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RPC Virus message in Action Center, though the virus seems to be gone?
So I was managing my Laptop (Compaq Presario CQ57 with Windows Home Premium SP1) after a long time away from it, I left it in the care of a friend of mine, I noticed a few strange things.
1) I couldn't update Windows.
2) I couldn't turn ON my firewall
3) Windows Security Center was missing.
4) Windows Defender is missing
5) The Action Center flag wasn't in my notifications area (so I found it through the start menu)
6) I seen a message in red that my computer was infected with the "RPC virus" and needed up to date software to remove it.
From what I've read into about this so called virus, it's scareware, not to mention the fact that it's a blaster virus right? Like from the XP days? Like the kind that would make you BSOD, crash, unable to start any kind of internet application, and the like?
Anyways I went through my antivirus vault, cleaned it all out (there was even an infection around the date that I was supposedly infected). Still had the message. My default antivirus is AVG Free. So I scanned again, nothing came up. Eset Online Scanner? Nothing. Malwarebytes? Nothing came up. Windows Malicious Removal Tool? Nothing came up. Norton Power Eraser? Nothing came up. I did some googling on the RPC virus and I seen Remote Procedure Call. I tried going into the recovery tab to stop them and they're all grayed out.
Now I'm not freakin' out about it, I found SOME fixes for some of the mundane things that was missing (still working on trying to find fixes through the things described above). I found a file that has registries, and they seem to work, though some of the programs are still missing (Windows Defender). Is there any way to locate the virus (if it's still even on here) and kill it -without having to reformat-? I can't read all of the OEM keys, some of the characters are illegible, I don't have access to a Win 7 Home Premium edition disk, and money right now is tight.
I have internet connection, I'm not experiencing any sluggish behavior (well, nothing out of the ordinary for 2 gigs of ram), no crazy programs running (though Remote Procedure Call won't stop in services), I even ran antiviral/anti-malware programs in safe mode (which still found nothing). The only things that are out of the ordinary are the things described above. Any help would be much appreciated!