Computer Techs need your help!!

[GrnBay007]

This afternoon I started getting a bunch of warnings popping up on my screen saying my computer is infected with blah, blah, blah....bunch of stuff. A variety of these warnings come up and then it ultimately wants me to activate XP Home Security 2012. I googled it and it sounds like it is a fake antivirus application that does nothing but take your money.

So how do I remove this thing or get it to stop popping up???

Help....Please!

[Tarlam!]

Throw it away and buy a new PC? They are cheap as chips these days. Prolly cheaper than that programme they>'re trying to sell you!

[GrnBay007]

Throw it away and buy a new PC? They are cheap as chips these days. Prolly cheaper than that programme they>'re trying to sell you!

When I saw you responded in this thread I somehow knew what your reply would be before I even opened it. :)
No can do this close to x-mas.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The virus (or maybe it is a worm, whatever) is annoying to get rid of, but probably not doing much harm.

Often there are dedicated programs to get rid of particular flavors of the kind of problem you are seeing. what virus name does it claim you are infected with? what is name of program it wants you to buy? This forum will tell you how to remove particular infections of the sort you are seeing:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

I have found two programs to be good at cleaning up infected machines:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/combofix

Malwarebytes is a paid program, but whatever you download for free seems to work fine. By running these two programs, you will get rid of spyware and latent infections that are hanging around, they usually will find something even if you have anti-malware software running.

Experts will tell you it is impossible to be sure that an infection is completely removed, you really have to reformat and reload all software to be sure. But you have a sissy infection, you'll be ok.

[SkinBasket]

I had a terrible version of an old disease recently, the google redirect virus. Malwarebytes failed. Try it first though, as that and Spybot - Search & Destroy are the two everyone tries first, even though I thought one of those basically tells you what's wrong then asks you to upgrade to the full version to fix it.

This is what finally worked for me, the trail version: http://www.immunet.com/main/index.html

Regardless, you should download Microsoft Security Essentials to protect your computer. It's free, and it does a better job than Norton, which had no clue my computer was infected, much less how to fix it. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials

[red]

i've gotten this virus like 6 times in the last week, all from the same porn site. one day i'll learn

turn off your computer, when you start it back up, start pressing F8 repeatedly until a screen shows up giving you different options to restart your computer

select safe mode with networking

when windows starts, get on the internet and download malwarebytes. once you've downloaded and installed it, right click on it and select "run as administrator"

when it opens it should say that an update is available, let it download an update

after that, run a quick scan

it should find the virusus. then restart your computer. when windows restarts (the normal way) it will ask if you would like to let malwayrebytes make changes to your computer.

things should be fixed. if not. repeat everything until its gone

[Little Whiskey]

i've gotten this virus like 6 times in the last week, all from the same porn site.



are you saying that you and 007 visit the same porn site?

[red]

are you saying that you and 007 visit the same porn site?

we've probably shared naked pics of each other and had cyber sex like a thousand times without even knowing it

[Little Whiskey]

we've probably shared naked pics of each other and had cyber sex like a thousand times without even knowing it

that fast, huh. i think they make a pill for that. not sure if it would work for Cyber E.D.

[Harlan Huckleby]

turn off your computer, when you start it back up, start pressing F8 repeatedly until a screen shows up giving you different options to restart your computer

select safe mode with networking
I forgot about this step. Sometimes you absolutely have to do this step, otherwise some of the buggers actually block you from downloading virus-removing software. But do look in that forum to see if your particular problem can be remooved simply and directly.

I found that combofix found problems that malwarebytes missed

[Zool]

Download and run Spybot Search and Destroy.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Once your system is clean download and install AVG Free antivirus. If you are already running Symantec or McAfee antivirus remove them first.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

[Tarlam!]

Or, throw it away and buy a new PC. It's how i solve it.

[Joemailman]

Or go over to the basement of Partial's parent's house and use his computer.

[retailguy]

Or go over to the basement of Partial's parent's house and use his computer.

That won't work. He's too busy waxing it to make sure it doesn't get any dust or fingerprints on it.

[red]

i don't think any of us are cool enough to use a mac to tell the truth

[Freak Out]

Are you running Windows 7? Get Microsoft Security Essentials...free from MS. AVG has always worked great...so has the spyware bot stuff.

The main thing is stop doing stupid shit on the computer. :)

[SkinBasket]

Oh fuck. Now I have this Vista Security 2012 shit. Security Essentials did not protect me and now I feel dirty. The shit even stops you from using your internet browsers. guess I have to use safe mode or something. What a pain in the ass. And yes, I got it from a pron site.

[mraynrand]

i don't think any of us are cool enough to use a mac to tell the truth

My MacBook Pro is virus free, but that's just because I use protection

http://purpleblazer.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/computer_virus1.jpg

[SkinBasket]

Had to do a registry update to be able to use my exe files. Then rkill to stop the processes. The malwarebyte to get rid of it. I'm so going right back to that site as soon as it's finished.

[Freak Out]

That's the spirit.

[red]

Had to do a registry update to be able to use my exe files. Then rkill to stop the processes. The malwarebyte to get rid of it. I'm so going right back to that site as soon as it's finished.

i got that one like 5 times in a week. stop going to tube galore

i'm currently looking for a new favorite site to utilize

[MadScientist]

MS Security Essentials works fairly well, so it is worth having. Are you guys using IE? That thing is a virus/worm magnet. Firefox is much better, although it gets bogged down by some scripts at times. Chrome works well, and both FF and Chrome have ad blocking plugins.

The final key is your own brains. Turn off the "Hide known extensions" option from your file browser so you don't get burned by a .jpg.exe or similar hack. Don't just blindly click OK when a program asks you for access. When checking e-mail, don't click on the links unless you are sure the e-mail is real. Even if it seems to come from a friend, it still could be a fake message. If you hover over the link and the address that shows up there does not match what they are claiming, it's a fake.

[MadtownPacker]

Good advice MS. I would also set your porn browser to never save anything. Firefox seems to hold up well if you locked that bitch down.

But 007 really should get a fresh install. She might also tell her son to quit using her PC to look at nasty shit.

[SkinBasket]

I was using firefox when the security bug got in.

[MadtownPacker]

I was using firefox when the security bug got in.

You got it set to not save the cache? But really how do you not have a XxxBox set up so you don't use your main PC?

[Freak Out]

I use one computer for porn and torrents only.....once I've downloaded something and it passes muster I might transfer it to another computer. It has an HDMI port so I normally just hook to an HDTV and run with it.

[Freak Out]

Anyone else here use Miro?

[MadtownPacker]

I use one computer for porn and torrents only.....once I've downloaded something and it passes muster I might transfer it to another computer. It has an HDMI port so I normally just hook to an HDTV and run with it.You should do webinars on how to avoid these issues. You could call it "How to get off without being jacked".

[MJZiggy]

You should do webinars on how to avoid these issues. You could call it "How to get off without being jacked".

I realize I had a glass of wine with dinner, but this is funny...

[Little Whiskey]

I realize I had a glass of wine with dinner, but this is funny...

I need more than a single glass of wine to laugh at Madtown's jokes. hell, I need quite a few just to understand his english!!

[MJZiggy]

I need more than a single glass of wine to laugh at Madtown's jokes. hell, I need quite a few just to understand his english!!Aw c'mon. He's not Woodbuck...

[Little Whiskey]

Aw c'mon. He's not Woodbuck...

woodbuck's posts require kegs!

[GrnBay007]

Well, thanks for all the suggestions guys but I didn't even get to try any of it. Whatever that thing was shut everything down. :( And yes, I took it somewhere to get fixed and costs me too much money!!!!!!! :( Guess I need to find me a computer tech guy...haha

So yes, I am always very careful not to click on bs stuff, I don't go to porn sites ....but I do have a 16 yr old son lol But seriously he hardly EVER uses the PS. Everything he does on the net he uses his phone.

So how did I get that thing???????

I would have just followed Tarlam's advise and just got a new computer cause this one is getting old but it was bad timing with x-mas. Got my daughter a laptop for x-mas since she will need it for college next year.

So anyway, I'm back :) Over a week without the internet. ugh!

I don't want this again.............what can I do to protect myself better?

[GrnBay007]

we've probably shared naked pics of each other and had cyber sex like a thousand times without even knowing it

So was it good for you?? ;)

[Tarlam!]

So was it good for you?? ;)

I have a sudden urge to smoke a cigarette....

[red]

So was it good for you?? ;)

always, sweet cheeks

there's almost no way to avoid that shit these days. its not if, but when. i never click on any pop ups and never go to porn sites i haven't been to a thousand times before, and i never open email from anyone that i don't know

i also run spybot and malwarebytes all the time and have norton running nonstop

and i still get shit

so just hope its a small one that doesn't completely destroy your computer or take a whole day to remove

[red]

I have a sudden urge to smoke a cigarette....

must be nice.

all that did for me was give me a stiffy

[GrnBay007]

so just hope its a small one that doesn't completely destroy your computer or take a whole day to remove

LOL OMGosh, did you not read my other post? Did nobody even miss me??? :) I've been without a computer for over a week because of that little devil!!!!!

[GrnBay007]

I have a sudden urge to smoke a cigarette....

haha me too! ;)

[red]

LOL OMGosh, did you not read my other post? Did nobody even miss me??? :) I've been without a computer for over a week because of that little devil!!!!!

i ment for the next time

you got fucked this time, like proper fucked

[Tarlam!]

you got fucked this time, like proper fucked

Anyone got a light?

[SkinBasket]

Well, thanks for all the suggestions guys but I didn't even get to try any of it. Whatever that thing was shut everything down. :( And yes, I took it somewhere to get fixed and costs me too much money!!!!!!! :( Guess I need to find me a computer tech guy...haha

So yes, I am always very careful not to click on bs stuff, I don't go to porn sites ....but I do have a 16 yr old son lol But seriously he hardly EVER uses the PS. Everything he does on the net he uses his phone.

So how did I get that thing???????

I would have just followed Tarlam's advise and just got a new computer cause this one is getting old but it was bad timing with x-mas. Got my daughter a laptop for x-mas since she will need it for college next year.

So anyway, I'm back :) Over a week without the internet. ugh!

I don't want this again.............what can I do to protect myself better?

Like that other homo said, there's really no way to avoid it these days. The best answer is to try to protect yourself using the suggestions above, but more importantly, back up anything you want to keep on a weekly basis so next time you can just re-install windows and put your files back on.

[Scott Campbell]

Windows Home Server. Especially if your daughter has a laptop too. Both will be backed up nightly. No touchie. Saved my ass a bunch of times.

[Oscar]

This virus appeared on my comp. a few days ago. I'm just gonna replace it. I have some pics I'd like to save to a flash drive. Do I run a risk of bringing this bug with them?

[SkinBasket]

This virus appeared on my comp. a few days ago. I'm just gonna replace it. I have some pics I'd like to save to a flash drive. Do I run a risk of bringing this bug with them?

Not if it's the "security" virus. It's not really that hard to remove if you want.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-security-2012

Doesn't matter what version of windows you have, the instructions are the same.

[Oscar]

I'll give it a try. Thanks Skin.

[GrnBay007]

Why do people get off on creating these virus? Don't people have better things to do with their time?

[Scott Campbell]

Don't people have better things to do with their time?


This might be the wrong place to ask that question.

[red]

This might be the wrong place to ask that question.

what are you trying to say?

you saying you want to fight me?

[red]

Why do people get off on creating these virus? Don't people have better things to do with their time?

well, if you got the windows security one, then it really does look like a real windows app telling you you really have something wrong

i'm sure you'll get a few geriatrics to sign up for their virus removal tool. just like how some people still send money to that poor african prince who's trying to get his families fortune back

other people just like to fuck with others.

and then there's my idea that companies like norton and mcafee pay people to put these viruses out there. i mean, really. without those annoying viruses, those billion dollar companies would be worthless

[Tarlam!]

i mean, really. without those annoying viruses, those billion dollar companies would be worthless

You're not suggesting...... Oh My.

[Iron Mike]

http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/p/sp/editorial_image/67/67dfb0cd20602cb1b731b7b545efe097/packers_fan_uses_game_tickets_to_get_back_at_cheat ing_ex.jpg

[Scott Campbell]

what are you trying to say?

you saying you want to fight me?

Exactly.