BoomTssPhace Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 So it appears I've got another 'virus'..either that or it's these programs telling me I do so that I'll buy their shit product. Either way, it's been giving me obnoxious notifications and porno/viagra ads (let it be known that I have been going on no different websites than I did when I did not have these 'virus' problems). I want get rid of this shit..it's annoying Help, por favor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 in b4 the mac fags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Malwarebytes, it's good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Malwarebytes, it's good! truth. also spybot but the only 100% certain way of knowing your data is safe is a reformat and reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 There is only one thing you need. Combofix.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdamAnchorman Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 malwarebytes and combofix if malwarebytes doesnt work. bleepingcomputer forums are good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 hey along these lines, what's a decent "easily attainable" AV program? i just reformatted and reinstalled everything and i'd been using the same old version of symantec corporate i got back in my college daze (lol 5 years without a reinstall) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 AVG or avast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 word, have heard good things about AVG. symantec ended up killing my previous install somehow haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goffer Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 For those of you reformatting go to www.ninite.com - select the programs you want and it does all the work for you. For anti-virus the new Microsoft Security Essentials is very awesome and has been getting some great comparison reviews. You can get both it and malwarebytes through ninite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 i second microsoft security essentials. it is also light and easy on the cpu. avg is really bad in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 but the only 100% certain way of knowing your data is safe is a reformat and reinstall. I've just finished doing a reformat of my machine after battling some virus/malware for nearly 3 weeks. Finally I said fuck it...all my stuff was backed up anyway. No fun though, had a lot of side projects and personal work to do and I had to do it all at the office while my home PC was out of commission...it was tough squeezing in time to research and fix the problem too. Probably spent close to 80 hours here each of the last 3 weeks, including weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JW Modestburns Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 fuck viruses, buy a mac. JK, or am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 In all seriousness - if you get one of those fake antivirus viruses, get combofix.exe, and run it - it will be fixed and gone in less than 15 minutes. I actually keep it on my desktop just in case. If you get the latest inception of these fake antiviruses, they'll actually try to terminate any new process you start (including legit antivirus like combofix) - so put combofix on a USB drive or something, then boot in safe mode and run it. It'll be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdamAnchorman Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 if you want to fly hard and loose with those "questionable" pr0n sites and such, use the NoScript firefox addon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholdapalehorse Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Combofix should be run last, after you run all your other stuff. It's really effective. I got rid of AVG, because I had faulty version of it that was killing my internet surfing and messing up my last scrobbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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