Greenblurr93
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I used AVG for a while and really liked it. It was a tad too sensitive and gave a lot of false positives. Even though it had a high catch rate, i noticed Avast! had a better one and gave less false positives.
NEMOC Random BS Thread
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Let me know if you have anything named "A360" on your root harddrive (C:/) and I will help you get rid of all the stuff.
Stop going on those nasty porn sites where you get all those viruses and you wouldnt have false or positive catches! (doh)
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- 2016 GT ST 47A
Much appreciated. I'll take a look tonight on the C drive for anything with that name but not sure how much help you can be after that. I only have the desktop and due to the virus I can't access the internet to chat with you.
I'm fairly certain the virus I have is embedded all over, including the registry. The machine was running McAfee and Windows Defender at the time. It's my wife's laptop and she does not use it for much, but my best guess is there was a pop-up window with those fake yes/no buttons that no matter what you clicked they execute the virus program. I've since explained to her about these things.
This is also an anti, anti-virus program. Does not allow certain programs to run, or the download of other anti-virus programs. I was able to download programs from another PC and execute them on the laptop. Here's my issue. I can turn off System Restore and launch in Safe Mode, however I can not access the Reg Editor while in Safe Mode. I receive an error message that says I need to have System Restore on. I've tried to access all possible ways into the Reg Editor to no avail.
I installed AVG, but the program is blocked from updating due to the virus. I've tried to delete the file associated with the virus, but of course it just comes back.
Thoughts?
This is also an anti, anti-virus program. Does not allow certain programs to run, or the download of other anti-virus programs. I was able to download programs from another PC and execute them on the laptop. Here's my issue. I can turn off System Restore and launch in Safe Mode, however I can not access the Reg Editor while in Safe Mode. I receive an error message that says I need to have System Restore on. I've tried to access all possible ways into the Reg Editor to no avail.
I installed AVG, but the program is blocked from updating due to the virus. I've tried to delete the file associated with the virus, but of course it just comes back.
Thoughts?
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http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html
You can give that a shot, but you need to have a good idea at what is what.
If all else fails and as a last resort... Reformat.
You can give that a shot, but you need to have a good idea at what is what.
If all else fails and as a last resort... Reformat.
PM'd you instructions on how to remove the virus you have, without having to access the internet
This is assuming you have AVG free 8.0
Update Manually:
http://free.avg.com/download-update
Download those files, go to tools -> update by directory then find where you downloaded those files and just follow the prompts and it should update!
Edit: Download on your computer, burn to cd and then update.
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- 92 & 16 Meyatas
(cryhard)...yup, and i have to stare at it...it's carzy because they love the color so much, but they can't even see it!!
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Reformat is the only option that won't give you days of stress. Keep all your important files on a separate HD or partition at all times. That way you can reformat without having to do too much work. I also keep a folder with all software i have downloaded. It's a quick way to get everything installed quickly in the event of a reformat.
Depending on how nasty the virus is, if he needs to remove files that are on the computer now and he plugs in the external storage it could plant itself on the storage drive...
But if its possible to lose some unneeded files then reformat definitely is the best/safest bet.
What he said. (stupid)
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- 2016 GT ST 47A
Thanks....instructions are printed and I'm going to give it a try tonight.
hah! it's the year of the linux desktop!
does the computer have a legit windows label at the bottom? for some version of windows?
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- 92 & 16 Meyatas
maybe it was mentioned, does it help to go back to a date prior to the infection?
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