it will open, but not scan, pop-up appears saying program cannot run and shuts it down.

tried avg, malwarebytes, windows security essentials.

9/7/2011 9:08:40 PM

Your computer has aids, ho.

Have you been experiencing other pop-ups trying to sell you shit or just had general advertisements popping up without you browsing the web? Install any sketchy as hell programs recently?

[Edited on September 7, 2011 at 9:31 PM. Reason : ]

9/7/2011 9:30:10 PM

no, no, and no.

had W32.Blaster.worm a couple weeks ago, ran usual scans, got rid of it. about 2 days later, computer started acting wierd, like search for something on google, click on the result, and get redirected back to the homepage. firewall pops up like every couple hours saying some program i've never heard of cannot connect and system requires rebooting in 1 minute, then it reboots.

9/7/2011 9:38:38 PM

time to dust of the ole windows dvd

9/7/2011 9:53:13 PM

i'm sure that survived 2 moves and a remodel.

i've just run out of ideas at this point and need some other direction to move in.

9/7/2011 9:58:42 PM

Have you tried malwarebytes or any other similar software in Windows Safe Mode?

9/7/2011 10:32:42 PM

yep, symptoms are the same in standard and safe mode.

9/7/2011 10:50:33 PM

take out the drive, put it in one of those usb enclosures

then
a) backup your files, virus scan it, pray
b) backup your files, wipe it, install Win7

9/7/2011 10:56:40 PM

http://bleepingcomputer.com/combofix

put that on a flash drive and boot into safe mode with command prompt. Run it. reboot into safe mode with networking. run it and install recovery console and let it scan again. reboot in safe mode with networking again and install/update malwarebytes.

disclaimer: if combofix wipes out your system directory because it has the hiv then it's not my fault.

9/7/2011 11:08:50 PM

i'll give it a try tomorrow. i'm too tired tonight. atleast it is still letting me use netflix.

9/7/2011 11:38:22 PM

I once had to use ComboFix

it was teh awesomez

9/8/2011 12:58:27 AM

I don't understand people's aversion to wiping and reinstalling. I've always preferred that on the rare occasion that my computer got a virus, as opposed to searching for a virus, trying to find something to remove it, all while its running rampant on my machine. Besides, it was always nice to have a fresh start.

9/8/2011 8:37:28 AM

Just to reiterate what others have said:

Combofix is the Jesus of virus removal.

Run that --- always run that first -- this will break or completely remove almost every piece of malware I have come across.

Once you have run Combofix, run malwarebytes. This is another great tool for malware -- it will do a great job removing any remnants of the malware infection that may still be present.

I'd also recommend installing Microsoft Security Essentials as opposed to any other spyware/virus scanner -- remove Norton, remove Mcafee, remove Trendmicro -- they all may be good at certain niche things, but MSE is a much better (and free) solution that will do a good job protecting you against Spyware AND viruses.

Lastly, if your Windows is corrupt due to the infection, none of these solutions is going to get you back to 100% (Although I rarely ever see this). In the event your Windows system files are corrupt/damaged, even if you can repair it, it's always a better long term solution to back up your important data (if you don't already), and reformat/reinstall.

9/8/2011 8:56:11 AM

if you got blaster in 2011, what are the chances you've run windows update since 2009? virus scan doesn't help if you leave the windows vulnerability in place

9/8/2011 9:11:26 AM

i have found that none of my scheduled maintenance that is supposed to have been running while i sleep has been running at all. when i checked the other day, my defrag hasn't run since feb of '10.


it appears i'm gonna have to wipe and start over, because woke up this morning and it won't even let me log into windows. blows. i've got several documents that haven't made it to my backup hard drive yet.

[Edited on September 8, 2011 at 11:06 AM. Reason : ']

9/8/2011 10:42:22 AM

^you can still get them

9/8/2011 11:24:48 AM

^^^^^Some people have a shit-ton of configuration, extensions to find, etc. that they'd rather not go through again; I'm not even finished fully integrating everything that I brought over from my old computer to my current laptop that I bought almost a year ago.

I personally don't understand the attitude of many people to wipe first and ask questions later.

9/8/2011 8:19:42 PM

This is why you make an image of it when you have it just the way you want it and then again after every time you install anything or do any important updates.

9/8/2011 10:12:06 PM

I'd be making images about twice a week

and what if you don't find a particularly nasty rootkit until about a month after it was installed

still, for those with both patience and XBOX HUEG space to spare, it's a good idea

9/9/2011 1:54:27 AM

yeah, even with ninite one, profile copy scripts and a sealed sysprep image, it's still annoying as fuck to start from scratch. there's always something that didn't get moved over or proprietary programs that are a bitch to reactivate.

plus, a lot of times I can run combofix and malwarebytes remotely.

[Edited on September 9, 2011 at 2:42 AM. Reason : ]

9/9/2011 2:42:00 AM

how ever do you do that

is it via LogMeIn

9/9/2011 3:18:52 AM

9/9/2011 9:44:34 AM