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My regular box is infected with said virus. From what I've found online, Spyhunter is supposed to take it off. I can't get online with my regular box and have to work off of a laptop. Any suggestions for a complete idiot when it comes to computers? (O.k, I might be a complete idiot in other areas too, just don't tell my wife, however; I'm pretty sure she knows already. :G)
 
When I try to log into my yahoo mail, a security warning pops up now. It never has before. my wife was checking her yahoo mail when the other box crashed. Is it possible that the virus is attaching my IP address no matter what box I use, or is it just that this box doen't recognize the page? Thanks.

Doc, where are ya buddy ?????
 
What resident AV are you using?
What ASW are you using?

Should have caught it.

I get those freaking popups at the oddest places (the morons think it's "fun" to hijack someone's website) and I keep Process Explorer open on the bar so I can suspend a process and/or kill it.

The Avast! I use, with a couple of popup blockers and Spyware Blaster, and SuperAntiSpyware running keeps anything from loading.

Being "in business", it seems tha bad guys like to afflict websites and e-mail...I've been hijacked twice, had all sorts of crXp come in on e-mails, even had my internet phone router hijacked, and access to the router removed.

The "suite" I use seems to keep them out....for now.
 
Download MalwareBytes on a usb stick. Start your puter in safe mode (f8 while booting). Stop all start up items in msconfig but do not reboot. Install and run MalwareBytes in safe mode. Remove all it says it found. See if it will start up then use SuperAntiSpyware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Good luck
 
Launched Malwarebytes, it found one thing and when I went to remove, it shut down and went back to the desktop. It won't run again.

Dad, I have NO idea what you just said.
 
You ran Malwarebytes off a stick in safemode and it shut down?

You GOTTA do this in safemode.

Some of these things stop your Anti-Virus (AV) from working, and stop any attemps to kill it.

Safemode bypasses most of that baloney.

Reboot.
As it comes up, continuously click F8.
Follow the prompts.
 
Oh dear...

Red shield, "Your computer may be in danger" etc. etc...

"Klingons on th' forward bow!!"

"SCRAPE 'EM OFF!!"


Learn Linux.

...I'm heartless...

And feelin' snarky.

succor: "Trendmicro"

in safe mode.
 
Quick fix (sorta ...)

Get a high school or college student who's familiar with Windows. Contact a high school that has a Computer Tech course, or a college that employs students for computer support. Tell him/her you want to "Restore the System" in Safe Mode.

Unless you turned it off, the System Restore will let you "move your entire system back" to a day/week *before* you were attacked.

So in your case, if you noticed the problem on 7/8/10, you'd choose a System Restore date of 7/6/10 (or some such).

It doesn't wipe out all your files like a complete new installation.

Give it a try. Can't hurt, if your "system tech" knows what to do.

Tom
 
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