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| 23 May 2010 | #1 |
| | Virus Attack? I believe I may have downloaded a virus and it's stopping me from running any other programs, esp. antivirus software. What can I do? Is there a way to get around this or what? |
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| 23 May 2010 | #2 |
| | Really need help bad. Virus is blocking all my programs. |
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| 23 May 2010 | #3 |
| | The easiest way to clean up virus infection is to plug your infected disk to another clean computer and scan/clean it from there. It's never a good idea to install anti virus on a compromised system, because virus/malware today is anti virus/anti malware aware, which either will block it's installation attempt, or the AV/AM most of the time will miss it in the scan process... zzz2496 |
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| 23 May 2010 | #4 |
| | Ya, I kind of found out. Anyways, I think I found a solution on my own. The virus is know as Antispyware Soft, which poses as an antispyware program, but actually blocks all your programs and antivirus attempts. I found a couple sites that talked about ways to handle it. I'll post the links for everyone else. Remove Antispyware Soft, removal instructions Antispyware Soft - how to remove How to remove Antivirus Soft (Uninstall instructions) | My Anti Spyware Hope this will help someone in the future. |
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| 23 May 2010 | #5 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moochmaker  I believe I may have downloaded a virus and it's stopping me from running any other programs, esp. antivirus software. What can I do? Is there a way to get around this or what? It is always helpful to other in how your computer got infected. By a download? By saying yes to something? Let us know. Thanks |
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| 23 May 2010 | #6 |
| | I won't say what I was downloading, but it was definitely an unsafe site. I have a couple anti-virus programs, Free AVG and Malwarebytes. Neither are constantly checking the computer so it is possible for a virus to get through and take over. Any recommendations on better anti-virus software or should I just be more careful and stick with what I got? |
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| 24 May 2010 | #7 |
| | My parents computer caught one of those and I think they clicked on it being naive. It was a pain in the a$$ to get off their PC. This one was especially hideous. I had to download a process killer because even in safe mode my anti virus wouldn't launch not even malwarebytes. Once I killed the process that wasn't supposed be running I was able to launch both programs and I was able to get rid of the virus. |
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| 24 May 2010 | #8 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moochmaker Any recommendations on better anti-virus software or should I just be more careful and stick with what I got? What's the Best Anti-virus? AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Dynamic Test AV-Test.Org Releases Real-World Malware Protection Report - Security Watch MRG Archive « Malware Research Group There are also other layers of protection you can add, such as virtualisation. If you have the time and patience I suggest looking into learning about and using either Sandboxie, Returnil or Shadow Defender. |
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| 24 May 2010 | #9 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moochmaker Really need help bad. Virus is blocking all my programs. AVG Rescue CD Cleans Your Infected Windows PC Give that a try. Hope it helps |
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| 24 May 2010 | #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Moochmaker Ya, I kind of found out. Anyways, I think I found a solution on my own. The virus is know as Antispyware Soft, which poses as an antispyware program, but actually blocks all your programs and antivirus attempts. I found a couple sites that talked about ways to handle it. I'll post the links for everyone else. I think you'll find the instructions for removing rogues at Bleeping Computer the most effective. See Remove Antispyware Soft (Uninstall Guide) |
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