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My Computer is Under Total Assault

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Dryden;1367312; said:
Just make certain you have clean, uninfected copies of the most recent installers for ad aware & malwarebytes downloaded from a 'good' computer, and burn them to a CD. After you roll back a restore point, disconnect the infected computer from the network, so that when you install ad aware & malwarebytes again, the rogue doesn't redirect and pull garbage definition files off the Internet. The rogue can't prevent you removing it if it can't hose your removal utilities.

There are lots of rogues like this going around. AV360 is just the most recent one. The previous version was called Anti Virus 2009. There are others. They are very well designed, as they masquerade as other common useful utilities, like ad blockers and so forth. The tip-off is usually pop-ups with broken English. Search engine hijacks are very common symptoms of these rogueware installers, which are essentially just vehicles that dupe you into putting username/password pairs into things that don't require them, or popping dialogues that actually begin covert installation of other malware without your knowledge.

They're a pain in the ass. It's why I switched to Linux 9 years ago.
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Dryden;1367314; said:
P.S. Switch to Firefox and DO NOT install shit like the Yahoo! and Google toolbars. All that shit does is open up more hooks and holes for hackers to exploit.
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So after I roll back to say 2 weeks ago when I knew I my computer was fine and run the programs what do I do?
 
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DaytonBuck;1367326; said:
So after I roll back to say 2 weeks ago when I knew I my computer was fine and run the programs what do I do?
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After running Ad Aware and MalwareBytes, get back on the Internet and check if your browser is still getting hijacked. If no, then update Ad Aware to the latest definition file and run it again. After a reboot you should be in the clear.

If not, just give up the gadgets and move to Amish Country with BN27, where his computers don't work either and he doesn't get TV on his cellphone! :p
 
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Dryden;1367330; said:
After running Ad Aware and MalwareBytes, get back on the Internet and check if your browser is still getting hijacked. If no, then update Ad Aware to the latest definition file and run it again. After a reboot you should be in the clear.

If not, just give up the gadgets and move to Amish Country with BN27, where his computers don't work either and he doesn't get TV on his cellphone! :p
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So when I reboot will I be in my save date or the present?


If I go back in computer wouldn't the virus not be there at all?
 
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DaytonBuck;1367354; said:
So when I reboot will I be in my save date or the present?


If I go back in computer wouldn't the virus not be there at all?
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Rolling back to a restore point should replace some of the critical operating system files that allow installed programs to run and communicate with each other and the OS. It will not (well, should not) erase anything from your PC though. That means that whatever is infecting your PC will likely still be on your PC in the browser cache or elsewhere. It probably won't be running anymore, as you'll be back at a point prior, but it'll be there until you've run the utilities that will find and quarantine/remove it.

It will not rollback the system clock of time/date stamps on the system or anything of that nature. It just replace the presumably corrupted critical OS files with "last known good" ones from a date of your choosing.
 
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In my case.. whatever virus I have is linked into IE as a tool.. it is lauching IE to cause addl mayhem... when I rename or delete the IE executable.. it immediately creates a duplicate...

how can I rename or do something so IE cannot launch...

I am so thankful to have access to wizards
 
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Do you back up your important data / files?

MAC and Linux folks will scream but sometimes it is not a bad idesa to format C and start all over again. I would also suggest only installing what you really need or use and as dryden mentioned getting free versions of anti trojan, virus, walware and spyware programs, run them regularly and keep them updated. An all in one like Norton or mcafee is not a bad investment either.

I have a lenovo laptop, use winxp with firefox and a mix of the above virus/ spyware programs and go to some bad places on the net and never have any troubles. Now that I said that I'll jinx myself!

I hope Dryden's advice works, if not grab your favorite beverage and start over.
 
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