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Rich H |
posted on 28th Jan 09 at 11:42 |
:) It sounded very much like the virus I had when I sorted the systems out at work last month - final checks are to install spybot s&d and run that too. Oh and register avast for the free 15 month licence, it'll just ask you to re-register after the 15 months for free again too ;) | |
mantamark |
posted on 28th Jan 09 at 08:47 |
Dave, i couldnt download any of the programs, they were blocked by the virus (i think) | |
Rich H |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 21:58 |
quote: Firefox > Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings >Make sure "No Proxy" is ticked. Apply, close, reboot PC in safe mode, d/l avast, make sure you say yes to it performing boot time scan, job done. There were various files hidden as programmes too - I tracked them down by monitoring what system processes were running, then googling any dodgy sounding ones, which then told me where to find the files. Once all thats sorted, reboot into normal OS Rich | |
Rich H |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 21:55 |
quote: :lol: | |
Daveskater |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 21:48 |
I do wonder why I bother giving people a link to a site that will fix their computer, then they ignore it. | |
mantamark |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 19:35 |
I had a problem with IE6 (when typing a reply in a forum like this, it would crash) so i downloaded the newest version, that did the same, so downloaded FF, which i like better anyway, so i will go down the FF route please! | |
Rich H |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 18:20 |
You using IR or Firefox? Sounds very similar to a virus that affected our systems at work the other day. Is a bit of a pig to get rid of!! | |
mantamark |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 18:04 |
How do i check if its running a poxy server? | |
mantamark |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 17:38 |
I can't run anything that will remove anything, it just doesnt open. | |
Rich H |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 17:30 |
Start in safe mode, make sure your internet browser isn't set to some proxy server, then d/l Avast. Install it and make sure you select to scan at boot - this will then perform full scan before windows loads so should detect any crap thats on there. | |
Matty SRi |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 16:27 |
main things i normally use are... Nod 32, AdAware, Spyboy Search & Destroy and Windows Defender... all 4 of them sort everything out... just run all of them 1 after the other | |
Daveskater |
posted on 27th Jan 09 at 12:25 |
Sounds like nasty trojans and rogue spyware programs to me mate. One anti-virus program is not going to clean this up. It is going to take a combination of tools and resources. | |
Matty SRi |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 23:16 |
go to google and type Nod32.... go onto the website and download the free trial, its only 30 days but it will do u for the mo, install it, update it and run it... should do the trick, 1 of the best anti virus' ive ever used. | |
Rob E |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 23:02 |
I made the same mistake when i formatted over xmas, i was downloading drivers and i got caught by a virus which almost cost me my harddrive :| my PC stopped seeing the windows parititon on the harddrive and couldnt load recover image off the other partition...luckily when i ran my harddrive as a secondary harddrive in my dads computer it got picked up and i managed to wipe it clean and start again. It was an absolute cunt and took about 3 days of trying different things to sort it out! hope you get it sorted dude :thumbs: | |
Rob E |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 22:58 |
sounds like you have a badun mate. Every time you search in google for something it wont let you search etc? If you rename the .exe for your antvirus to something like hello.exe it should open. The virus doesnt recognise "hello.exe" as an antivirus piece of software so wont stop it from running | |
mantamark |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 22:46 |
aye aye captain. | |
Whittie |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 22:41 |
By the sounds of it, you've been making the virus worse and worse. | |
mantamark |
posted on 26th Jan 09 at 22:38 |
Been using the laptop ok today, then all of a sudden (didnt go on any sites out of the norm) i had a popup saying that i had a virus and to do a scan. |