KO Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 It seems I've got one on my computer. Lots of popups and warnings about how my computer is infected (trying to get me to purchase some false protection). Any program I run that is .exe I get a popup in the bottom right telling me that program is infected. Any ideas on how to remove this thing? Even when I hit control alt delete it tells me the task manager is infected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 your best bet is to install avg antivirus (they have a free version) and spybot search & destroy (also free) and run the heck out of those things. sometimes even those wont be able to dislodge some really nasty ones so cross your fingers. at that point imo the best thing to do is do a fresh install. p.s. stop downloading porn lmao allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbrad511 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Do you have another compruter available? If so, download AVG free, if it doesn't already have it, then slave your drive into it. Run the AVG on the entire system. My mom's computer got a bug last year that threw her all kinds of nasty things, and because of it her own AVG wouldn't run long enough to deal with it. I slaved her drive into one of my puters and it took care of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KO Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I don't have a second computer. I bought Norton 2009 earlier and I can't even use it. I installed it in safe mode, went to use it in regular mode and it tells it's infected. Anything .com or .exe is infected, can't run any antivirus program at all because of this, can't even run registry edit because it tells me regedit.exe is infected, won't even let me open up add/remove programs, it's nuts! Do you have another compruter available? If so, download AVG free, if it doesn't already have it, then slave your drive into it. Run the AVG on the entire system. My mom's computer got a bug last year that threw her all kinds of nasty things, and because of it her own AVG wouldn't run long enough to deal with it. I slaved her drive into one of my puters and it took care of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 if you have the one i think you have be prepared too do a reinstall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KO Posted June 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I think I got it, not sure now if it was a Keylogger but definitely had about 3 trojans. I went into safe mode networking and brought up the microsoft website, downloaded their scan tool and let it scan all night long. Had about 6 critical problems, all of which it deleted. Also used the Malware Anti-Malware in safe mode which picked up and deleted some things. Restarted the computer and no popups, all programs are running fine. Whew!! Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Back when I was cleaning PC's I had to d things by hand. Scan through the registry myself, find the program references and delete the keys, figure out the names of the files running that were causing the popups and shut them down as well as renaming their files and deleting them... I never used to be able to GET things like malware scanners. If you want a GOOD free tool, go to www.malwarebytes.org or do a google search for MBAM. Install it and let it run once I can almost ASSURE you that it will find WAY more than the 6 that microshaft's crap scanner found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlrichWolf Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 If it was my machine that I found that crap on, I'd nuke the drive, and start fresh. Only way to be certain it is gone. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy_85stariones Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) System Security 2009 is a trojan virus that has a system tray icon that looks exactly like Windows XP Security Center with a balloon message. It pretends to run a virus scan on your HD. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-remo...e-security-2009 http://remove-malware.net/how-to-remove-sy...e-anti-spyware/ http://www.whatthetech.com/2009/05/30/how-...-security-2009/ http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/system-security-2009 Edited June 24, 2009 by indy_85stariones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Yeah, format and reinstall is the best way to go. It's like rebuilding your engine. Sometimes you just have to, for the reliability and the performance. (And the respect too... LOL...) -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamlew Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 you should also download something called "hijack this" then find a decent tech forum that asks for hijack this log files, and post your log, they'll tell you what to delete and what to keep that it finds. best way to clean the registry IMHO, at least if you don't know wt.... everything is =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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