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| Thread ID: 82553 | 2007-08-31 06:34:00 | Spyware infection | Greven (91) | Press F1 |
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| 586597 | 2007-09-01 20:36:00 | I cleaned it out well enough that avast, spybot & hijackthis didn't show anything dodgy, but explorer wouldn't load. I ended up reinstalling windows over top, re-running the virus scan to get rid of the remenants Geez Greven, you're a tech, why didn't you have something like RegDefend running?? Or check the dodgy warez before running it? And reinstalling Windows is a bit lame. It keeps coming back because you haven't yet found/removed the main file. Like the smitfraud variants used to do...... Have a look here and go hunt around on your PC: spywarefiles.prevx.com All you need is safe mode, Registar Lite and Hijackthis's Remove on Boot. Or you could bring it over and I'll clean it out for you.:lol: |
pctek (84) | ||
| 586598 | 2007-09-02 02:25:00 | yea... I really should have known better, but I was in a hurry. I haven't used regedfend before, but similar products I've used I found too annoying. I haven't had any viruses or spyware on my own computer for over five years, and now I got this little nasty because I was in too much of a hurry. Speedy - I backed up my data, formatted & reinstalled. It was my new media PC that I had just built, so reinstalling wasn't too bad - it was backing up all my data that I had just copied onto it that was a slow process. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 586599 | 2007-09-02 02:39:00 | I haven't used regedfend before, but similar products I've used I found too annoying. Speedy - I backed up my data, formatted & reinstalled. OK, Ghost it. And you really didn't need to go to such extreme measures you know. I never have yet. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 586600 | 2007-09-02 06:32:00 | OK, Ghost it. And you really didn't need to go to such extreme measures you know. I never have yet. I know, but sometimes it is less frustrating to nuke it & start over. |
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