An alternative to trying to figure exactly what is going on and how to get rid of it with some anti-virus is to do what I have done a few times I have gotten a virus.
First back up any files you need/want to save on a flash drive or other storage device
Then simply reinstall the operating system using the cd that came with your computer.
You will need to reinstall any programs that did not come on the operating system.
Very straightforward.
First back up any files you need/want to save on a flash drive or other storage device
Then simply reinstall the operating system using the cd that came with your computer.
You will need to reinstall any programs that did not come on the operating system.
Very straightforward.
Sh*t,and all to only get to watch the last 3 lousy rounds of that fight.I was on justin.tv and my link shut out so I followed one of the links from someone in the chatbox.I know better than to go to unknown links and download but went against my better judgment and did it anyway.I don't even know where it came from because I was going to so many different ones because a lot of them didn't work either.Sh*t,Sh*t,Sh*t.
I've tried searching the net on info about how to fix this,still haven't found a solution yet.
Thanks for the help guys.I guess I'm going to shut it down for the night,if anyone sees this and can help,please let me know.I'm gonna check back on this thread tomorrow.
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I've tried searching the net on info about how to fix this,still haven't found a solution yet.
Thanks for the help guys.I guess I'm going to shut it down for the night,if anyone sees this and can help,please let me know.I'm gonna check back on this thread tomorrow.
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Well .. you may be screwed ?
If you have another PC or a Flash .. you can try:
There are so many startup methods and it’s very hard to check them when you can’t boot in to Windows. What you can do now is clean up as many virus files as possible. For example, Brontok virus place a file called Empty.pif on your Windows Startup. If the Empty.pif file is removed, it won’t be able to load Empty.pif when you boot up your computer. You’ll most probably be getting an error message saying that “file is not found” or something similar to that but now you can boot in to Windows. It can be that buggy Empty.pif causing your computer to automatically restart when you log in Windows. You get the whole picture?
This is what I suggest you to do if your Windows auto restarts itself whenever you log in to Windows and it’s caused by virus, trojan or spyware.
1. Download and burn the latest Hiren’s BootCD.
2. Put in the CD and boot up with it.
3. When you get the Hiren’s BootCD startup menu, select number 2 to Start BootCD.
4. Select option number 3 that says Antivirus Tools…
5. Select option number 1 that says F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f 26-04-2007 (Date and version might be different)
6. A blue colored screen will appear that says F-Prot Antivirus Scanning options.
7. Select option number 2 that says “Dumb” Scan of all files.
8. You will now have the option of what to do with the infected files. For me, I’d choose delete automatically.
9. Select the drive to scan and wait for the scanning to complete.
If you have another PC or a Flash .. you can try:
There are so many startup methods and it’s very hard to check them when you can’t boot in to Windows. What you can do now is clean up as many virus files as possible. For example, Brontok virus place a file called Empty.pif on your Windows Startup. If the Empty.pif file is removed, it won’t be able to load Empty.pif when you boot up your computer. You’ll most probably be getting an error message saying that “file is not found” or something similar to that but now you can boot in to Windows. It can be that buggy Empty.pif causing your computer to automatically restart when you log in Windows. You get the whole picture?
This is what I suggest you to do if your Windows auto restarts itself whenever you log in to Windows and it’s caused by virus, trojan or spyware.
1. Download and burn the latest Hiren’s BootCD.
2. Put in the CD and boot up with it.
3. When you get the Hiren’s BootCD startup menu, select number 2 to Start BootCD.
4. Select option number 3 that says Antivirus Tools…
5. Select option number 1 that says F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f 26-04-2007 (Date and version might be different)
6. A blue colored screen will appear that says F-Prot Antivirus Scanning options.
7. Select option number 2 that says “Dumb” Scan of all files.
8. You will now have the option of what to do with the infected files. For me, I’d choose delete automatically.
9. Select the drive to scan and wait for the scanning to complete.
also ... this may help ??
avast! BART CD - bootable antivirus and recovery CD
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The avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tool (BART) CD is a breakthrough in the field of administration tools! In short, it is a bootable CD, giving you the capability to detect and remove virus infections on a computer. All this can be done fast and reliably, without the risk of spreading the infection any further. But the BART CD can do much more! It also contains tools for editing registry files and a tool to check and fix disk errors.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_bart_cd.html
avast! BART CD - bootable antivirus and recovery CD
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The avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tool (BART) CD is a breakthrough in the field of administration tools! In short, it is a bootable CD, giving you the capability to detect and remove virus infections on a computer. All this can be done fast and reliably, without the risk of spreading the infection any further. But the BART CD can do much more! It also contains tools for editing registry files and a tool to check and fix disk errors.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_bart_cd.html
scoops listen to me and listen carefully ... i'just went thru what your going thru..what you have is a very serious virus its called a rootkit virus and sooner or later it won't let you even upload your protections including malwarebytes and viper..... viper was findind these same virus everyday (trojan, rogue securityand rootkit but never got rid of them eventually i gradually lost my desk top ,my right click everything was bogging down on me. The only way i could use the internet was on the safe mode AND THAT SUCKS. and its funny you mention watching the fight and you got the virus becuse i think thats were i got mine watching a baseball game ....was it a p2p link?
here's what saved me.
http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?showtopic=172536
this is my post with my angel Juliet ...this girl is a God send but im sure any of the technician on this site are just as good.
read my post the very last post to me yesterday was to avoid p2p links.
AND PLEASE ANYBODY WITH A SIMULAR VIRUS DON'T FOLLOW THE INSTUCTIONS THAT WERE GIVIN TO ME,THESE WERE JUST FOR MY PC AFTER THE JULIET SEEN MY FILE LOGS
SCOOPS start a post in the HJT section tell them whats going on and someone will get back to you soon.
hope this helps. GL
Well after several long,frustrating hours searching the web,comp shutting off on me,annoying pop ups all over the place, downloading,rebooting,safe mode,last good configuration mode,normal mode,system recovery attempts,thinking that all of my info was being stolen and my comp ruined,getting redirected to other pages,trial and error,trial and error,and more trial and error I finally discovered what the problem was.Its name is Windows Police Pro,A rouge anti-spyware and ransomware that prevents you from running any programs,including anti virus software so you have to purchase theirs.http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-police-pro.This thing had my comp locked up,I haven't ever had any "viruses"as bad before,I thought I may have been toast.Its always been my thought that most viruses are made to sell AV software anyway.That's the world we live in.It was very frustrating but I am glad that it wasn't something more serious though.Everything is working fine now and back to normal.
Thanks Dante,nimue77,BigAltheShoeman,lefty357,and the good folks over @ bleepingcomputer.com
Thanks very much for the help.
I hope if someone here has this problem in the future,they will see this thread first and not have to go through all of the crap I went through.
Well at least I learned some things,I guess,now it's time to get a few Z's before football starts.
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Thanks Dante,nimue77,BigAltheShoeman,lefty357,and the good folks over @ bleepingcomputer.com
Thanks very much for the help.
I hope if someone here has this problem in the future,they will see this thread first and not have to go through all of the crap I went through.
Well at least I learned some things,I guess,now it's time to get a few Z's before football starts.
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Hi lefty,
I edited my post to include you in my thanks.I was typing before you posted apparently then stepped away to the kitchen before coming back and finishing,thats when I saw your post.Yes it sounds very similar but I'm certain that mine was the Windows Police Pro ransomware.I did go to the p2p4u site though and I think that is probably where it came from.Thanks man and I'm glad you got yours cleared up as well.
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That wasn't the correct link above.This should be the right one.
www.bleepingcomputer.com/.../remove-windows-police-pro
I edited my post to include you in my thanks.I was typing before you posted apparently then stepped away to the kitchen before coming back and finishing,thats when I saw your post.Yes it sounds very similar but I'm certain that mine was the Windows Police Pro ransomware.I did go to the p2p4u site though and I think that is probably where it came from.Thanks man and I'm glad you got yours cleared up as well.
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That wasn't the correct link above.This should be the right one.
www.bleepingcomputer.com/.../remove-windows-police-pro
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I'm sorry,that one didn't work either.This should be it here.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-police-pro
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-windows-police-pro
Need Help
Antispyware Soft
Anyone get this virus?
It keeps asking me to buy antispyware soft, pop ups telling me almost everything .exe is infected.
Cant open MSN, any poker sites, system restore.....
I was using a free Avast Antivirus, and just got Norton, but it wont let me open or run it
hno:
HELP :smoking:
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Antispyware Soft
Anyone get this virus?
It keeps asking me to buy antispyware soft, pop ups telling me almost everything .exe is infected.
Cant open MSN, any poker sites, system restore.....
I was using a free Avast Antivirus, and just got Norton, but it wont let me open or run it
hno:HELP :smoking:
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^^^ You got that conficker worm.
http://remove-malware.net/how-to-remove-antivirus-soft-rogue-anti-spyware/
How to remove Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware
Malware Description:
Antivirus Soft (aka AntivirusSoft or Antispyware Soft) is new obnoxious rogue anti-spyware replacing one of the nastiest scareware applications of the last couple of months called Antivirus Live. The upgraded version (Antivirus Soft or Antispyware Soft) is actively exploiting blackhat social engineering and a variety of trojan-empowered techniques in order to facilitate the infiltration of its malcode into targeted workstations and PC networks. By the way, in case you got attacked by the program named Antispyware Soft, be aware that it’s a successor of the rogueware in question. Antispyware Soft is exploiting the same processes, and the removal tips below apply for it as well. Antivirus Soft fake spyware remover is being headquartered at Newsoftspot.com which is often a browser hijack destination spot. Since the very moment Antivirus Soft integrates its freeware into your Operating System, it tends to badly affect Windows Registry and the files configuration. Therefore it’s hard to prevent the executables of Antivirus Soft from running. When completely embedded into your OS and active, makes the PC use unbearable. It redirects your browser to blacklisted Internet sources and porn sites. Antivirus Soft will also be sure to trigger a variety of fake ads such as infiltration alerts, scanners and bogus Windows interfaces. With the help of these counterfeit warning messages, Antivirus Soft wants to push you into buying its licensed copy. Antivirus Soft will keep telling you that in order to remove the purportedly found parasites you need to activate its full version. That is very untrue though. Antivirus Soft can only lie to people and do lots of brainwashing without actually detecting malware or helping you whatsoever. If you linger and do nothing about Antivirus Soft infection it may progress and make things even worse. PC crashes, system freezes, more browser redirects and many other unwanted things – all the above are symptoms of Antivirus Soft activity if it remains unattended for a while. In case Antivirus Soft attacked your cyber environment, you should take the only right decision and remove it before it’s too late. Antivirus Soft removal instructions are provided below – please check them out and follow them step by step.
Significant Note:
We have been receiving a lot of feedback about the fact that Antivirus Soft prevents people from executing files and does not permit Internet access. In this context, please let us provide some tips and tricks to bypass this. The essential thing in terms of Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware’s functioning is that it takes about 10-15 seconds for this scam to load after system reboot. So you need to be really quick when doing the following:
1. Restart your PC;
2. As soon as Windows loads, be fast and click ‘Start’ in the left-hand bottom part of your desktop;
3. Click ‘Run’ and type in ‘msconfig’ (without quotes);
4. In the popup window that opens up, hit ‘Startup’ tab and locate the process that ends in ‘tssd’. Untick this process immediately;
5. Click ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’;
6. Reboot your computer.
Now that you have restarted your PC, Antivirus Soft will not load. BUT it’s not gone yet. It’s still on your computer so you need to remove all of its files. So please visit our website and follow our instructions listed below.
In case you can’t surf the Internet, open Internet Explorer, go to ‘Tools’, choose ‘Internet options’ and hit ‘Connections’ tab. Click ‘LAN settings’ and untick the following option ‘Use a proxy server for your LAN’. Save all these changes. Now, you will be able to go to our website and download our removal tool to have Antivirus Soft virus expelled for good. Good luck everyone!
http://remove-malware.net/how-to-remove-antivirus-soft-rogue-anti-spyware/
How to remove Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware
Malware Description:
Antivirus Soft (aka AntivirusSoft or Antispyware Soft) is new obnoxious rogue anti-spyware replacing one of the nastiest scareware applications of the last couple of months called Antivirus Live. The upgraded version (Antivirus Soft or Antispyware Soft) is actively exploiting blackhat social engineering and a variety of trojan-empowered techniques in order to facilitate the infiltration of its malcode into targeted workstations and PC networks. By the way, in case you got attacked by the program named Antispyware Soft, be aware that it’s a successor of the rogueware in question. Antispyware Soft is exploiting the same processes, and the removal tips below apply for it as well. Antivirus Soft fake spyware remover is being headquartered at Newsoftspot.com which is often a browser hijack destination spot. Since the very moment Antivirus Soft integrates its freeware into your Operating System, it tends to badly affect Windows Registry and the files configuration. Therefore it’s hard to prevent the executables of Antivirus Soft from running. When completely embedded into your OS and active, makes the PC use unbearable. It redirects your browser to blacklisted Internet sources and porn sites. Antivirus Soft will also be sure to trigger a variety of fake ads such as infiltration alerts, scanners and bogus Windows interfaces. With the help of these counterfeit warning messages, Antivirus Soft wants to push you into buying its licensed copy. Antivirus Soft will keep telling you that in order to remove the purportedly found parasites you need to activate its full version. That is very untrue though. Antivirus Soft can only lie to people and do lots of brainwashing without actually detecting malware or helping you whatsoever. If you linger and do nothing about Antivirus Soft infection it may progress and make things even worse. PC crashes, system freezes, more browser redirects and many other unwanted things – all the above are symptoms of Antivirus Soft activity if it remains unattended for a while. In case Antivirus Soft attacked your cyber environment, you should take the only right decision and remove it before it’s too late. Antivirus Soft removal instructions are provided below – please check them out and follow them step by step.
Significant Note:
We have been receiving a lot of feedback about the fact that Antivirus Soft prevents people from executing files and does not permit Internet access. In this context, please let us provide some tips and tricks to bypass this. The essential thing in terms of Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware’s functioning is that it takes about 10-15 seconds for this scam to load after system reboot. So you need to be really quick when doing the following:
1. Restart your PC;
2. As soon as Windows loads, be fast and click ‘Start’ in the left-hand bottom part of your desktop;
3. Click ‘Run’ and type in ‘msconfig’ (without quotes);
4. In the popup window that opens up, hit ‘Startup’ tab and locate the process that ends in ‘tssd’. Untick this process immediately;
5. Click ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’;
6. Reboot your computer.
Now that you have restarted your PC, Antivirus Soft will not load. BUT it’s not gone yet. It’s still on your computer so you need to remove all of its files. So please visit our website and follow our instructions listed below.
In case you can’t surf the Internet, open Internet Explorer, go to ‘Tools’, choose ‘Internet options’ and hit ‘Connections’ tab. Click ‘LAN settings’ and untick the following option ‘Use a proxy server for your LAN’. Save all these changes. Now, you will be able to go to our website and download our removal tool to have Antivirus Soft virus expelled for good. Good luck everyone!
Thx for the Help
I got lucky......
When i saw this " The essential thing in terms of Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware’s functioning is that it takes about 10-15 seconds for this scam to load after system reboot. So you need to be really quick when doing the following "
So i jumped on the system restore before it loaded and went back 1 week
So far so good
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I got lucky......
When i saw this " The essential thing in terms of Antivirus Soft rogue anti-spyware’s functioning is that it takes about 10-15 seconds for this scam to load after system reboot. So you need to be really quick when doing the following "
So i jumped on the system restore before it loaded and went back 1 week
So far so good
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