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Virus has taken over my computer

15 years ago

This virus is like nothing other. I can't link to antivirus sites. On certain topics I search for it will send me to advertisement links. Safe mode doesn't work. I can't change the startup programs list because I'm not an administrator it says. Antivirus programs I actually manage to download won't run when I click on them. Help!!!

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genes
15 years ago
Dont you have an up to date antivirus on your machine now?
With all the free ones out there, there's no need not to be running one
owbist
15 years ago
I am assuming you are reporting here using another computer? If so and you have an external drive or thumb drive download Superantispyware and install it. Be sure to get the free version. Then go here to download the latest definitions dated December 2nd.

Go here for Malwarebytes and here for the latest updates.

Then myself I would remove the internet cable and run both of those programs.

As Gene noted, you surely have an anti virus program on the computer? Too many bad guys and too many computers not well protected these days.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
gardenguy we are seeing it alot! but to help you I need you to head over to a security help forum, there we can have you run the proper programs and have your pc get back to where you can run things again. Please go to this link and register then post a thread in the area I have linked to, in the thread tell everything you said here. Give us info on your system also. We can get you cleaned up.
HijackThis Logs
In your post there tell Corrine I sent you. The team there is very good at this.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
this particular infection which is definitely what it sounds like he has, blocks your antivirus program so it does not matter if he has one or not he can not use it and it will not allow you to go to an antivirus site and get one.(there are several that will disable your onboard AV however) It blocks most known addresses for security programs. Some variants have shown to turn off system restore and not make safe mode available. With out the use of specific written scripts for it there is not much that a regular person can do. Which is why the security help forums are so important for these type situations, they work hand in hand with program writers to get the newest and latest programs to try to clean these darn things out. Unfortunately many people have no clue help is out there. One of the reasons we all try to cover so many forums so we can direct them to help. To bad we can not help them all.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
to give y'all an idea of these type infections Corrine passed this on to me, look at this link and follow down to the list of sites this kind of thing blocks and you begin to get an idea of why you can not go anywhere for help, plus the pay load on this thing is evil, including rootkits and various other nasty stuff.
Virus Detail

If you notice they even block them from getting to many of the help forums such as castlecops, majorgeeks, gladiator, aumha,etc. Luckily landzdown is not blocked....yet!
luis_pr
15 years ago
Pretty bad stuff. Just wondering only.... do you have a clue how you got infected? Email? Surfing? etc?

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