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11-25-2008, 06:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 946
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help windows security
my computer has been taken over by antivirus 2009.
I can not get in to manage my account, basically wont let me do anything.
I am being bombed by pop ups to buy the program, and it will not let me deleat the program?
What can I do I hate being forced to buy something.
thanks john
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11-25-2008, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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well you have to be using firefox browser for one
because they have a built into the browser pop up ad blocker...
or you can easily download it as a add on...
next you need to identify the >exe file that's running that script...
you can usually see it under the task manager
under the processes running tab
we can look it up on google easily enough
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2009.html |
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11-25-2008, 06:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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that quick enough for ya  |
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11-25-2008, 07:20 AM
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#4
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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gots to practice safe porn John  |
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11-25-2008, 07:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
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Raven, I clicked on uniblue and now I can't remove that?
I'm freakin lost 
Scott, the porn was from what you sent me  |
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11-25-2008, 07:31 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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lol
avg anti virus. I haven't found anything better. The free version is on every machine in the shop and the paid version is on all the main machines.
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11-25-2008, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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did you try downloading the remover on that site bigcat?
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11-25-2008, 07:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 946
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Hell, I don't even know were to start now the machine dumps every five minutes
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11-25-2008, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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hit f 8 on boot up and select
safe mode
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11-25-2008, 07:59 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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you can do a search like * (wildcard)
*.exe and every freakin exe file you have will pop up
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11-25-2008, 08:07 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,182
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Once you get it going again...
1) Install Avast
2) Install Spybot
2) Don't surf the web as an admin, create a restricted user
-spence
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11-25-2008, 08:23 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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Just backup your data and then rebuild it from the recovery disks...if you have them. When it comes to spyware I find you waste less time just doing a rebuild than you do installing this and scanning that and editing the registry here and deleting this directory there.....and blah blah blah.
You can backup and rebuild in about an hour or so usually......seriously, just dump your important files on a thumb drive and have at it
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-25-2008, 08:57 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 34,966
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This one is a pain in the buttocks and I usually don't fix it remotely. If you are somewhat technically inclined do this:
Get you data backed up onto another disk - vital in case you blow it up
Turn off system restore points, if you clean it and have system restore on it just recreates itself
go into msconfig and turn off the stuff that runs in startup that is not vital
scan the daylights out of it with a new and up to date AV system
Run Dr Web's Cure It
There are other things that may be needed as it changes over time
A clean wipe is sometimes the best bet...
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11-25-2008, 09:01 AM
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
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I can find the file, but access to delete is denied?
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11-25-2008, 09:03 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Cape Cod
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All great advice, but way over my head.
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11-25-2008, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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the wizard of S-B
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11-25-2008, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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yeah
access is denied if the freakin file is running 
you have to shut if off first
hit "contol, alt ,delete, keys" to get to task manager up and see if you see it running on the list of processes
then select the end process one at a time |
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11-25-2008, 10:12 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
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I got it, I restored the machine back two days and all is fine now.
I just hope it's not ground hog day all over 
Thanks guys, know I need a drink it must be 12:00 somewhere  |
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11-25-2008, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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when those emails arrive
mark them as spam
then set up a spam filter
so it will auto delete them
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11-25-2008, 10:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cape Cod
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I got all that stuff in place, the wife must have opened something, it all went down with her.  |
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11-25-2008, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i tell my wife allot
that computers friggan LIE all the time
with all their pop up warnings and crap
just go do what you want to do.....  |
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11-25-2008, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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my wife sends me stuff
with always the same question.... 
is this BS ?
lol |
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11-25-2008, 12:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boston, PRofMA
Posts: 276
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Get a copy of TrueImage and take regular snapshots of your system.
Then delete/hide MSIE and Outlook from your wife's desktop and set up Firefox instead :-)
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11-25-2008, 12:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
A clean wipe is sometimes the best bet...
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True, some popup spyware can embed into a Windows system file and is nearly impossible to remove.
-spence |
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11-25-2008, 01:01 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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Go down to Best Buy and get a fresh quart of Geek Oil. Take it home and pour it in the top. The reservoir is probably empty John.
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11-25-2008, 04:01 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kenyee
Get a copy of TrueImage and take regular snapshots of your system.
Then delete/hide MSIE and Outlook from your wife's desktop and set up Firefox instead :-)
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What he said, after the wipe, onto a USB drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200004 |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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11-25-2008, 04:21 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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The best anti-virus is to use Linux or a VM that you can wipe out.
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11-25-2008, 04:22 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
Go down to Best Buy and get a fresh quart of Geek Oil. Take it home and pour it in the top. The reservoir is probably empty John.
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Best Buy is out, you have to buy it from a geek like JohnR |
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