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Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:35 pm
by DZA
aspect-dubz wrote:thanks mate, will give it a go :wink:

edit: would it be possible to do this on norton 360, it would seem a waste to have to download avast
norton is waste get rid of that shit

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:41 pm
by DRTY
to stay away from 'big' AV software, I'd imagine (although it is a guess) that when people make these malicious viruses, they make them with the most popular anti virus things in mind so they can work aroudn them

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:02 pm
by DRTY
urgh. I;m still getting random sites pop up in new tabs for no reason. And I've uninstalled FF and re-installed. Might have to format :(

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:50 pm
by Phigure
Phigure wrote:superantispyware
malwarebytes
avira
combofix

run all of those in safe mode


also download and install HijackThis and post the log (or PM it to me) and I might be able to narrow down what problems may you have
worth a shot before having to reformat...

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:51 pm
by DRTY
Phigure wrote:
Phigure wrote:superantispyware
malwarebytes
avira
combofix

run all of those in safe mode


also download and install HijackThis and post the log (or PM it to me) and I might be able to narrow down what problems may you have
worth a shot before having to reformat...
cool, havent formatted yet so will give this a whirl tomorrow :)

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:31 pm
by gnome
Don't forget back up your drivers!

http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:33 pm
by Cillit Bang
Phigure wrote:also download and install HijackThis
This.

Re: Virus

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:56 pm
by HamCrescendo
DRTY please try hitman pro before you reformat.



I had something very similar that no antivirus could find, safe mode or not. Hitman pro found and removed it in under 10 minutes.

Re: Virus

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:12 am
by aspect-dubz
DZA wrote:
aspect-dubz wrote:thanks mate, will give it a go :wink:

edit: would it be possible to do this on norton 360, it would seem a waste to have to download avast
norton is waste get rid of that shit
yeh i know, it's shite. isn't doing anything to help with the virus.. anyway it was free with my laptop so i can't really complain

Re: Virus

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:04 am
by DRTY
danrev wrote:DRTY please try hitman pro before you reformat.



I had something very similar that no antivirus could find, safe mode or not. Hitman pro found and removed it in under 10 minutes.
Cool, added to list! I'll try it first