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[Jesse Williams]

What is that?

 

[maxie]

Rogue Killer is a security tool that can be used to terminate and remove malicious processes and programs from your computer...

 

[Jesse Williams]

Never have heard of it. Some of this stuff, I don't even know how it got on there.

 

[maxie]

Look in your Download Folder it should be there ...

 

[Jesse Williams]

Okay

 

[Anak]

Your Hosts file is okay, I wanted to see if anything had been added either by you Jess or malware. Next time though save any text files as .txt.
Malware can hide much easier in a Word, Excel file.

You can run rogue killer, but malwarebytes has its types here, and superantispyware under its 'System Tools" section can be sufficient enough to do the job.
Try running each of those to see what they find and remove, and what they can't remove. Then you can advance to something more dedicated for removal.

If you want to try an online antimalware scanner, keep in mind herdprotect will only try to find malware it will not remove it if it does find it, see: http://herdProtect: Second-opinion anti-malware scanner with 68 scan engines | www.thewindowsclub.com

Here is a list of online scanners, some only look, some look and remove, pick the ones that do both: Free Antimalware Tools | Malware Help. Org, and don't just run one, run the first four, skip Tenebril, then run the next three. Report back any malware that couldn't be removed, upload the logs.


When's the last time you've defraged your machine Jess, have it on auto?

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I don't know how much longer I'll be able to help. I have a family emergency, and I'll probably be gone for all next week.

Maxie, if you and Jess get stuck, ask for help at the "More Help Requested Thread"

 

[maxie]

No problem Steve

 

[Jesse Williams]

No. I defrag once a month. I think my computer is okay. Working on my neighbor's computer today. Anak or Steve, I will be praying for your mother. I read your post in the More Help Requested area.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Maxie if I might make a suggestion I would be trying this as it doesn't involve Windows and scans (very quickly) the machine on it's own.

Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 it needs a bootable disk to be made Jesse but it is very easy.

Anyway just two cents worth as I haven't read the entire thread yet to see what malware stuff has been run.

 

[maxie]

Sure no harm there John

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Ok Brian just that I have used a bit just recently with some success

 

[Jesse Williams]

Maxie if I might make a suggestion I would be trying this as it doesn't involve Windows and scans (very quickly) the machine on it's own.

Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 it needs a bootable disk to be made Jesse but it is very easy.

Anyway just two cents worth as I haven't read the entire thread yet to see what malware stuff has been run.

Kaspersky costs though, doesn't it?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Maxie if I might make a suggestion I would be trying this as it doesn't involve Windows and scans (very quickly) the machine on it's own.

Download Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 it needs a bootable disk to be made Jesse but it is very easy.

Anyway just two cents worth as I haven't read the entire thread yet to see what malware stuff has been run.

Kaspersky costs though, doesn't it?

Not the rescue disk Jesse it is free and there are more if you look here Download Free Bootable Rescue Disks from Popular Antivirus Companies - AskVG

but I use the Kaspersky one it is fairly thorough I have tried the others
If you need a good site for any info snot just see here too - go to home and search Search results for Gizmo's Freeware website

 

[Jesse Williams]

Can you please explain to me what the rescue disk does and what I need to do to get it?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yes sorry late reply had to get to work.
Now just click on the link download to downloads then just burn the .exe to a CD - you can do that using the Windows burner feature (easiest) or ImgBurn .
Once that is done reboot the machine and go into the BIOS and set the boot order number 1 to the optical drive go to exit when it asks do you want to do - make sure you choose save changes and exit then hit enter / OK.

The machine will then boot up and pick the boot from the disk you have just burnt it starts up after you hit any key - if you leave it for more than a few seconds it will revert back to booting from the hard drive.
You will then see the application start up - just let it run. Any rubbish anywhere on the computer including the RAM and various hardware etc will be checked.

When done it should reboot to Windows even if you leave the disk in and let those few seconds run out but it is a good idea to take it out once done and after a reboot you can go back and set the BIOS back to first boot device hard drive.

It does not take that long to run in fact no more than a few minutes.

 

[Jesse Williams]

Can I download it to a USB?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Sorry late reply mate busy at work yes absolutely just set the BIOS to boot from the USB port

PS see this http://support.kaspersky.com/8092

 

[maxie]

Read the Link below Jesse ...


http://support.kaspersky.co.uk/4375

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yep that too Brian but I cannot see what is wring with the link I sent for using the rescue disk but I don't know what time of day it is there so have no idea what Jesse may be doing.

 

[maxie]

Will still be sleeping John ... Its around about 5.30 am ...