Spyware removal: Halp?
Chain_Reaction:
Malwarebytes is great... if the virus doesn't disable it. I got a massive trojan a few months ago and it wouldn't let Malwarebytes install. In fact, I had to have a friend send them to me via MSN because I couldn't get any sites related to them to load, it even redirected google! Ad-aware would install but then wouldn't run (its a piece of crap but I was desperate). It basically crippled my entire PC and if I didn't have system restore enabled then a format would have been required. And yes, I did have an antivirus installed, Mcafee ftl.
rufio, did you see if your sims 3 installer had that codec wrapper thing? That could be what you got.
morriganrant:
One of the strains of Vundo will actually cause BSOD if you run Malwarebytes before removing some bits of it. Thus, for me, a little manual removal and Avast "scan on boot" has been used before I let Malwarebytes start. Malwarebytes then finishes it off. I have luckily ...and surprisingly, never had it on my PC ...but four friends of mine managed it somehow, each with a different variation.
Edit: I'm hoping Rufio didn't delete something that he shouldn't have, he hasn't shown up again to report on success or lack there of.
rufio:
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 May 28, 22:05:56
rufio, did you see if your sims 3 installer had that codec wrapper thing? That could be what you got.
Yes, it did, but that was the point at which I started running out of disk space for copying the DVD contents and replacing the installer, etc., so I could have accidentally run something incorrectly at that point.
Quote from: morriganrant on 2009 May 28, 22:37:55
Edit: I'm hoping Rufio didn't delete something that he shouldn't have, he hasn't shown up again to report on success or lack there of.
Actually, I just slept way late today. ::) In any case, I'm still in linux and haven't tried rebooting Windows yet, so it remains to be seen - I just downloaded malwarebytes and am going to try it in a minute. In any case, I do have a backup in the form of a complete disk image saved sometime in April, so the worst that will happen is that I'll lose my TS3 saves.
morriganrant:
Quote from: rufio on 2009 May 29, 00:53:42
Actually, I just slept way late today. ::) In any case, I'm still in linux and haven't tried rebooting Windows yet, so it remains to be seen - I just downloaded malwarebytes and am going to try it in a minute. In any case, I do have a backup in the form of a complete disk image saved sometime in April, so the worst that will happen is that I'll lose my TS3 saves.
Good to know! Oh, if after removal you end up with an error message at Windows StartUp, saying something along the lines of missing file, with the name of the Trojan .exe or one of the files associated with it, you will have to go to Start>Run>Msconfig. Then go into Startup programs and disable them from start up. If the Trojan is the kind I think that it is, it likly added itself to the programs that open at Windows Startup. Windows will throw an error when it tries to open the file that isn't there anymore. I have yet to figure out how to completely remove programs from that list, although, I haven't put a lot of effort into looking. Just disabling them will stop the error messages.
Rhayden:
Just stopping by to P&L at you, rufio, for being a complete idiot. Way to go!
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