Suspicious.DLoader
Robert is a highly motivated writer with 3+ years of experience writing for ransomware, malware, adware, PUPs, and other cybersecurity-related issues. As a writer, he strives to create content that is based on thorough technical research.
I recently got suspicious.dloader from a file I downloaded on Limewire. It slowed my cable Internet speed right down across my entire network, caused AdAware to cease to open and caused Windows Defender to go off (and disappear from the list of installed programs so no installation was possible). It also popped up windows that looked like a genuine notification that Windows Defender had just downloaded an update, but I’m convinced this was part of the virus’ method of changing system files. User Account Control in Vista warned of the change about to be made by this false Windows Defender “update” and I would click cancel.
Norton Antivirus 2010 would find suspicious.dloader (calling it a heuristic virus) and remove it, but it would keep coming back. If we disconnected and reconnected the Internet, it would come back exactly one hour later. Norton tech support at the highest level were not able to clean this virus, and it kept on coming back and causing a major Internet speed slow down. Norton tech support even tried to tell me it was not a real virus and that something else was causing our Internet slow down.
Eventually, on the advice of a friend, I uninstalled Norton, installed Microsoft Security Essentials (hxxp://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials) and Malwarebytes (www.malwarebytes.com). Microsoft SE found two Trojans: Win32/Dursg.E and Win32/Tracur.A and, like Norton, it would clean the viruses, but they would just keep on coming back (I guess it was re-downloading when I connected my computer to the Internet again).
To finally be rid of these viruses, all I did was disconnect from the Internet, empty my temp folders (“Start – Run – Temp” and “Start – Run – %temp%”), empty recycle bin, remove the viruses with Microsoft SE, scan the computer with Malwarebytes, which found about 30 infected files/registry entries etc., removed them with Malwarebytes, restart and run Microsoft SE quick scan and Malwarebytes a few more times to be sure it was gone, then reconnected to the Internet. No problems now.
Thanks for the advice dude,you helped me save my laptop!