I Think I May Have A Worm or Virus

antharr said:

Anpippin said:

Corrine said:

You may want to try an online scan.



Go here to run an on-line scan from ESET.

• Note: It is easiest if you use Internet explorer for this scan. (If you use an alternate browser, it will be necessary to download the ESET Smart Installer)
• Turn off the real time scanner of any existing antivirus program while performing the online scan
• Tick the box next to YES, I accept the Terms of Use.
• Click Start
• When asked, allow the activex control to install
• Click Start
• Make sure that the option Scan Archives option is ticked.
• Click on Advanced Settings, ensure the options Scan for potentially unwanted applications, Scan for potentially unsafe applications, and Enable Anti-Stealth Technology are ticked.
• Click Scan

or

Go here and run an on-line scan with the F-Secure scanner .

• Use IE (Internet Explorer), accept the license terms, and allow the Active-X controls to load.
• Click Full System Scan and allow the components to download and the scan to complete.
• If malware is found during the scan, check Submit samples to F-Secure and Automatic cleaning.

ESET Online Scanner is slow, it's been running for 9 hours and 58 minutes now.

How many files are we talking about here? 9 hours is insane.

I think it was about 210,000 files or something. But I don't remember the exact number as I already restarted my system.

Hitman Pro only takes a few minutes to scan. Sometimes it will find something others will not.

malexous said:

Hitman Pro only takes a few minutes to scan. Sometimes it will find something others will not.

I used Hitman and it found 7 files, some suspicious, 1 trojan, and the other malware. But it didn't help much after deleting the 7 files.

richc46 said:

Seems to be a lot of problems

Try this
type cmd in search, do not hit enter, right click and run as administrator

In cmd type sfc /scannow

If errors are found run several times

If that does not work try this
Repair Install[2]=General Tips

I can't do a repair install because it won't let me open my windows installation CD. Can I do a repair installation by booting my computer up from the CD?

If you start to spend two to three days on a problem like this it's sometimes faster to just reinstall Win 7. A repair install won't help you here because you could still be infected.
If you can afford it, buy another hard drive that's the same size or larger as your Win 7 hard drive. Install Win 7 on the new hard drive and copy all your data over from the old drive to the new drive. Buy a copy of malwarebytes and enable protection. Reinstall all your apps.

Keep in touch we always like to know how problems are solved. :)

belikexp said:

If you start to spend two to three days on a problem like this it's sometimes faster to just reinstall Win 7. A repair install won't help you here because you could still be infected.
If you can afford it, buy another hard drive that's the same size or larger as your Win 7 hard drive. Install Win 7 on the new hard drive and copy all your data over from the old drive to the new drive. Buy a copy of malwarebytes and enable protection. Reinstall all your apps.

Keep in touch we always like to know how problems are solved. :)

Now whenever I start up my windows right before it gets to the login screen it gets a blue screen of death.

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