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COMPUTER IS FIXED!!

Sat Jul 25, 2009, 10:55 AM

Well, it took the better part of 2 days to find the problem, but I *finally* fixed it! Turns out that a Trojan horse (Vundo) had exploited a hole in Norton, disabling stuff like System Restore, Disk Defragmenter, as well as practically terminating access to the Internet (quite a mess, I know). After working with a few loopholes (installing Spybot Search & Destroy in Safe Mode and renaming the .exe files so Vundo wouldn't block it), I finally deleted the virus! However, I had to also get rid of Norton, due to the fact that it was beyond saving, but I believe I'm better off now than I was before, and I should be safer from now on

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~mildirk Jul 25, 2009, 6:23:11 PM

glad your computer is fixed

. though, I take it that means you din't follow my guide

.

Tbh, you should've gotten rid of norton a long time ago. It's not as effective as other antiviruses and it consumes a lot of memory while working.

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X Intel Core2Duo E7500 2.93 GHz
X Asus X83VP-A1 14"
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4. Left 4 Dead 2
X Operation Flashpoint 2
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7. Maybe a new set of clothes

~byakugan95 Jul 25, 2009, 6:45:21 PM

well, I think some stuff might still be there, as I still can't use Disk Defragmenter or System Restore, and I get a lot of ads for penis enlargement pills (ick...) as well as pop-ups where there shouldn't be pop-ups... but I at least got rid of the worst issues...

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"A crazy person doesn't really lose their mind. It just becomes something more entertaining."-George Carlin

~mildirk Jul 25, 2009, 10:30:17 PM

lol. penis enlargement pills

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As for defrag and system restore, i think u should try other antispywares. You have AVG Free right? You might want to try to repair the OS

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side-fish, the best fish around.

Things to get before 2011:
X Intel Core2Duo E7500 2.93 GHz
X Asus X83VP-A1 14"
X Modern Warfare 2
4. Left 4 Dead 2
X Operation Flashpoint 2
X Windows 7 (Professional or Ultimate)
7. Maybe a new set of clothes

~byakugan95 Jul 26, 2009, 6:24:32 AM

by reinstalling Windows or by scanning with AVG?
lol I know, but that also means the virus is still there...

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"A crazy person doesn't really lose their mind. It just becomes something more entertaining."-George Carlin

~mildirk Jul 26, 2009, 6:41:28 AM

I'm not saying that it's still there, but you would get better protection with AVG or sumthin.

Repairing the OS is just a suggestion to help fix defrag and system restore.

--
side-fish, the best fish around.

Things to get before 2011:
X Intel Core2Duo E7500 2.93 GHz
X Asus X83VP-A1 14"
X Modern Warfare 2
4. Left 4 Dead 2
X Operation Flashpoint 2
X Windows 7 (Professional or Ultimate)
7. Maybe a new set of clothes

~byakugan95 Jul 26, 2009, 6:43:51 AM

I have AVG, thank you

gonna do a full system scan in safe mode to see if it gets anything

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"A crazy person doesn't really lose their mind. It just becomes something more entertaining."-George Carlin

~mildirk Jul 26, 2009, 6:57:40 AM

safe mode? din't u say ur computer was fixed?

--
side-fish, the best fish around.

Things to get before 2011:
X Intel Core2Duo E7500 2.93 GHz
X Asus X83VP-A1 14"
X Modern Warfare 2
4. Left 4 Dead 2
X Operation Flashpoint 2
X Windows 7 (Professional or Ultimate)
7. Maybe a new set of clothes

~byakugan95 Jul 26, 2009, 7:12:27 AM

well, it was mostly fixed, I was still seeing stuff like inappropriate ads and pop-ups, but after spending about an hour scanning in safe mode with Malwarebytes (AVG would've taken way too long), it reported that it caught something (another trojan file related to Vundo), and I'm seeing even less stuff related to the virus now

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"A crazy person doesn't really lose their mind. It just becomes something more entertaining."-George Carlin