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| Author: | MakinItLookMean [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | help...another infected computer.... |
looking for some help here...i got a virus named Trojan:Win32/FakeSpypro.....i can't get rid of it with windows defender or mac afee...anyone ever hear of this or know how to get rid of it ? thanks, MILM it is very annoying and i wish nothing but the worst for assholes that make this crap.... |
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| Author: | backthatSASSup [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
Stop downloading porn!
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| Author: | MsRussellBeebe [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
In the same vein: beware of an email w/attachment which purports to be from the IRS telling you that after review of your "fiscal records" that you are entitled to a refund of $XXX.XX, and prompts you to respond. The IRS does NOT communicate via email--because they do not believe it is a secure method of communication. Should you receive this or ANY type of email communication from a source purporting to be the IRS, please do NOT click on any links/attachments and forward it to: [email protected]. As far as your problem with the Trojan, I never had much luck with McAfee or Norton, but I have downloaded and used Avast! antivirus, Spybot, and Ad-aware to keep things at bay, update at least weekly and run each program regularly. Especially if you are on the 'net a lot, you need to do it fairly often. I don't use Outlook Express for my email client, and use Mozilla/Firefox for my browser. I don't know if reformatting your machine (not a dirty install to repair programs that are not functioning properly), but wiping your hard drive and reloading an OS may work. I've found that any time I've done that, seems like traces of the virus remain, and the computer never seems to work right again after that. But that's just my experience. There are many more computer-savvy people than I who could probably better answer your question than I. 
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| Author: | MakinItLookMean [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
well i dont that that is the trojan virus i have....b/c i ran the windows mrt and it did not find it, even though it is on it's list..... so now i am not sure what i have...but i keep getting a bunch of pop up windows saying my pc is infected....it also seems to be running a "scan" of my pc for viruded...something called "antivirus live" ....i'm thinking of doing a system restore....but i am not sure it will work....i think i had the same virus over last weekend....i did a system restore and it went away....now i seem to have the same thing or something very similar back.... it also does not allow me to access mc afee unless i am in safe mode |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
go to an uninfected computer, and download Malwarebytes to a flash drive. Rename the install program to something you will know. When you install it, do it in safe mode, and rename the install folder. Run the full scan. Download avast antivirus, again, renaming install program. Save it to a flash drive. Boot the infected computer into safe mode (with networking), and then run avast's setup and scan. Or slave the HD of the infected PC to a clean PC running up to date antivirus. scan the slaved drive and then reinstall. |
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| Author: | MakinItLookMean [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
well i did a system restore to a couple of days ago....i hope this works....seems ot be working ok now... thanks nyi...if i still have problems i'll see about trying your idea.... |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
MakinItLookMean wrote: well i did a system restore to a couple of days ago....i hope this works....seems ot be working ok now... thanks nyi...if i still have problems i'll see about trying your idea.... Most infections that are worth a damn infect the system restore files as well, just be wary. If it's up and working now, then I'd suggest doing everything I said anyways, sans going through safe mode. You should let Avast schedule the boot-time scan, as well. If the restore worked, congrats, but you just used (most likely) your only get out of jail free card. |
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
My sister just had the same issue. Let me guess it keeps say something about Internet Security 2010. Like if you buy that program it would fix all these problems. You do not actually have those trogans, you have a massive adware infection. My sister is still trying to clear all the crap. That Malwarebytes program NYI mentioned worked pretty well |
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| Author: | MakinItLookMean [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
i just downloaded malwarebytes, and ran it...it picked up 119 objects...cool |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
try to run bitdefender's online scan tool, as well as microsoft's free onecare scanner. scan the crap out of it now, before it doesn't work again :/ |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
http://www.apple.com/getamac/  
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
PuckSniperPensel wrote: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ You might want to post a convincing argument with that...it's like saying Linux is better, while omitting that it will most likely run none of my games natively...
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| Author: | Montalo [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
Stop WINEing ( i know you konw of that, just felt like saying that) |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:17 pm ] |
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Yeah...I know. Hence the word 'natively'. |
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| Author: | Montalo [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
NYIntensity wrote: Yeah...I know. Hence the word 'natively'. i know i know, its just a fun thing to say |
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| Author: | PuckSniperPensel [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
NYIntensity wrote: PuckSniperPensel wrote: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ You might want to post a convincing argument with that...it's like saying Linux is better, while omitting that it will most likely run none of my games natively... Boot camp is a wonderful thing.
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
MakinItLookMean wrote: i just downloaded malwarebytes, and ran it...it picked up 119 objects...cool I'm assuming you're computer is up a running now. 119 isn't bad, like I said, my sister had over 300 |
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| Author: | MakinItLookMean [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
sabresindc wrote: MakinItLookMean wrote: i just downloaded malwarebytes, and ran it...it picked up 119 objects...cool I'm assuming you're computer is up a running now. 119 isn't bad, like I said, my sister had over 300 yepp pc working ok now.....i'm actually checking out cnet.com....looks like they have a lot of good free spyware/malware protection there.... ps: don;t dl spyware doctor....after u dl it and run scan it redirects you to a website to pay |
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| Author: | sabresindc [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
MakinItLookMean wrote: sabresindc wrote: MakinItLookMean wrote: i just downloaded malwarebytes, and ran it...it picked up 119 objects...cool I'm assuming you're computer is up a running now. 119 isn't bad, like I said, my sister had over 300 yepp pc working ok now.....i'm actually checking out cnet.com....looks like they have a lot of good free spyware/malware protection there.... ps: don;t dl spyware doctor....after u dl it and run scan it redirects you to a website to pay Good to hear |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: help...another infected computer.... |
MakinItLookMean wrote: sabresindc wrote: MakinItLookMean wrote: i just downloaded malwarebytes, and ran it...it picked up 119 objects...cool I'm assuming you're computer is up a running now. 119 isn't bad, like I said, my sister had over 300 yepp pc working ok now.....i'm actually checking out cnet.com....looks like they have a lot of good free spyware/malware protection there.... ps: don;t dl spyware doctor....after u dl it and run scan it redirects you to a website to pay There are certain things on cnet's download.com that while you CAN download them for "free", I wouldn't recommend it. All download.com tries to ensure is that the software isn't malicious, not that it's good. The highest number I've had on a malwarebytes scan was 703. As far as boot camps go for learning PC stuff, I won't ever discount them, it's where I got my start. That being said, there's entirely too much free stuff on the web for learning materials, and the Microsoft market is always hiring... the government isn't switching to Linux any time soon. |
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