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i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 08:08
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
its a virus posing as windows security updates/virus protection. ive tried all kinds of shit to get rid of it. anyone have any ideas?

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 08:13
by Haunty
Laser gun + duct tape = solution.

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 08:42
by zim
post a thread here <!-- m -->http://forums.techguy.org/54-malware-re ... this-logs/<!-- m -->



tell them what's going on, what the virus is doing ect. those guys have helped me many many times.



they will usually ask that you download and run a program called HiJack this and post a log on the forum. :santa:

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 08:52
by Noyka
I got that virus before advast cleared it up for me. If you have not try downloading advast it's free and easy to use.

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 09:12
by Freehill
[quote name="Nick"]its a virus posing as windows security updates/virus protection. ive tried all kinds of shit to get rid of it. anyone have any ideas?[/quote]



Try Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. If the installation isn't blocked it does a damn fine job of removing malware. Download the free version.



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Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 09:29
by Noyka
[quote name="Noyka"]I got that virus before advast cleared it up for me. If you have not try downloading advast it's free and easy to use.[/quote]





lol advast I meant avast :redneck:

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 09:36
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
i have that running now and its already found about 5 things that nothing else did. im gonna have to let it run overnight while im at work. its only at like 4% :redneck:.

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 13:23
by Mr. P
[quote name="Freehill"]
[quote name="Nick"]its a virus posing as windows security updates/virus protection. ive tried all kinds of shit to get rid of it. anyone have any ideas?[/quote]



Try Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. If the installation isn't blocked it does a damn fine job of removing malware. Download the free version.



<!-- m -->http://malwarebytes.org/mbam.php<!-- m -->[/quote]



I recommend this too over Avast. This one finds more malware than any other I have tried.

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 14:17
by Holocaust
I downloaded anti-Malware software that turned out to be Malware. I Googled it and had to download some OTHER anti-Malware to get rid of the Malware posing as anti-Malware and ended up reinstalling Windows four times. :oof:

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 16:02
by zim
I use Avast and it works pretty well. AVG is pretty good too, along with SuperAntiSpywareRemover. But if the virus is still there after all your scans I really recommend posting on that forum.

Re: i have a bitch of a virus :frown:

Posted: 10 Sep 2009, 18:56
by Methuselah Honeysuckle
avast did the job.



thanks kids :santa: