"antispyware soft" help!

[MahnkenVille]

so I turned on the computer to a lovely surprise, a fake antispyware program with about 40 million popups saying i'm "infected", all while disabling my AVG fort-knox security and not allowing me to open any program. I'm now in safe mode trying to find a way to get rid of this thing, it doesnt look like AVG has a fix yet and all the programs that the internet says fix it want you to pay to fix it. Can't find it in processes when in safe mode (can't get to task manager in regular windows), don't want to touch my registry or anything... anyone know of a decent program that can get rid of this virus-trash without making me pay?

I'm so fed up with trojans and viruses, and the worst part is I have one of the best protection systems I can buy (AVG internet security 9.0). This is the first time i've ever had a problem with security. ANY help at getting rid of this crap would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Specs: Toshiba Satellite
Windows 7 64-bit :windows:
AVG internet security 9.0
fake program/malware is called "Antispyware Soft".

 

[xcm]

rooooooooooooool back...

the 'best' protection, is a properly trained pc end user.... A/V software is like a condom, it doesnt matter if you wear one, if you put it in anything that breathes... you'll eventually catch something anyway... keep your nose clean, and you shouldnt have to worry soo much.

look up rolling back in windows 7, im still using vista

 

[n1ywb]

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Install Linux, problem solved.

 

[MahnkenVille]

just system restored. computer is now unusually slow.

what bugs me is a system restore doesn't get rid of the file lurking somewhere on the hard drive.

 

[xcm]

open taskmanager, and see whats eating cpu/memory.

 

[SleeperXJ]

I faught this for 9 months. Seems like I must have re-loaded Win XP five times. I blew at least 30 hours going through this. Finaly bought Norton Protection with Symantic Renewals... problem solved. My time is worth more than the price I paid.
http://www.symantec.com/support/autorenew.html
I know some will say it's not worth it, load Linux and you'll never have to worry bla bla bla. If you have all the time in the world there are pleanty of do it yourself fixes. I don't have the time, and it was worth the price to just get it fixed using this tool.

 

[xcm]

yeah, but if you fallowed your argument, you'll be paying every few months. linux would be the cure, and its free.

only reason i run windows is for gaming. but i can understand linux not being for everyone.

nobody has said it yet, but you guys need to figure out where you're getting this shit, and stop doing that stuff!
free porn sites? warez? cutesy emails from gma?

 

[MahnkenVille]

never been a huge fan of norton/symantec. its a huge resource hog and tends to miss a lot of stuff that AVG has caught. My mom stands by norton but she's using a computer from when windows XP was brand spankin' new and I don't think she even cares about speed. She's also had 4 devastating viruses that actually got rid of pictures/documents and I've never had malware/viruses until today with AVG.

I'd much rather be working on my jeep than dealing with viruses. so much simpler.

My friend ran linux for awhile. Never really looked into it

 

[Gonepostal]

I run Symantec 360...it probably has a couple of options that are basically useless to the average user. I bought at the local big box store for 60 bucks and it had a license for three computers. It has caught every piece of malware my wife has attempted to load.

 

[fireLt.]

I just got my computer back from the shop because of this. I used it that morning to check my email and , came home to the "antispyware soft". Computer dude said he had a hell of a time getting rid of it.

 

[RichP]

Yea, I got three that I need to do tomorrow at work on employees home machines that they use for remote access. One womans 16 year old son is in for rude surprise, Ubuntu. I've paved her box three time :shocked:, dam, that don't sound right, I've reinstalled her machine three times.

 

[joe_peters]

Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products.php

 

[SleeperXJ]

My yearly rate is $50. I just had an issue with spyware as the OP discribed. Went to Symantec, downloaded the lattest dat file, did a system scan + reboot... problem gone.

 

[AIbandit]

It has caught every piece of malware

I love when people say that.


How would you know if it didn't? Does your AV popup and say "Hey I don't have the definition for this virus but I magically know it's there."?

 

[snail]

whenever malware invades i just google its specific name and usually theres info on where it "hides" itself. then i manually delete it and its components.

 

[n1ywb]

whenever malware invades i just google its specific name and usually theres info on where it "hides" itself. then i manually delete it and its components.

That works for braindead malware, which is fortunately the most common type. However it's useless against rootkits, they patch the operating system on the fly to hide themselves. You can't see their processes, files, memory, disk, or CPU usage. Even AV software has a hard time finding them. Usually the only way to detect them is to look for strange inconsistencies between different API calls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

So if you haven't tried Linux or haven't tried it lately, I strongly suggest you check out Ubuntu. The CD boots right into Ubuntu so you can try it out before installing it. And if you like it will non-destructively repartition your drive and configure your machine to dual boot Windows and Linux so you can have your cake and eat it too.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Ubuntu is the easiest to use Linux ever. You don't need to be a hacker. Anybody with a modicum of computer literacy ought to be able to install and use it. I've installed it on many machines and everything has always worked right out of the box. It has a great user support forum too: http://ubuntuforums.org/

Yes, the name 'Ubuntu' is lastara. And you can't play your windows games on it (or maybe you can using WINE). But otherwise it rocks and probably does everything you need it too. And it's free as in freedom. :us::us::us::us::us:

 

[clean96XJ]

I went with the free solution. Microsoft security essentials. free download.

When you get those "security needs to be checked pop ups", I always end task IE. I never ever click "no". Clicking anywhere on the ad can potentially download the virus to your pc.

 

[RichP]

I went with the free solution. Microsoft security essentials. free download.

When you get those "security needs to be checked pop ups", I always end task IE. I never ever click "no". Clicking anywhere on the ad can potentially download the virus to your pc.

I have been drilling that little response into heads for years. Once you convince users that you can make that red X say 'yes' or anything else you want it sinks in.

 

[kastein]

Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products.php

A friend of mine actually admins their servers. Apparently they get attacked a LOT, but haven't been taken down yet... the fact that they are that much of a target for the bad guys tells me they probably are doing something right.

whenever malware invades i just google its specific name and usually theres info on where it "hides" itself. then i manually delete it and its components.

X2. Haven't had a problem in years though, probably because I run FreeBSD and *no one* bothers writing malware for that, really. Not browser based or trojan stuff anyways, just ssh/apache/turdpress/phpBB stuff that won't get through my firewall and doesn't attack things I have installed.

I went with the free solution. Microsoft security essentials. free download.

When you get those "security needs to be checked pop ups", I always end task IE. I never ever click "no". Clicking anywhere on the ad can potentially download the virus to your pc.

Why are you still running IE? That's my only question, other than that you pretty much have things nailed. PS, yes, firefox pisses me off too, but there are also Chrome and Opera, just don't run IE, it's terrible

 

[superdave]

Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products.php

DING DING DING!!! We have a winner! Download this and save to a USB drive or CD. Boot to safe mode, install and run. Disable system restore. After you get it clean with Malwarebytes, boot normally, download Cleanup452 and Ccleaner. Run them and then run Malwarebytes update and run it again. Then download AVG or Avast. Update them, run them.