Browser Redirect Virus

So I had this virus that was redirecting my browsers, AVG, Spybot and MalwareBytes did not detect anything. After running Hijackthis, I noticed some scheduled tasks. When I checked my Task scheduler I notice 23 Scheduled tasks, that ran mshta.exe and some URL. I deleted all of these scheduled tasks,searched my C drive for mshta.exe and deleted all instances of it(may need to use Unlocker to do this).

Once I rebooted I ran AVG, Spybot and MalwareBytes again, AVG found 4 things and could not remove them:

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe (1652):\memory_001a0000";"Trojan horse Agent_r.XJ";"Object is inaccessible."
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe (1652)";"Trojan horse Agent_r.XJ";""
"C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (636):\memory_001a0000";"Trojan horse Agent_r.XJ";"Object is inaccessible."
"C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (636)";"Trojan horse Agent_r.XJ";""

After some google'ing I found someone recommending TDSSKiller from Kaspersky. So I ran this program and it found 2 threats and removed them with a reboot, healed my system completely, AVG scan confirmed this.


Download Link: http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.zip

Stream IP Camera VLC

Here's how to stream the live video from your Foscam or Foscam Clone Wireless IP Security Camera.






Create a text file and enter the following line replacing the username/pass/ip/port with yours.

http://username:password@IPAddress:port#/videostream.cgi

Save the text file as Security.asf (asf is the extension of the file so your media player will recognize it and open it) now double-click the security.asf file or drag and drop it into VLC and it should start streaming intermediately.

The above process worked fine with the administrator account. But for streaming only, its a good idea to create a Visitor account with restricted access, but the line above doesn't seem to work with Operator or Visitor accounts, so instead use the line below in the security.asf file instead of the one above.

http://IPAddress:port#/videostream.cgi?user=username&pwd=password

You can even use this file from a hotel or anywhere, any place in the world if you forward the port your camera is on on your router. So you can stream your camera from anywhere without having to log into the web interface, that is why I recommend creating a Visitor account for this purpose.