Attention,
It has been brought our attention of a potential compromise in Chaotic United Gameserver's and Database server. The cause of this is to be determined, but from what information we have right now we advise everyone running Windows who has received files from staff members since last October to:
Download: Malwarebytes
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/confirm/
Do a Full System Scan or Threat Scan
Delete all threats that you do not recognize, After the threats are dealt with it should ask to restart the computer. and thats exactly what needs to be done.
Restart the computer and once Windows is rebooted a text file should open. You can close as it isn't important at this time.
Now you are going to want to download adwcleaner
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
- Important! Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers.
- Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
- Windows Vista/ 7/8 users right-click and select Run As Administrator.
- Click on the scan button,
- When the scan is ready click on the Clean butten
- Your desktop icons will be disappear, this is normal so don’t be worry about that.
- Press OK when asked to close all programs and follow the onscreen prompts.
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
- Close the text file that opens after the restart, double click on adwcleaner.exe to run the tool.
- Click now on Uninstall, then confirm with yes to remove AdwCleaner from your computer.
After ADWCleaner is installed we want to be sure that we got the virus completely,
•Hold down Control and click on the following link to open ESET OnlineScan in a new window.
ESET OnlineScan
•Click the button.
•For alternate browsers only: (Microsoft Internet Explorer users can skip these steps)
- Click on
to download the ESET Smart Installer. Save it to your desktop.
- Double click on the
icon on your desktop.
•Check
•Click the button.
•Accept any security warnings from your browser.
- Leave the check mark next to Remove found threats.
•Check
•Push the Start button.
•ESET will then download updates for itself, install itself, and begin scanning your computer. Please be patient as this can take some time.
•When the scan completes, push
•Push , and save the file to your desktop using a unique name, such as ESETScan. Include the contents of this report in your next reply.
•Push the button.
•Push
I am not sure whether ESET will ask you to restart, but after it does we are going to want to verify that your system files were not damaged by using SFC