I recently entered a memberlist on runehead and blocked a keylogger.

 

 

 

 

 

About 10 minutes later I get this "Antivirus" pop up on my computer saying I have 3k trojans and other viruses on my computer. I cant get rid of it! Anyone know why?

 

 

 

 

 

Its called Antivirus XP 2008

looks like you have downloaded a bogus anti-virus, "Antivirus XP 2008" is a virus/spyware itself so GJ.

 

 

 

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6122_102-0. ... ID=2798150

 

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 522AArOdlz

Yeah, I didnt accept it on purpose!

 

 

 

It came up while I was talking on RS and I clicked enter to submit my message and I didnt see it come up

 

 

 

Its made my computer not play RS and its made Firefox magnify this, so now my TIP.IT/RS screen is huge

Get "AVG 8.0"(newest version , requires xp sp2) and "Avast!" , wich is free to ..

 

Let them both scan at the same time , and you'll (hopefully) be fine

I have used both tutorials on both sites but its screwing with firefox. Firefox now cant get to most pages or download anything. I tried to download the Malbytes or whatever thing but Firefoc cant establish a connection.

 

 

 

My Firefox is still magnified up and I still cant get it away

I have used both tutorials on both sites but its screwing with firefox. Firefox now cant get to most pages or download anything. I tried to download the Malbytes or whatever thing but Firefoc cant establish a connection.

 

 

 

My Firefox is still magnified up and I still cant get it away

 

 

 

then use an online scanner ;)

 

 

 

Kaspersky's online scanner. and Panda scan

 

are your friend

I cant get to it, Firefox cant Establish a connection

 

 

 

 

 

Its redirecting me to Ringtone sites when I try to view a page about anti viruses!

 

 

 

OMFG THIS IS ****ING ME OFF!

Sorry , i can't help you :x

 

 

 

Try running in safe mode maybe?

That wont help my computer though. Anything to do with Anti Viruses or something isnt working, God

I just put in TREND MICRO Internet Security because it includes an anti virus and my computer fried and fizzled!

 

 

 

I think I have to get a new computer or something?

Get "AVG 8.0"(newest version , requires xp sp2) and "Avast!" , wich is free to ..

 

Let them both scan at the same time , and you'll (hopefully) be fine

 

 

 

Whatever you do, do not scan at the same time, and only have 1 anti-virus and 1 anti-spyware active at once (but you can have >1 spyware scanners) as if you let them run at the same time, their definitions will just conflict giving you false positives.

I dont have an Anti Virus and I cant download one or load one!

 

 

 

When I put in trend micro internet security my computer was sparking and going off its face.

 

 

 

It was literally sparking

Somebody has to have an answer for me!

Don't use firefox, use whatever internet browser came with your comp, IE or Safari. Yeah they suck compared to Firefox but the virus is obviously affecting firefox the worst.

When I search anything in google and I click on it in any browser it will come up as another search page for flowers or something

That's because the virus changes your hosts file I believe, and redirects your searches and pages if they involve security or antiviruses, etc. It's all an attempt to keep the virus on your computer, and it's a pretty good one too.

 

 

 

Get on another computer, at a friend's house or something, and download all the tools and put them on a CD or Flash Drive (preferrably a small, expendable one, as the virus may transmit itself to the drive). You can then run the app from your drive/cd and remove the virus. Or thats what I had to do, in combination with a Norton emergency cd (you boot from it and it scans your computer before any of the other processes start).

 

 

 

You have to get all your tools from a separate computer, as yours is pretty much useless atm.

 

It was literally sparking

 

 

 

thats something entirely different. trojans and keyloggers sure as hell dont do that.

try this, maybe it won't redirect: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus- ... d=10861654

try this, maybe it won't redirect: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus- ... d=10861654

 

 

 

Or even better: http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-P ... d=10867326

I dont have an Anti Virus and I cant download one or load one!

 

 

 

When I put in trend micro internet security my computer was sparking and going off its face.

 

 

 

It was literally sparking

 

 

 

If your actual computer hardware was sparking, you definitely need to get it repaired. Sounds like you shorted something out, but I'm not really sure. However, there's no way any kind of software, be it virus, trojan, or keylogger; could make a computer spark. There's a hardware failure going on. You're going to have to have a professional look at it.

I can't entirely vouch for this, and the suggested auto-remove alternative is somewhat suspect (Not a malware, but guilty of scare tactics, over-hyping "spyware cookies", for instance)

 

http://spyware-removal-guide.net/66/xpa ... l-removal/

 

The basic removal hints look reasonable, though I'd say it actually looks too easy - most really good malwares can defend against being stopped.

 

 

 

It hooks an awful lot of start positions though, perhaps that is it's only real defence after all.

 

 

 

http://www.411-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2008-xp

 

That looks more likely, I thought that first one lacked the usual malware convolution... NB. the "Random directory" is the same one each time. It's possible that there are variants, one with minimal hiding and the other with typical malware obfuscation.