jesusfuckingchrist out of nowhere my computer just got bombed worse than Hiroshima.
I can’t do anything right now except type in my internet window, with it minimized to show only one word at a time due to all the crazy windows popping up.
I’m getting phony Antivirus and infection warning windows popping up ALL OVER MY SCREEN. Tried running AVG and Malwarebytes but I get a “Security Warning: Application cannot be executed” window no matter what I do.
Occasionally a porn window pops up with Internet Explorer, but I never even use internet explorer (and no porn for a REALLY long time either so scratch that idea). I haven’t used IE in well over a year. I’m also the only one who uses this computer.
fuuuuuuuuuccccckkkk
WTF do I do? I’ve had viruses before but holy shit this is awful.
I’d include a screenshot of this right now but yeah I can’t do ANYTHING!
x2 but first go into safe mode with networking to ensure you have the latest patches and then reboot and go into safe mode with no-networking and start scanning.
IMO, your best bet is to back up any critical data and format the drive. Then take your backed up data and scan with an up to date antivirus before restoring to your freshly formatted hard drive.
I had this virus a few weeks ago, came home from work one night and my background was changed, every icon was highlighted on the desktop, no CTRL/ALT/DEL functionality, etc. I simply wiped the disk clean. But these guys have a better solution than mine.
Not this…Formatting and reinstalling should be your absolute last resort, especially in the case of a fake anti-virus. These can be easily removed malwarebytes in safemode, I deal with these on an almost daily basis.
I hope you have been keeping malwarebytes updated daily as well as your anti-virus, because safemode disables the network driver.
Ideally if you can…turn off system restore.
Boot into safe mode with networking.
Download rkill and malwarebytes.
Run rkill.
Install and update malwarebytes.
Run malware bytes.
Hopefully that fixes it. You may get away without Rkill but it’s often needed to kill off newer malware. The old malware wouldn’t interfere with safe mode but the newer ones do.
Finally was able to bring up my task manager and get rid of a few things. The fake security windows have finally stopped popping up and I’m running a full scan with Malwarebytes. 55 minutes into it and nothing malicious has been detected yet.
Up until just now I haven’t been able to even open or run ANYTHING…so it’s a start I guess.
This is the only computer I have in the house for the next few days so I can’t even connect with another computer right now or download any antivirus on to another computer etc etc. Last night when I couldn’t even run any antivirus programs I was really in panic mode.
SHIT. Malware bytes just completed and said there were no items to be found. Suppose I’ll see if there are any updates and rescan…
Task manager? If you’re in safe mode and run rkill there’s no need for that.
If you’re not in safe mode, and rkill isn’t run you’re not gonna clean the issue.
Task manager just to see WTF was running at the time. This was before I ran anything. I was just trying to see if I could get the fake windows to stop popping up, because they were taking over my screen and I wasn’t able to do anything else. It worked.
I ran rkill and it terminated 6 processes. Ran Malwarebytes again and it didn’t come up with anything and said all was clear.
Download Microsoft Security Essentials, update it and run it. I used this on a machine that had a rootkit and MSE picked it up but was unable to delete it because it was a system file. I pulled the drive, scanned and removed and then replaced the system file with a known good one of the same OS and Service Pack. I highly recommend this program for A/V.
You’re absolutely right Prog. I just don’t like dealing with the left over issues that the scans miss. And there is always something that isn’t picked up and removed.
Not if you do it right, know where to check and use the right tools. Sometimes extra effort is involved i.e. pulling the drive and scanning it on another machine.
Yeah. Back to square one. Turned off system restore. Tried to reboot again in safe mode, and it wouldn’t let me. Rebooted in regular mode and now I’m getting all the pop ups again and can’t run/open any programs.
