How in the Heck did YOU Uninstall Multicharts?

Discussion in 'Trading Software' started by GiantDog, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. GiantDog

    GiantDog

    Okay, during the uninstall process it gets to within 14 seconds of being done when whamo, a window pops up that says "The install has insufficient privleges to modify this file: "C:\Program Files\ TS Support\ MultiCharts\HelpDesk.exe".

    And you get the option of cancelling or retry which of course doesn't work.

    And what is REALLY interesting is my virus program says there is an unwanted file in THIS file called RealAdm-VNC.

    What a coincidence! So, wtf to do?
     
  2. GiantDog

    GiantDog

    Well, I guess I figured it out by going into C:\blah\blah\blah\ and manually removing the HelpDesk file. I think that is what I did because then the next uninstall worked. For now. Hopefully forever. Stupid program. Stupid me for installing it in the first place.
     
  3. Lorenzo

    Lorenzo

  4. GiantDog

    GiantDog

  5. GiantDog

    GiantDog

    This file is back even though it was removed once. The name has changed a little bit and it has the name "restore" in it. Appears to be a virus.
     
  6. aazzz

    aazzz

    RealAdm-VNC appears to be a new virus identified 11/20/2009. McAfee has it identified here: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_244268.htm#threat-minimum-dat

    I haven't found any other information available elsewhere yet.

    I found it on a computer that was used minimally in a folder that was shared on the network under a .exe name of another program elsewhere.
     
  7. GiantDog

    GiantDog

    Can you say what file you found it in? Was it a Multicharts file?
     
  8. It could just be a false positive. That does occur.
     
  9. Download and intall this free program:

    http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

    After install reboot into start mode and run the program.

    If it doesn't find anything its more then likely a false positive.

    John
     
  10. aazzz

    aazzz

    Hi GiantDog,

    The infected file was MBTNavigator.exe found in a Download folder. I never did open a MBTrading account so the .exe was never run (I don't think) but I did find two MBTNavigator.exe on the same hard drive (one which McAfee identified with the RealAdm-VNC) What concerns me is that I could have sworn running McAfee Full Scan in the past two days on that machine that found nothing so it may have been put there recently via backdoor trojan (ran various AV that came up empty but it must have gotten there somehow). After removing the first RealAdm-VNC, is there another file with the same problem that you found? I've rerun a full scan in safe mode that came up empty so far.
     
    #10     Nov 28, 2009