# Have you been hit by SDMD malware and what did you do about it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108 "2010-09-08T22:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/21 "2010-09-12T18:12:44Z")
Yes, twice. My husband ran some sort of a scan while in safe mode and was able to remove the malware. It did a number on my machine in the mean time. I couldn’t connect to the internet at all and it started running its own fake virus scanner. After the second infection I installed AdBlock and have been fine ever since. Firefox user here. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/22 "2010-09-12T23:20:04Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > wouldn’t it be more effective to shut down the infected box, pull the drive, install it in the VST, boot up the VST off it’s own drive and then scan/repair the infected drive, that way the antivirus app can have full, unrestricted access to the infected drive, giving the malware essentialy “nowhere to hide”? I’ve done that at work a couple of times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/23 "2010-09-12T23:26:27Z")
Adblock Plus on Firefox and I’ve had no malware issues. Chrome doesn’t seem to be as secure, so I dropped that a few months back. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/24 "2010-09-13T00:22:01Z")
AVG warned me of the virus before it hit. Running firefox too. IE is just too much of a target. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/25 "2010-09-13T01:11:16Z")
Not from SMDB, which I access from my iPad, but from somewhere. My laptop was infected by security suite or whatever it is about a half-hour ago. I’m following the directions on this site to fix it. Malwarebytes is scanning now. I wonder how long the scan takes? It’s the perfect ending to a really crappy weekend. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108/26 "2010-09-13T02:05:16Z")
It depends upon how much stuff is on your hard drive. Sometimes an hour for machines with lots of stuff at my workplace. Run it in safe mode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-hit-by-sdmd-malware-and-what-did-you-do-about-it/553108.md?page=1)