Rico Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Our family computer is infected with the Win32/virut virus, and its causing some real problems. Pretty much, nothing can be run in normal mode without becoming infected, and the majority of system files are infected so can't be used (task manager, regedit etc). Also the internet connection has been closed so nothing can connect. I've been able to run some things in safe mode, Spybot, AVG Anti-Spyware, Avast to name a few, and none have been able to fix the problems, most likely because they themselves have been infected. I've tried Portable ClamWin from a CD, but this doesn't support healing of items, which is a concern as it could be a problem just deleting files with little means of replacing them. There are some important files on here, so i would rather not reformat, and as its a pre-built machine the OS is an OEM, so the recovery files, stored in i386 are most likely infected too. Any one able to help? Specs are: Windows XP MCE 2005 1.6Ghz Dual Core Processor 2 Gb RAM thanks to all who help
Sanchez Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Have you tried this: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/34/us/crp/0/ndi/67762 ?
Rico Posted September 7, 2007 Author Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah i have, didnt seem to do much for me. I think its fixed now, used the manufacturers recovery partition and that seems to have worked, thanks for the help Sanchez
Sanchez Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Sorry I couldn't help more, this virus seems vicious, I was trying to think of how to get rid of it but nothing came up.
Rico Posted September 7, 2007 Author Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah it is a pretty nasty thing, it pretty much got inside the exe of everything i tried to scan it with, and it stopped me being able to connect to the internet. But its sorted now and i hope no one else ever gets it, its a pain.
system_error Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Format, reinstall Windows, use a decent AntiVirus/Firewall solution and maybe restrict a few things and et voila you have a perfectly fine computer which will run forever (unless the hardware fails). I think the last virus I had was one I downloaded on purpose ... 10 years ago
Guest Jordan Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Solution: Tell your family to stop downloading shit online and be blunt about it.
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