Comments on: Trojan Horse SHeur.bzpu is a backdoor trojan

By: Ron Shank

Ron Shank — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:18:11 +0000

I’ve started using and recommending avast anti-virus.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:03:52 +0000

Also in need of guidance…Things are NOT looking good….. I came across the SHeur.BYD have done some research and currently i am confused if it an actual virus on my CPU or if AVG is falsely reporting it. Can anyone assist.?

Here are the details. The Virus is “detected” anytime I put a Legit (bought at a store) CIV 4 game disc in the D: Drive. I am currently running a system scan, the only thing to be identified so far are cookies. During my 1st install run of CIV 4, my system froze after the “insert disc 2″ screen. i had to power off and restart, i looked under the install/remove programs to remove the partial install, but was unable to find any created program (makes sense) re-inserted disc 1, the title screen came up (“Play” “Details” “Exit) I clicked exit. went to run D: after the disc started spinning up, the virus detected popped up. The interesting thing though is that the file location is D:\DIAG.EXE and of the two options after virus detection is remove and heal. A message stating the file can not be healed “object(s) are on an optical drive” Is this just AVG wrongly reporting a “normal” file used to install the game, or is this just that messed up…….Any Ideas…. Please…..

By: Ego-Suicide

Ego-Suicide — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:06:43 +0000

AVG has had a few bugs before 7.5 ended… 8.0 was fine until a certain update that caused a bug. I’m not sure what to say, I would quaritine the object in the virus vault for now and create a hijackthis log and submit it to a fourm where a volunteer will analyze and give his diagnosis on your computer. And it is a bug if you use Quicken products (AVG just hates those programs for some reason). So there is a chance that it will be a glitch.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:55:28 +0000

HELP! I installed AVG yesterday as I was fedup with Norton constantly needing updating and costing me a fortune. Today I have turned my computer on and been told I have Trojan Horse SHeur. I have no idea bout these things and don’t know what to do to get rid of it. HELP!!!!!

By: Ego-Suicide

Ego-Suicide — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:09:46 +0000

Avast is working fine, a little heavy on the memory by my standards. But It’s doing its job. And I gathered more info about the SHeur virus. Turns out its actually a whole new strand of Trojans. A person that I was talking to about programming told me that it has 2 or more effects on your computer. effect 1: it degrades hardware (meaning it will fry your video card, cpu, cd drive, etc.). 2: it will copy your system data and send critical bits of it to the hacker. 3: it gives hackers full access to your computer and will take control of the cpu, giving you something similar to the BSD while the hacker is going through your system as he pleases. Turning off your computer durring effects 2 and 3 WILL damage your system. If it is detected in the system restore, throw it in the virus vault ASAP. This virus has fried my CD drive! T_T

By: Ego-Suicide

Ego-Suicide — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:05:06 +0000

ok ron, I will give Avast antivirus a try.

By: Ron Shank

Ron Shank — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:24:44 +0000

Ego: give Avast a try and see if that works better for you. Be sure and report back here if you don’t mind. I really value your input.

By: Ego-Suicide

Ego-Suicide — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:07:22 +0000

Ron, I can understand where you’re coming from on this matter. But right now I am frowning upon AVG and their customer support. And right now I can’t leave windows. If I had the chance, I would ditch windows and install Linux Edubuntu that my schools computer administrator gave me. Unfortunately, it likes to crash often so I have to stick with windows XP.

By: Ron Shank

Ron Shank — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:43:37 +0000

I still like AVG and recommend it to many of my consulting clients. I also like Avast. And for even more safety, I recommend leaving windows and going to Linux, or Mac. The choice depends mainly on your software needs.

By: Ego-Suicide

Ego-Suicide — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:45:23 +0000

why didn’t AVG release that… I wonder if a lawsuit can be filed against them for some reason, someone who is smart enough will know the loopholes and find a way to do it IF they do see that link.

Anyways, I thought AVG was all up for the safety of the public computers. Guess I was wrong about that, I’ll just go and buy a Nod32 license.