Severe Trojan Virus, Need Help!!!!!!!!! (experts Only Please)?
Ok so here’s the deal. I don’t know where I downloaded it from or what happened, but I shut off my computer two nights ago and I turned it back on the next morning. When it turned on, it looked fine, until about 10 seconds of startup. This little shield icon with orange and black diagonal bars showed up in my icon tray in the bottom right of my screen. It said all this crap and then it happened. My desktop turned into a picture with a series of 0′s and 1′s (binary code) and displayed a message saying warning: your computer is infected with spyware. Then is said wierd **** like this:
All you do with computer is stored forever in your hard disk
when you visit sites, send emails….All your actions are logged. and it is impossible to remove them with standard tools.. Your data is still available for forensics. And in some cases.
For your boss, your friends, your wife, your children.
Every site you or somebody or even something like spyware opened in your browers, with all the images and all the downloaded or maybe later removed movies or MP3 songs-
ARE STILL THERE and could break your life.
Secure your self right now
remove all spyware from your PC
Sooooooooooooooo….. I figured the trojan was running off an application. One problem, couldn’t press ctrl alt delete to see which program was taking up CPU usage. Also, could go to add or remove programs. basically, my executable functions did not work for any program. So, since it is an application that starts up a couple of seconds after my computer does, I restarted my comp in safe mode with command prompt. I typed in msconfig and when to the startup programs. I unchecked every program I did not recognize from before and restarted. It worked, hence I am writing this right now. So the problem is, it does not start up and I am fine, but the virus is still on my computer hidden in some program. I want to get rid of it for good. Also, I haven’t restarted my computer yet, and I am afraid it will come back again. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please feel free to both answer this question and email me with specifics if needed.
Wow. Okay first things first, whenever your computer becomes infected with any sort of malware the best thing to do is to disconnect from the internet completely. Next I recommend getting access to another computer to download the following.
Malwarebytes
superantispyware
Boot your computer in safe mode, then install and run full scans. Malwarebytes and superantispyware usually catch everything..
Get HijackThis, find the malware files, and delete them. Verify on the Internet before deleting as you may get a system file in the process.
Better yet, get an antivirus.
This is not a full fledged virus, but malware pretending to be a legitimate security alert.
You should use an excellent free program called MalwareBytes or SuperAntiSpyware to scan and remove the infection.
To prevent anything like this from happening in the future, check out the simple guide to security at http://www.crappycomputer.com/
If you have stuff on their that you want saved i suggest getting a memory stick or flash drive and installing all the stuff that you want on to it. Just in case you have to do a reinstall {cover your butt} Make sure it is nig enough to handle what you want. Try to access any program you have as virus protection or malware form your safe mode. If you can not do it from there you may have to go get one form a disc at a store if you can not access the internet. If you have access to another computer like library or something get a smaller flash drive and download malwarebytes or something similar to it then run that. If all else fails do the reinstall.
wel wht u said s ridiculous..!
havn heard f any virus f dat sort…as mah knowledg goes…it must b som prank which hs been don wid u…
it cn b da wrk f som xpert programer or hrdwre specialst…it might b jus a hiddn file which s givin out dis mesage at start up…
don panic much n try 2 ignore it…frmat da machin 1c..u won find it again..
hop it hlps.!
and finaly f u don vist any sites which can dstrb ur norml lyf..y b afraid..?
ballplaya4409 and Jack have both given you great answers.
Between those 2 programs you should have no problem getting this Rouge Anti-Spyware application off of your machine. It is not your fault that you picked up this little nasty thing, they are typically downloaded and installed as what is called a drive-by installation. This can happen even from a malicious ad that is placed on a typically safe website. Now that you have experienced it, you will know exactly what to do if this should happen to you again. I usually have to deal with this type of infection at least 3-5 times a week at my job as an IT consultant for various clients.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Also, to K_Column_09: What the hell were you trying to say?? Speak in full sentences and with complete words. Why do people insist on typing like a moron and expecting people to understand what the hell thoughts they are trying to convey?