Uber virus attack, HELP!

you know those fake security programs that download a whole bunch of viral crap onto your computer to get you to buy the "full version"? well, i'm stuck with two of them, lucky me. they are anti-malware doctor and av security suite, how do i remove them, GS?

Try these. (free version will do for both.)

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html

Try these. (free version will do for both.)

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html

C_Rule

i have malware bytes already, but even a full scan won't detect either infection, only the sub-infections it creates. it also doesn't allow me to download any files.

MBAM should be able to remove these two programs.

If you need any more help, check out these tutorials for removal and prevention. The Geeks to Go! forums in general have helped me immensely with virus problems I've had with my old laptop, and I recommend posting there if anything else serious occurs.

EDIT: Fixed link.

MBAM should be able to remove these two programs.

If you need any more help, check out these tutorials for removal and prevention. The Geeks to Go! forums in general have helped me immensely with virus problems I've had with my old laptop, and I recommend posting there if anything else serious occurs.

quijeros

I solved it! To anyone who has the same problem, here's what i did:

1. Check your System 32 folder for any folders modified on the day you got the virus(es)

2. I'm not sure about this, but it worked for me. Near those folders should be another folder called *something*UNINSTALL*something*, with *something* being random symbols.

3. This folder should also be in your Program Files folder.

4. Inside both folders there should a file named uninstall.exe or a varient, run both files, the one in System32 should disappear and the System32 folders last modified on the day of getting the virus(es) should now read last modified on the current day/time

5. restart your computer

6. the virus(es) should no longer disrupt your connection to the internet, so you can run an uptate on malwarebytes now.

7. restart your computer, this time, go into safe mode. to do this, during your computer's restart process, press the F8 key as many times as possible, a few menues should come up. if the menu has a option reffering to safe mode, choose that. if not, you have the wrong menu, so tell it to use the default settings and get back to jamming F8.

8. once you are in safe mode, run a quick scan in Malwarebytes. it should pick up 45 viruses, give or take, this is because the fake AV programs download loads of real viruses just so that they can report them. DO NOT INTERUPT THE SCAN EARLY!

9. after the scan is through, restart your computer, this time in regular mode, and voila, the viruses should be gone.

10. you may experience problems trying to connect to the internet, if so, go into firefox tools, advanced, network, settings, and set it to "no proxy" you should connect just fine now. this may also replace steps 1-5, but steps 1-5 are how i did it.

Or do the best route. Boot up on a linux disc and run av stuff through that. Linux>>>>>> Windows KLONE360

obvious troll is obvious

[QUOTE="KLONE360"]Or do the best route. Boot up on a linux disc and run av stuff through that. Linux>>>>>> Windows Love_my_PS360

obvious troll is obvious

bookmarked. but he does have a good point. linux is technically virus and spyware free. as is unix. you could do as he suggests and simply target the fate.ntfs files format disk partition :P and since it cant disguise itself in an open source environment. it would BURN!!!!:twisted:

[QUOTE="KLONE360"]Or do the best route. Boot up on a linux disc and run av stuff through that. Linux>>>>>> Windows Love_my_PS360

obvious troll is obvious

He's not trolling... you can run ubuntu 10.4 from the CD without installing any files ( LiveCd ), it's by far the fastest and easiest way to heal windows from viruses since you can't run EXE and other windows files on lunix and run a virus scan/manual delete the junk

Its called a SmitFraud

Download smitfraudfix & ComboFix and run them in safe mode.

Unless you got too many files to back up, a quick format is always the best and safest way to make sure you got rid of any nasty things.Sins-of-Mosin

Or do the best route. Boot up on a linux disc and run av stuff through that. Linux>>>>>> WindowsKLONE360

Or a more realistic approach is to boot into safe mode and run your antivirus that way. Also, as added protection, stop using IE, don't run yourself as administrator, turn on your firewall, and keep your system up to date.

you know those fake security programs that download a whole bunch of viral crap onto your computer to get you to buy the "full version"? well, i'm stuck with two of them, lucky me. they are anti-malware doctor and av security suite, how do i remove them, GS?

Love_my_PS360

[QUOTE="Love_my_PS360"]

you know those fake security programs that download a whole bunch of viral crap onto your computer to get you to buy the "full version"? well, i'm stuck with two of them, lucky me. they are anti-malware doctor and av security suite, how do i remove them, GS?

Bigsteve3570

Actually, i was streaming online tv from shady sites. i don't think anyone's stupid enough to INTENTIONALLY download them.

[QUOTE="KLONE360"]Or do the best route. Boot up on a linux disc and run av stuff through that. Linux>>>>>> WindowsVax45

Or a more realistic approach is to boot into safe mode and run your antivirus that way. Also, as added protection, stop using IE, don't run yourself as administrator, turn on your firewall, and keep your system up to date.