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Thread ID: 135454	2013-11-04 19:08:00	Tune Up Invasion.	Cicero (40)	Press F1

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1358774	2013-11-05 09:46:00	If you fancy trying with AVG's removal tool, took a while to find, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it doesn't work but worth a crack. kb.avg.com	wainuitech (129)
1358775	2013-11-05 18:18:00	If you fancy trying with AVG's removal tool, took a while to find, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it doesn't work but worth a crack. kb.avg.com the big guns, nothing worked.. Now for the good news, AVG removal tool worked, shear brilliance on your part Wai, thanks a mill, again!	Cicero (40)
1358776	2013-11-05 18:49:00	Tried the big guns, nothing worked.. Now for the good news, AVG removal tool worked, shear brilliance on your part Wai, thanks a mill, again! :clap At least you got it out. One good thing anyway, by running those other programs as well, it will have scanned your Computer for anything that may have been hiding, so should be reasonably safe to say its all clean (famous last words I hope not). Just some advise -- When installing ANYTHING, look on the site as well as the actual program, often they have pre ticked to install {insert extra junk program}. If theres an option to install as custom or Advanced use that, and check each page before clicking Next to see if anything unsavory is selected, NOT the recommended, toolbars are a very common "extra" and a waste of time generally.	wainuitech (129)
1358777	2013-11-05 18:57:00	:clap At least you got it out. One good thing anyway, by running those other programs as well, it will have scanned your Computer for anything that may have been hiding, so should be reasonably safe to say its all clean (famous last words I hope not). Just some advise -- When installing ANYTHING, look on the site as well as the actual program, often they have pre ticked to install {insert extra junk program}. If theres an option to install as custom or Advanced use that, and check each page before clicking Next to see if anything unsavory is selected, NOT the recommended, toolbars are a very common "extra" and a waste of time generally. I note great care is required, I must say I try to avoid these things, but I have a nasty inclination to get on with installation, and you know the result. It is true what you say about cleansing, all those apps found lots of crappola.	Cicero (40)
1358778	2013-11-06 02:16:00	can you find where it lives ? if you can find a file or directory that you think it is in, you can either rename it so that it can't be found by the nasty thing looking for it, or if it does not let you rename it, then you interrupt the normal start of windows. I did this yesterday to fix an infected laptop. You press F8 I think it is, early during windows starting, and ask for a command prompt when it asks what you want. Then from the command prompt, rename the directory. It's like a lazy backup, if you go wrong you just put the name back the same way, or if you broke windows with the rename, use a linux liveCD to rename the directory. sometimes the taskmanager will tell you where it lives, you google each item in the taskmanager until you know what it is, and shut it down if it is sus, if it starts up again immediately, that's VERY sus, and if you can't rename it's directory or remove it, as you have been trying, because it has no entry, that is super-sus. So just find where it lives, then move it's house while it's not at home. Works a treat.	TropoScatter (17158)
1358779	2013-11-06 02:18:00	argh, i read all of first page, but didn't see there was a second page before replying. Oh well.	TropoScatter (17158)
1358780	2013-11-06 02:45:00	God loves a trier.	Cicero (40)
1358781	2013-11-06 02:57:00	So just find where it lives, then move it's house while it's not at home. Works a treat. That theory is all good and well if its only a minor infection. Had one the other day (and I know of at least 3 more PC's that need it removed as well - NO antivirus will remove it) -- it was a rootkit that was well and truly buried. As soon as you tried to disable it by any means it simply recreated itself again, even though system restore was disabled. It also locked the folder, nothing would remove it, command prompts - useless as well. Normally with something like that I'd boot from a Linux CD, and simply delete the folder -- Good idea, but didn't work, the infection wouldn't allow removal or renaming. Got it in the end by locating some specific software designed to remove it. Normal rootkit software couldn't see it as well. One person has had someone else try to clean it, and they cant, its a known computer service place, their suggestion was to reinstall. Going to see them tomorrow and I should have it out in under 5 minutes. The worse part is it masquerades as a Google update.	wainuitech (129)
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