trojan/virus infection ???????helpppppppp

[bolt pp]

oh dear, what happend?

[G1BTW]

[cia260895]

was excellent in safe mode,,


so what is it i need to do again.......

[G1BTW]

was excellent in safe mode,,


so what is it i need to do again.......

Start off just holding a ball in each hand.

Run all the scans in safe mode. Reboot in safe mode and run them again.

Reboot in normal mode. Run the scans. It takes ages, but it's the only way. Make sure all the scanners are up to date before you start too.

[cia260895]

well he's got malwarebytes and spybot onto the lappy and they are running their scans.....

[cia260895]

1hour 45mins later and all is well,

[G1BTW]

Nice one, hope it holds up!

[cia260895]

all is well thanks

have got

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware & Spybot - Search & Destroy

 what is malware btw?

what else do you recommend?

[G1BTW]

all is well thanks

have got

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware & Spybot - Search & Destroy

 what is malware btw?

what else do you recommend?

Good stuff. I'd change any critical passwords (pokers, paypal, banking, email) after you've run the following scans in case the malware recorded it and sent it on.
Malware I think is a kind of generic term for viruses that have evil intent, like trying to steal your data or damaging your machine until you buy some phony software.

The other softs I would get are

Avira

http://www.free-av.com/

And Superantispyware

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

This one seems really good, picks up some stuff missed by other detectors.

I'd be interested in hearing others suggestions on anti virus programs tho.

I did use a paid for proggie once (zomg!), Norton Anti virus, but it missed some stuff and slowed down my system too much. Freeware ftw!

gl mate

[weller001]

I would recommend 'combofix' for helping with spyware infections.

this is one of the most effective little programs ive seen yet.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix


This is a tool that you run manually if you find your'e pc is infected , you would obviously still need to be useing Virus software and have a firewall of some sort.