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Tue, 01 September 2009 13:57  |
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slosha
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Ok, yesterday I think a virus got onto my computer. Windows Defender found a trojan in Win32, TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.JM, and it has come up 3 or 4 times even though I have clicked remove.
One thing I have noticed is that when opening google chrome, it says the page is unresponsive. Another problem is that MSN Messenger signs out after 5-10 seconds of being signed in.
Internet Explore is working fine, although its slow as it always has been, and that is where I am posting this from.
I have checked my firewall settings and they are both listed as exceptions.
I have posted results of a complete slow scan from AVG 8. The Renos notification will be ss'd when it comes up again.
Help please!
The road I cruise is a bitch now, baby.
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| Re: Virus [message #401266 is a reply to message #401198] |
Wed, 02 September 2009 01:47  |
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Scan with avg and defender in windows safe mode.
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| Re: Virus [message #401310 is a reply to message #401266] |
Wed, 02 September 2009 12:48 |
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slosha
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| Goztow wrote on Wed, 02 September 2009 03:47 |
Scan with avg and defender in windows safe mode.
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Thank you, I will try that immediately.
I am now in Safe Mode.
AVG just opens up a CMD promt thing when I press 'scan now' and that goes away after a few seconds.
I am currently running a full scan with Defender, though.
Windows defender, in safe mode, found nothing. WHAT? Booting regularly, the virus still shows up. I am having the same problems, and the virus even left me some porn on my desktop.
Another question, if I transfer data to another computer, will the virus go along with it? How about if I sync my iPod?
The road I cruise is a bitch now, baby.
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| Re: Virus [message #401398 is a reply to message #401198] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 09:20 |
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iPod = unlikely.
Keep only certain files. Don't keep EXEs, or DLLs. I'd be careful of certain other file types known to be able to carry viruses, microsoft office documents, for example, can contain them in macro form.
If you do copy everything, run every scanner in existence on everything.
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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| Re: Virus [message #401414 is a reply to message #401198] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 12:05 |
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slosha
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Ok I will probably buy an external HDD and back everything up. I talked to a parent's friend that is very computer savvy and he said the only way is a restore. I didn't even think to ask about recovery discs. When I got this computer I wasn't smart enough to put the disc in a safe place. So, what number would I call to get another one
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| Re: Virus [message #401424 is a reply to message #401414] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 13:38 |
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| Glock~ wrote on Thu, 03 September 2009 14:05 |
So, what number would I call to get another one
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If it's from a manufacturer like HP or Toshiba, usually you have to call their support line, with all your info, plus the computer model number(s). You'll most likely need to pay them for a new recovery CD, and it could be expensive.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
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| Re: Virus [message #401434 is a reply to message #401198] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 14:02 |
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ya what he said above is tru, u dont have a recovery partition?
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| Re: Virus [message #401457 is a reply to message #401198] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 17:01 |
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slosha
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I guess i'll be buying a new disk. What's that partition thing ssnipe?
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| Re: Virus [message #401464 is a reply to message #401457] |
Thu, 03 September 2009 19:13 |
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| Glock~ wrote on Thu, 03 September 2009 19:01 |
What's that partition thing ssnipe?
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Some manufacturers have a partition on the hard drive that contains all the necessary stuff to perform a clean reformat back to default settings.
Since you might need to invest money or time, see if this helps you out some in getting rid of the bad stuff.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
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| Re: Virus [message #401567 is a reply to message #401198] |
Fri, 04 September 2009 19:08 |
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slosha
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I bought a restore disc, so that's the route I'll be going. I'm pretty lucky that I had all my music on my ipod. Thanks for the help.
The road I cruise is a bitch now, baby.
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| Re: Virus [message #405495 is a reply to message #401198] |
Mon, 05 October 2009 16:38 |
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Use Sandboxie to run files inside a virtual sandbox. The application doesn't seem to work with Windows 7 yet.
http://sandboxie.com/
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