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Title: I once again need a little help
Post by: Arctic on July 08, 2010, 04:44:38 AM
first and formost, no i didnt get this surfing for porn, I only go to trusted sites.

OK heres the deal. Some type of adware has infected my system, I will get random commercals, Voice only. Occationally they throw in a pop up. then it turns my sound off. all i have to do is turn it up again. but kinda sux,  I have AVG, and it saids im STD free,  reloaded my sound drivers (only use the motherboard sound, nothing fancey).  Any suggestions or have any of you ran across this. 

Thanks


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: RedDawn on July 08, 2010, 12:03:49 PM
trusted porn sites? gotcha.

download http://malwarebytes.org/ and then boot into safe mode with networking. Run it and see if it cleans it.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Snackcakes on July 08, 2010, 01:19:52 PM
download combofix

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

save to your desktop

boot into safe mode

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

run combo fix


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Hawkes on July 09, 2010, 04:14:48 AM
and get rid of AVG


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: RedDawn on July 09, 2010, 12:16:24 PM
yeah...seconded.....pirate a copy of NOD32 or for free Microsofts Security Essentials. MSE tests just as good as the pay big boys.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Jim Tressel on July 09, 2010, 05:19:44 PM
My experience with shit like this is that you can spend hours and hours digging out little bits of malware, but until you wipe and do a clean install, you'll never get it back to 100%. 


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Redbear8 on July 09, 2010, 05:31:38 PM
What JT said, do a wipe and call it good.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Nightstalker on July 21, 2010, 09:52:34 PM
Have you simply tried rolling back to an earlier restore point? I had adware once, and that resolved the issue.

Just make sure to update your registries if you do that.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Redbear8 on July 22, 2010, 01:43:07 PM
Restore points actually get corrupted with the virus a LOT of the time so you can't get rid of it that way. Not always mind you, but enough times that it's useless to try.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: BCBrent on July 22, 2010, 03:59:12 PM
I've found if the malware is caught early enough restore points can help in a lot of cases.  I'd at least try it before doing a complete wipe, might as well give it a shot.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Redbear8 on July 22, 2010, 05:11:55 PM
Useless was probably a bit much, but I wouldn't put a lot of faith in it.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Hawkes on July 23, 2010, 01:34:22 AM
If you absolutely don't want to wipe it clean, pull the drive out, pop it in a dock like the Thermaltake BlackX and scan it from there.  The positive is that you will not be competing with any virus processes that start up at boot.  With the drive inthe dock you can be pretty sure that you've gottne just about everything off.  There may be some trace elements left behind, but nothing that will re-infect the machine once you put it back in.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Varg on July 23, 2010, 06:56:00 PM
Microsofts Security Essentials is great. Easy first step.

ALSO, get "hijackthis" , its probably a bunch of BHOs. If you are unsure how to read the output, save the log and post it here.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Arctic on July 23, 2010, 08:06:36 PM
to late I whiped it clean, Im a pink asshole once again ready to fill up with shit

Easyest way for me gets ride of stuff i just dont need





Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: Jim Tressel on July 24, 2010, 01:24:34 AM
Sounds like what I do with my personal belongings.  Every 2-3 years I burn down my place of residence, file a massive insurance claim, and buy new stuff.  It keeps me interested in my toys.


Title: Re: I once again need a little help
Post by: RedDawn on July 24, 2010, 02:13:21 AM
you faggots need to make an image and ghost your machine.


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