Nasty computer virus

[BlakShirts]

Yesterday as I was browsing the misc I opened up a link from wikileaks and instantely got a windows alert that something was trying to access the command prompt- I repeatedly clicked decline but the popup would repeat instantly again making it impossible for me to do anything so I restarted. Whether or not this is a result of wikileeks is uncertain, I downloaded a torrent shortly before which is more likely the cause.
It took longer than normal to restart and as soon as the desktop had loaded I knew I dun goofed, infection alerts were popping up everywhere. A fake antispyware program called Antivir Solution Pro opened and attempted to get me to purchase it to remove the infections... lulz. Here's the nasty part, I can't open anything without it opening a window saying it's infected- chrome, itunes, you name it. I decided to start in safe mode and take a crack at it.
-I did a system restore, restarted in normal mode only to get an error reading telling me restore didn't work. I guess the virus corrupted the restore points?
-I downloaded Avast antivirus and did a scan, found 4 "critical" level files which I deleted. Restarted computer, no avail.
-Ran malbyteware I believe it is called, found zero infections. Currently I'm in the middle of an AD-Aware scan.

Do you guys have any tips? I would like to get this fixed myself, I don't want to pay money to take it somewhere. I am aware of the fact I may lose all my data, it's not too big of a deal.


Oh and sorry if this is hard to read, I'm posting from my ipod

[gswarrior510]

do a clean reinstall if you dont have any super valuable files on there..

[themadgreek187]

did u malwarebytes in safe mode?

[BlakShirts]

Ya everything I'm doing is in safe mode, I can't open anything in normal mode

[IceCoal]

try microsoft security essentials. i think its free but requires valid windows on your system.
i think it helped me get rid of some sh*t when mbam and eset failed.

be careful though, it can detect alot of false positives, especially if you have cracked games/key gens so just know.

[DinoT1985]

Download the Ubuntu Live CD, insert in PC, add ClamAV from the Ubuntu Software Centre and do a scan targetting your Windows system.

[Brothylated]

google avira antivir recovery cd.

It'll run before your HD boots up, so the virus doesn't go active.

[leafs43]

Download malware bytes.

Restart your pc in safe mode with networking.


Run a scan with malware bytes.

Serious. I had a virus just like that a couple weeks ago.

[YuMadThough]

Should help:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/viru...r-solution-pro

And if you can't read this link then do what above said n restart in safe mode with networking then once it loads check your browsers proxy settings and disable the proxy because the thing you have installed uses a proxy server so your web doesnt work. Once you've disabled the proxy then your internet should work again in normal mode, then check the link.

[BlakShirts]

The problem is malware bytes doesn't pick up any bad files, any ideas?

[Blitzy]

try Hitman Pro http://www.surfright.nl/en

[Niko49ers]

Just went through the same **** today man. Got it off a torrent I downloaded.

Had to make a whole new user profile and transfer things.

[cm3pak]

Yesterday as I was browsing the misc I opened up a link from wikileaks and instantely got a windows alert that something was trying to access the command prompt- I repeatedly clicked decline but the popup would repeat instantly again making it impossible for me to do anything so I restarted. Whether or not this is a result of wikileeks is uncertain, I downloaded a torrent shortly before which is more likely the cause.
It took longer than normal to restart and as soon as the desktop had loaded I knew I dun goofed, infection alerts were popping up everywhere. A fake antispyware program called Antivir Solution Pro opened and attempted to get me to purchase it to remove the infections... lulz. Here's the nasty part, I can't open anything without it opening a window saying it's infected- chrome, itunes, you name it. I decided to start in safe mode and take a crack at it.
-I did a system restore, restarted in normal mode only to get an error reading telling me restore didn't work. I guess the virus corrupted the restore points?
-I downloaded Avast antivirus and did a scan, found 4 "critical" level files which I deleted. Restarted computer, no avail.
-Ran malbyteware I believe it is called, found zero infections. Currently I'm in the middle of an AD-Aware scan.

Do you guys have any tips? I would like to get this fixed myself, I don't want to pay money to take it somewhere. I am aware of the fact I may lose all my data, it's not too big of a deal.


Oh and sorry if this is hard to read, I'm posting from my ipod

hey,
i own my own computer company that specializes in virus removal. if you contact me at cm3paktech@gmail.com i can send you an .iso with several free antivirus programs that scan different things. i can email it to you and help you trouble shoot via email at no charge.

[st_jimmy]

You could try a system restore, not guaranteed to work but its worth a shot.

[BlakShirts]

Looks like I got it fixed.. malware bytes did it. The version I had I guess was outdated and would error when I tried to update so I downloaded a newer version. Found like 11 bad files and removed them, computer appears to be clean again.

[themadgreek187]

Looks like I got it fixed.. malware bytes did it. The version I had I guess was outdated and would error when I tried to update so I downloaded a newer version. Found like 11 bad files and removed them, computer appears to be clean again.

good to hear man

[pmangat]

jesus christ brah, i spent a few hours today getting my computer recovered from that anti virus virus. i ran spybot and malaware, but they only found other stuff.

then i went into my C:\users\[your user name]\local\appdata and found the files (3 of them) associated with when i got that virus and deleted them. took care of it.