In urgent need of assistance....

[viewerfromnihil]

okay, so i have myself a nasty virus/spyware. it hit my computer while i was ripping a dvd and searching for ipod games. i was looking through an ipod game site and i had a security pop up that asked if i wanted to continue. i thought it meant to continue ripping the dvd so i said yes. well, i was wrong. out of no where, this antivirus xp 2008 popped up and did a scan. it said i had over 2000 virus'. i was quite surprised and did a virus scan with a different program... it said the virus was the antivirus xp 2008. so i went to delete the program and it would not let me and now it's fucking up my computer. i've been trying everything but i can't delete the program. any advice?

 

[OvSeth]

AHh man I had that two days ago,

I used this http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-xp-2008.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

how did you get it?

 

[Fetzer]

Is "iPod game site" a metaphor for pornography? Naming your penis "iPod" isn't very clever nor funny, you know that don't you?

 

[OvSeth]

I don't know how I got it, it popped up.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Is "iPod game site" a metaphor for pornography? Naming your penis "iPod" isn't very clever nor funny, you know that don't you?

lulz

i haven't watched porn in a month and when i usually do, it's funny shit like milk enima, etc.

and my penis is called "mini-me" not "iPod"

 

[viewerfromnihil]

ovseth, did you manually remove it or did you buy other software? i'm having trouble doing it manually

 

[Undefined]

^Dude you can manually remove... just use google.

 

[OvSeth]

ovseth, did you manually remove it or did you buy other software? i'm having trouble doing it manually

Call me Nick and I downloaded the freeware version.

 

[666grimreaper666]

^^The question is CAN he still use google

 

[viewerfromnihil]

^Dude you can manually remove... just use google.

i finally found one that works after an hour and a half

Call me Nick and I downloaded the freeware version.

i'm bad with names but, i will try

 

[The Butt]

Try Spybot Search & Destroy, mate. I dunno if it'll work for sure, but it's been able to remove shit that my antivirus has not in the past.

 

[Chamet]

Try going on safe mode and deleting it on thare. If that doesn't work, just open a new thread here, or browse through the ones that are there, you might find the solution http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/forums.html

That's where I go whenever I have a problem that I can't solve.

 

[Remnant of Insanity]

Just get AVG, I've had it for half a year now, not a single virus got through. Also, it automatically scans and updates almost every day, which is lovely when you're a lazy fuck who doesn't feel like doing it yourself all the time.

 

[guardian_of_fate]

Delete your System32 folder.

 

[dreams_of_eternal_hate]

^!!!!

 

[SomeoneWild]

Just get AVG, I've had it for half a year now, not a single virus got through. Also, it automatically scans and updates almost every day, which is lovely when you're a lazy fuck who doesn't feel like doing it yourself all the time.

Same as me, used it for some years now, never got a virus.

 

[innuenDO]

Try going on safe mode and deleting it on thare.

Of course it won't work at least with windows XP and 2k.

You first need to turn of the Automated System Recovery (ASR) function (i can't tell you how to do it because I don't know the english words for windows things-so google it).

Download hijackthis, do a scan and the online logfile check. look at the critical items. remember them but don't fix them- it won't solve the problem.

Start windows in the safe mode (after you have deactivated the ASR) fix the critical entries. Start in normal windows run things like Spybot Search and Destroy and Regseeker. Delete everything critical. Turn on the ASR.
Be happy.



If it's a backdoor trojan - have fun with the aids . You never will get rid of a backdoor if it has worked long enough on your computer. Or maybe you will get rid of the backdoor itself but not of the things he opened the door.

 

[the phenom]

Just get AVG, I've had it for half a year now, not a single virus got through. Also, it automatically scans and updates almost every day, which is lovely when you're a lazy fuck who doesn't feel like doing it yourself all the time.

Doesn't matter what shitty program he did use. He gave the virus a window by clicking on something. That's what happens...AVG would not have stopped it. And FYI AVG sucks pretty badly... Ive had it and many i know have had it. Once they got a decent Antivirus they discovered that their computers were spiked with viruses...AVG just didn't notice them. Some Spybots and viruses you can spot by the computer turning REALLY slow though...but like trackers and such can be totally undetectable.

 

[Remnant of Insanity]

Doesn't matter what shitty program he did use. He gave the virus a window by clicking on something. That's what happens...AVG would not have stopped it. And FYI AVG sucks pretty badly... Ive had it and many i know have had it. Once they got a decent Antivirus they discovered that their computers were spiked with viruses...AVG just didn't notice them. Some Spybots and viruses you can spot by the computer turning REALLY slow though...but like trackers and such can be totally undetectable.

Well all I can say, is that I had to re-install Windows on my laptop every 2 months or so because of all the viruses, untill I got AVG. Guess it does work, eh?
I've tried many anti-spyware/anti-virus programmes, and none of them really worked, for example Norton.. shittiest programme ever.
And Spydoctor doesn't even remove the spyware:S