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Filefix Professional 2009
Ever heard of Filefix professional?
Loads an icon in the system tray temporarily which looks like the windows security alerts, goes away and keeps appearing every 2/3 minutes
Asks you to click to fix corrupted files.
Seems to corrupt header files in pdf’s, jpegs, .doc etc when you click on the relevant preview or link.
The system tray icon links to a website which has recently been set up in Moldova (whois). Asks you to pay about 79 dollars to fix the problems. Website looks very professional.
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I've never heard of it, and frankly can't really find anything relevant about it... I would run through the Sticky from the Antivirus forum and see if you have any infections... possibly see if you get rid of it from one of the steps from the sticky.
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Thanks hiker.
Tried everything suggested in the sticky, and no joy. I'm going to keep trying various other scanners to see if anything else crops up, meanwhile I'll sort the logs out and post to see if there's anything you can spot.
Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Files Infected:
(No malicious items detected)
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 15:19:08, on 07/03/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791)
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I have the exact same issue. A pop box appears in my system tray telling me that my Office and Picture files are corrupted and that I should downloand and pay $80 to get them fixed. I have ran every spyware program I know and I can't get rid of it, I have done AdAware, Spybot, Malware Bytes, Super AntiSpyware, CC Cleaner, etc. I no longer have a hijacked browser. My problem is that my files really are corrupted and I can not even open office or jpeg e-mail attachments. Anyone have any clue on this. I have searched the web and this is the only site where I have found another user with this issue. Please help!!
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Help!
Hello All,
I'm new to this forum and unfortunately I found you while searching for a cure to this Filefix virus. I've got it too. I'm running Windows XP and the first thing it did was wipe out my Restore points and disabled the Restore feature entirely. It's also messing with the McAfee antivirus program by disabling all the images associated with it. I've got WinPatrol installed and I think that is stopping this virus from spreading but nothing I've tried will get rid of it. WinPatrol is constantly alerting me to new start ups, but when I disable them, they start right back up. Any suggestions, please????
Thanks,
Doug
It's now crashing my computer every 10 minutes and the pop ups are becoming more frequent....
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Exactly same problem here
I have also joined this great looking forum after doing a search for this problem. Description is exactly as described above and I have tried the same types of remedy but it is not working. Hoping someone can shed some light soon. Thanks
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Help!
Please! All my school work is corrupted!!
I don't know where this virus came from but I can't access a very important graduation repot! It also crashes my computer and brings me to the blue screen of death.
I've never had a virus this bad
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Ive got the same virus, its bringing up the blue screen of death and is trying to get me to install a filefix.exe. Please someone help this is not looking good.
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What was everyone looking at or downloading when you got it?
I used a fleet of antivirus and couldn't get rid of it. Didn't see it in the processes either. Thread maker said Russian. Yikes. Had to reformat my drive. Was bogging my ish down like mcafee used too. It was also popping up in safe mode. Must be some new threat. This is the only post I could find about it. It wouldn't let me view thumbnails, i don't think it's actually is corrupting files, so back them up.
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No Fix, but I have the same issue
I don't have a fix. I've done the same thing. Ran through the usual round of updating antivirus, spyware, antimalware. All my word docs are jacked and still have the message popping up on the taskbar. I hope someone finds a fix. None of the major antivirus sites have any postings about this one.... My main concern at this point is recovering my DOCS. I can reload the software. But my wifes 4 year old Baby Journal is going to get me shot if I can't recover it.
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File Name: cp8thyxlhr.exe
The main file that comes up is: "cp8thyxlhr.exe". It's self propagating and no matter what I use to kill the file, it reappears immediately. Even the "Delete On Reboot" option has no effect. There are also 2 other files that pop up, but WinPatrol does not have a name or any other information on them. If you get it don't click on any picture or document files. I think it only affects the files in "My Documents" initially but then seems to spread further only if you click on additional files.
This thing SUCKS. It disabled "Windows Restore", won't let me update "McAfee" and crashes my computer every time I try to run a scan. Has anyone found out anything on this, PLEASE???????
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Yep, I've got it too
I am SO glad I found this forum. This seems to be the only place I can find any info on this virus/malware/whatever it is.
I caught the 'bug' last night with the same symptoms. Blue screens, popup that brings me to 'filefix professional 2009,' corrupted data in My Documents.
I brought my computer to a friend who has been in the computer security business for 15 years....he ran Malwarebytes and it couldn't find anything. After looking through my registry, he said this was one of the most sophisticated malware programs he's seen in a while.
If anyone finds out ANYTHING post it here. I'll do the same. But we gotta figure out a way to beat this (or at least recover our documents).
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