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Suspected Blaster Worm.. Trojan..?
I recently downloaded a file from Mediafire, ( a 3rd Party Theme for Windows ) After a day or so, I began noticing while using Google chrome, I had a massively increased amount of popup ads, "YOU'VE WON!!! CLAIM NOW!!!!!" Windows, and even cases where when clicking Google search Result links, I'm redirected elsewhere, often a website that's filled with ads or bogus sweepstakes, etc. I downloaded AVG and ran a Safe-Mode system scan, and it showed that I had numerous Backdoor Trojans. (From what I've read, these particular viruses can resist removal when connected to the internet, so I disabled my WiFi switch before scanning)
-http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2001-062614-1754-99
The part I'm worried about: is that my computer crashed while scanning (The sequence windows alerts you of when running "start shutdown -i" ) and it locked up, so I had no way of aborting it.
So.. my AVG scan was interrupted, of course. When I rebooted Windows, I got the error that %hs was missing from system.
(I flipped on that one, but eventually restored windows to before I even downloaded AVG)
The problem now is, I have just gotten rid of the Relevant Knowledge spyware-whatever; and i would REALLY like to get rid of what AVG refers to as having Generic Backdoor Trojans.. (one of them.. Generic 27 or something, was found in iTunes... ) but I have no means of purchasing antivirus software, my Norton Subscription ended, and I really don't want my computer full of Trojans (My last computer was ruined by my brother, who likes to play with Powershell)
I also would like to know a legitimate programm to clean my registry of errors and such.. I don't trust any programs that I've found so far. I attempted to do it manually, but regedit crashed every time I opened it, even with elevated control >.<
Thanks. Any advice or help is appreciated :)