard disk. Do this also for the C:\Windows folder