So this evening, when I wasn't even using it, my computer went ape shit. Said I had several internal errors mostly involving my Hard Drive and RAM. I can't access the Internet or any of my programs. However a program called "system check" popped up, diagnosed several problems, said it corrected a few but said to fix everything I had to buy the full version. This seemed awfully fishy to me, especially considering I don't recall ever installing this program.

A quick google search says this is a virus. Has anyone encountered this virus? And if so how to best get rid of it? I don't have another computer to research this with till later this week so I thought I would post this up on here with my phone.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

1/22/2012 8:01:54 PM

honestly, reformat and start anew

and remember to install microsoft security essentials

[Edited on January 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM. Reason : those things are annoying as shit]

1/22/2012 8:04:18 PM

Reboot in safe mode with networking, download and run combofix...the whole removal takes about 15-20 minutes

1/22/2012 8:28:53 PM

Punter I booted up in safe mode with networking, but no programs are shown for use except System Check. How do I access a web browser to download the program you mentioned?

1/22/2012 10:14:17 PM

Quote :

"Click on "Click here to activate full-functional version" which is located on the bottom-left of the main window and enter this key: E-mail: fake@email.comKey: 1203978628012489708290478989147"

Then you'll be able to launch the browser and download combofix, it doesn't usually require that step so that's why I left it out

1/22/2012 10:16:38 PM

Thanks for the help guys. I think I'll have it all sorted out by tonight.

1/23/2012 12:50:44 PM