Holy fucking malware... HELP PLEASE!!!

[JGood]

just goto download.com and get spybot search and distroy, and or adaware. and run those and theyll kill most of the spyware shit in your comp. and if you dont have a anti virus you can goto avg.com and dl the free antivirus there and run that shit and itll clean the rest..thats what i did and do to keep my shit clean..cuz lord knows i goto many questionable sites lol

haha, this is above what those programs will do, and as I said, I can't run most .exe's.

system restore points are your friends! just restore from a good known point in time.

As Jason said, restore points have been removed.

Go grab hijack this and find one of the tech sites to post a log to. They'll look at the log and tell you what to kill. Or you can be brave and kill it all yourself.

Tim

hijackthis = .exe

I posted on majorgeeks.com already, saying what I've said here, still no response.

This is what I do; although problems like this rarely ever happen to me these days. MSCONFIG is an great tool that few people know about...


Zonealarm + AVG + Spybot = awesome protection for no cost.

Yep, that's what I'm doing now. All malware cleaning tutorials state that you should set msconfig to normal while cleaning, but it's very hard to get the PC to boot without malware processes running in the background, blocking the deletion of the random .dll files. So I'm just doing it myself. I've got a case of beer and another 24 hours with nothing to do, this bitch is mine!

[TDE30]

Have you got the original OS software?

If so, save all of your documents/programs to a flash drive, iPod, etc. and reinstall the OS. It sounds like whatever is on that computer is pretty catastrophic.

[JGood]

Have you got the original OS software?

If so, save all of your documents/programs to a flash drive, iPod, etc. and reinstall the OS. It sounds like whatever is on that computer is pretty catastrophic.

Yeah, I backed everything up on DVD this morning, and I do have the XP disk (thanks Achtung!). But I'm not one to give up. I have this laptop to use and don't go back to school until September (at that point I'd need it, as I do classes online and can't rely on only 1 working computer), so I have time.

[Jand3rson]

Yes, but you're going to waste literally HOURS trying to hack all that shit out of the registry. Do a fresh install, and you will be much happier.

[JGood]

Yes, but you're going to waste literally HOURS trying to hack all that shit out of the registry. Do a fresh install, and you will be much happier.

Fuck that. Here I am, hours later, with a (mostly) clean PC. And I learned a LOT in the process.

The guys at majorgeeks.com are awesome, and have a very thorough procedure available on their website.

It took a program called combofix to clear the shit out. I'm still working with one of the guys to remove traces of crap that shouldn't be here, but functionality is 100% back to normal.

[TDE30]

Good to hear you a.) semi-fixed the computer and b.) learned a bit in the process. Had I run into a similar snag, the OS disc would be out and I'd be entering in the product key.

I'll have to remember that combofix thing for the next time my laptop gets pron'd.

[TheEtaUnderdog]

If you can, go to run and type msconfig. There is a startup tab where you can disable software from starting up on reboot. If that doesn't work do it on in safemode. If you can, download Avast! antivirus, it runs realtime and works as both adware and virus protection.

[E30Idea]

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Get the free version. This will help nab small things you might have missed once your repair is done. He is a freind of mine and is local. If the free shit works for you I can send you a full version for shipping costs. My autoreplys dont work on rev and I hate searching for threads so send me a PM and let me know.

Ryan

[Jand3rson]

Fuck that. Here I am, hours later, with a (mostly) clean PC.

Ok there guy, relax.

[JGood]

My computer is 100% back to normal.

If you can, go to run and type msconfig. There is a startup tab where you can disable software from starting up on reboot. If that doesn't work do it on in safemode. If you can, download Avast! antivirus, it runs realtime and works as both adware and virus protection.

msconfig was designed to be used as a troubleshooting tool, not a "daily" startup process control program. I used Avast in safe mode under admin and my user, also in normal windows, didn't detect any of the stuff I had, came back clean.

Good to hear you a.) semi-fixed the computer and b.) learned a bit in the process. Had I run into a similar snag, the OS disc would be out and I'd be entering in the product key.

I'll have to remember that combofix thing for the next time my laptop gets pron'd.

Go to majorgeeks.com forums and go to the malware subforum. Then follow the "Read and Run Me" thread... you will remove nearly all infections within 2-3 hours IF you follow it properly. That was my mistake, which drug this out over 24 hours.

Reinstalling windows is that halfass shit that halfass "tech guys" do when they don't know what they're doing. That's why when everyone says that, it just pisses me off. When you reinstall Windows and the Vundo malware is still there, then what? You can reformat, but seriously, do you rebuild an engine if it doesn't idle right? No, you fix the CAUSE of the problem and prevent it from happening again with preventive maintenance.

http://www.superantispyware.com/
Get the free version. This will help nab small things you might have missed once your repair is done. He is a freind of mine and is local. If the free shit works for you I can send you a full version for shipping costs. My autoreplys dont work on rev and I hate searching for threads so send me a PM and let me know.

Ryan

SUPERAntiSpyware is the first step of the majorgeeks.com malware removal process, and does help clean some stuff. It didn't notice anything when my repair was done but I am keeping it on my hard drive for future use. Thanks for the offer, I may be in touch.

[TDE30]

Go to majorgeeks.com forums and go to the malware subforum. Then follow the "Read and Run Me" thread... you will remove nearly all infections within 2-3 hours IF you follow it properly. That was my mistake, which drug this out over 24 hours.

Reinstalling windows is that halfass shit that halfass "tech guys" do when they don't know what they're doing. That's why when everyone says that, it just pisses me off. When you reinstall Windows and the Vundo malware is still there, then what? You can reformat, but seriously, do you rebuild an engine if it doesn't idle right? No, you fix the CAUSE of the problem and prevent it from happening again with preventive maintenance.

Yeah, I agree about the Windows reinstallation being halfass. But it gets to the point when you have troubleshooted (or troubleshot) for hours and hours, the Windows reinstallation usually overrides most of that. Like you said though, there are "lingering" viruses that stay in the system even after Windows reinstallation.

Good to you for getting the computer back to normal.

[Mfever]

for the love of GOD!! im going through this right now!! Im a total computer noob and don't know what to do to get this thing off! somebody help.:(

[deutschman]

buy a MAC!









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[TDE30]

Mac = Quirky as hell.

Vista = Worse than that.

XP is where it's at.

[JGood]

for the love of GOD!! im going through this right now!! Im a total computer noob and don't know what to do to get this thing off! somebody help.:(

Go to majorgeeks.com forums and go to the malware subforum. Then follow the "Read and Run Me" thread... you will remove nearly all infections within 2-3 hours IF you follow it properly.