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WYSINWYG
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 24, 2008, 01:06:00 PM »
Quote from: scotty2hatty on October 24, 2008, 12:46:22 PM
Quote from: kinboshi on October 24, 2008, 09:26:32 AM
Boot up in safe mode and then do a windows restore to a date before you were infected.
how do i boot up in safe mode?
As the computer is booting, press and hold the 'F8' key. Then hit it wiv hammer.
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WYSINWYG
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 24, 2008, 01:15:16 PM »
Get the following software
1. AVG Antivirus
http://free.avg.com/
2. Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.com/home.php
3. Superantispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
(This is the mutt's nuts and got rid of stuff other scanners left behind)
All free.
Try the Windows restore from safemode first, then run these. The restore may not function anyway, or the virus may find a way round it by breaking itself up into different files which it then recompiles after you go back/clean up. Once you have run all of the 123 above in regular mode, reboot in safe mode and run them again.
Also, hopefully your machine comes with a legit copy of XP/Vista, if not, you may have an operating system that is itelf infected, in that case you would need to just syphon the user files you can and wipe the whole thing.
Good luck, the whole thing is a total pain in the ass I know, but I did find the waste of time cut short by superantispyware.
ps. If a bubble pops up and suggests you download some software, do not click ok.
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scotty2hatty
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 24, 2008, 01:27:26 PM »
Quote from: WYSINWYG on October 24, 2008, 01:15:16 PM
Get the following software
1. AVG Antivirus
http://free.avg.com/
2. Adaware
http://www.lavasoft.com/home.php
3. Superantispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html
(This is the mutt's nuts and got rid of stuff other scanners left behind)
All free.
Try the Windows restore from safemode first, then run these. The restore may not function anyway, or the virus may find a way round it by breaking itself up into different files which it then recompiles after you go back/clean up. Once you have run all of the 123 above in regular mode, reboot in safe mode and run them again.
Also, hopefully your machine comes with a legit copy of XP/Vista, if not, you may have an operating system that is itelf infected, in that case you would need to just syphon the user files you can and wipe the whole thing.
Good luck, the whole thing is a total pain in the ass I know, but I did find the waste of time cut short by superantispyware.
ps. If a bubble pops up and suggests you download some software, do not click ok.
thanks sir, i'll give this a go when i get home from work
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Dino
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 24, 2008, 02:04:54 PM »
Don't you find that superantispyware also removes any Ipoker skins installed,it does on my computer.
I find
spybot
removes most things,although it does take a while to search through.
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byronkincaid
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October 24, 2008, 03:04:15 PM »
hope it wasn't that link i sent you scott?
still works fine for me.
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Horneris
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October 24, 2008, 03:19:47 PM »
The Spyware Doctor might be the greatest for this problem.
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 24, 2008, 03:21:57 PM »
Quote from: Dino on October 24, 2008, 02:04:54 PM
Don't you find that superantispyware also removes any Ipoker skins installed,it does on my computer.
I find
spybot
removes most things,although it does take a while to search through.
When you check and get it to 'clean' files, you can select the ones you want it to trust. You just need to select the ipoker ones as trusted and it won't delete them.
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scotty2hatty
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 25, 2008, 08:56:58 AM »
Quote from: byronkincaid on October 24, 2008, 03:04:15 PM
hope it wasn't that link i sent you scott?
still works fine for me.
yeah, it was the link, never mind
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October 25, 2008, 09:14:35 AM »
wow sorry mate, weird tho, I've googled and can't find anyone else who's had trouble with ovguide, they're recommended by pc world here
http://www.pcworld.com/article/151547/find_and_watch_tv_and_movies_online.html
I watched TUF 8 ep 6 yesterday on there yesterday no probs.
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October 25, 2008, 10:00:30 AM »
Quote from: byronkincaid on October 25, 2008, 09:14:35 AM
wow sorry mate, weird tho, I've googled and can't find anyone else who's had trouble with ovguide, they're recommended by pc world here
http://www.pcworld.com/article/151547/find_and_watch_tv_and_movies_online.html
I watched TUF 8 ep 6 yesterday on there yesterday no probs.
yeah, seems strange - away to chuck my laptop into a nearby shop cos can't even go to the links given in this thread without it coming up with an insecure thingy page. In the meantime I've taken control of the gf's laptop but I don't dare try ovguide again on this!!
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October 25, 2008, 12:41:19 PM »
gg computer
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WYSINWYG
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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October 25, 2008, 12:49:31 PM »
Quote from: scotty2hatty on October 25, 2008, 10:00:30 AM
Quote from: byronkincaid on October 25, 2008, 09:14:35 AM
wow sorry mate, weird tho, I've googled and can't find anyone else who's had trouble with ovguide, they're recommended by pc world here
http://www.pcworld.com/article/151547/find_and_watch_tv_and_movies_online.html
I watched TUF 8 ep 6 yesterday on there yesterday no probs.
yeah, seems strange - away to chuck my laptop into a nearby shop cos can't even go to the links given in this thread without it coming up with an insecure thingy page. In the meantime I've taken control of the gf's laptop but I don't dare try ovguide again on this!!
Maybe try getting a memory stick (1GB is less than a tenner), and downloading the files I linked to above onto it (save file don't run it, from a good machine), then plugging it into your bust laptop and running them from there.
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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November 11, 2008, 01:11:50 PM »
This little bastad has got me. In safe mode just now and it doesn't appear when i'm in safe mode. I think its brastk.exe which i found in C:/Windows and C:/Windows/System32.
I have deleted both those files but it still doesn't let me go anywhere from google. Am i write off? I didn't click the stupid pop up thing but has it already downloaded its pish onto my laptop?
Does this now mean some spotty faced geek locked up in his bedroom has access to my computer and passwords etc?
How did you get rid of it in the end Scotty?
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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November 11, 2008, 01:32:02 PM »
Quote from: rossfourfive on November 11, 2008, 01:11:50 PM
This little bastad has got me. In safe mode just now and it doesn't appear when i'm in safe mode. I think its brastk.exe which i found in C:/Windows and C:/Windows/System32.
I have deleted both those files but it still doesn't let me go anywhere from google. Am i write off? I didn't click the stupid pop up thing but has it already downloaded its pish onto my laptop?
Does this now mean some spotty faced geek locked up in his bedroom has access to my computer and passwords etc?
How did you get rid of it in the end Scotty?
Sounds like it hijacked your browser. The amount of work and time needed to recover a system can be huge. Would it be possible for you to take the files you want off (onto a memory stick for example) and just format the drive and reload windows? Would save a lot of time.
It could easily have put other programs onto your system by using the browser hijack to redirect you to websites which host maliciious code. It needs to run an alien program anyway for the browser hijack. Decent chance some of your password files and logs of your keystrokes are sitting in some beardy guy's bedsit, yes. Decent chance he'll never use them, half of the UK is infected with something or other. Hell knows why anyone would want to use internet banking in these conditions, or why the banks would offer it.
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kinboshi
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Re: Your computer is infected!
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November 11, 2008, 01:43:05 PM »
Quote from: rossfourfive on November 11, 2008, 01:11:50 PM
This little bastad has got me. In safe mode just now and it doesn't appear when i'm in safe mode. I think its brastk.exe which i found in C:/Windows and C:/Windows/System32.
I have deleted both those files but it still doesn't let me go anywhere from google. Am i write off? I didn't click the stupid pop up thing but has it already downloaded its pish onto my laptop?
Does this now mean some spotty faced geek locked up in his bedroom has access to my computer and passwords etc?
How did you get rid of it in the end Scotty?
Have you tried to do a system restore from when you're booted up in safe mode?
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