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urbandruid) wrote2008-07-17 01:03 pm
urbandruid) wrote2008-07-17 01:03 pm
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Virus, day... 6?!?!
I'm back. Well, I'm sort of back. Internet Exploder is still fucked up, I'm just not using it anymore. :) I'd been meaning to download Firefox for ages anyway, and while I'm still trying to figure out exactly how all the bells and whistles work, I like the fact that I can use it without a zillion more infections hitting my system while I'm surfing around.
This is the worst virus I've had since the Mac one I picked up back in the 90's, that ate damn near everything it came into contact with, starting with my internet connection stuff. I was on AOL for a week while we called every office suppy and computer store in the Sacramento area, trying to find a copy of Norton for Mac. Finally had to order it from the company and have it shipped FedEx overnight. That was a fun virus... I could sit there and literally watch it eat stuff. On the plus side, Norton kicked it, and it's still not touching this damn thing.
I paid for the full version of SpyHunter, and another program, Registry Medic. SpyHunter cleaned a bunch of crap out, but the code I got to activate the full version of Registry Medic didn't work. The freebie version gets rid of 5 things, and that's it. I sent a message to the software company about that one, still waiting to hear back.
Meantime I'm just running my spyware removers over and over and over. Once in a while if I'm really desperate to get things running smoother I'll go in and delete a bunch of crap like 'freeporn4u.com' and (fake)'spyware.com' junk from the registry. The problem with the registry is that there are two or three different sections I have to clear the crap from, and if I miss one damn piece, as soon as I reboot it starts replicating itself like mad.
I was up till 5AM cleaning the registry Tuesday night, thought I'd gotten it all, collapsed into bed... woke up the next morning, booted the computer, saw Norton zap a couple trojans, and started swearing. Ran the freebie version of SpyHunter, and all that registry crap was coming back. Which was when I decided to throw in the towel and buy the software.
I'm really, really tired of this now, as if that weren't obvious.
Also? Never using Internet Exploder again unless there's no other choice.
Anna crashed while I was writing this post, and when I rebooted, Firefox offered to bring back all the tabs I had open. This program rocks!
Still playing delete the virus bits, and anything else I'm not sure of, from the registry. At this point I'm pretty much dumping anything I think looks suspicious. This is less dangerous than it sounds, because most of the stuff is 'somethingorother.com', half of that's obscene, and I figure if it's something I really need from, you know, a legit website, it'll come back eventually. Plus I have Norton GoBack, so if I really screw up I can restore things to before I did that. :) Much more of this, though, and I'm gonna have to use the wrist brace. Again. Wouldn't be so bad if I could delete more than one thing at a time, but noo...
On the plus side, now I have a real browser again, on my own computer, instead of having to use Mom's whenever I wanted to, you know, make an LJ post, or look up something else about my virusy friends.
It's just... I like things to work, and it totally pisses me off when they don't. Especally this level of 'not working.'
Ah well. Off to start another scan or three and watch some Battlestar Galactica.
This is the worst virus I've had since the Mac one I picked up back in the 90's, that ate damn near everything it came into contact with, starting with my internet connection stuff. I was on AOL for a week while we called every office suppy and computer store in the Sacramento area, trying to find a copy of Norton for Mac. Finally had to order it from the company and have it shipped FedEx overnight. That was a fun virus... I could sit there and literally watch it eat stuff. On the plus side, Norton kicked it, and it's still not touching this damn thing.
I paid for the full version of SpyHunter, and another program, Registry Medic. SpyHunter cleaned a bunch of crap out, but the code I got to activate the full version of Registry Medic didn't work. The freebie version gets rid of 5 things, and that's it. I sent a message to the software company about that one, still waiting to hear back.
Meantime I'm just running my spyware removers over and over and over. Once in a while if I'm really desperate to get things running smoother I'll go in and delete a bunch of crap like 'freeporn4u.com' and (fake)'spyware.com' junk from the registry. The problem with the registry is that there are two or three different sections I have to clear the crap from, and if I miss one damn piece, as soon as I reboot it starts replicating itself like mad.
I was up till 5AM cleaning the registry Tuesday night, thought I'd gotten it all, collapsed into bed... woke up the next morning, booted the computer, saw Norton zap a couple trojans, and started swearing. Ran the freebie version of SpyHunter, and all that registry crap was coming back. Which was when I decided to throw in the towel and buy the software.
I'm really, really tired of this now, as if that weren't obvious.
Also? Never using Internet Exploder again unless there's no other choice.
Anna crashed while I was writing this post, and when I rebooted, Firefox offered to bring back all the tabs I had open. This program rocks!
Still playing delete the virus bits, and anything else I'm not sure of, from the registry. At this point I'm pretty much dumping anything I think looks suspicious. This is less dangerous than it sounds, because most of the stuff is 'somethingorother.com', half of that's obscene, and I figure if it's something I really need from, you know, a legit website, it'll come back eventually. Plus I have Norton GoBack, so if I really screw up I can restore things to before I did that. :) Much more of this, though, and I'm gonna have to use the wrist brace. Again. Wouldn't be so bad if I could delete more than one thing at a time, but noo...
On the plus side, now I have a real browser again, on my own computer, instead of having to use Mom's whenever I wanted to, you know, make an LJ post, or look up something else about my virusy friends.
It's just... I like things to work, and it totally pisses me off when they don't. Especally this level of 'not working.'
Ah well. Off to start another scan or three and watch some Battlestar Galactica.
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And with the registry - the files to be deleted there have alphanumberal names, not clear URLS - so I'm wondering if we were talking at cross purposes. Especially as now I'm thinking you've got a Mac, and so the reg edit and sys32 are actually going to be called something utterly different on a Mac...
Anyway, best of luck - but be aware that this virus sends stuff off independently of your browser as well.
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On the registry, mostly I just deleted what the spyhunter program found, and mostly that was stuff with urls. What kind of alphanumber thingys am I looking for?
Nope, I HAD a Mac, got rid of it ages ago. Though this week I'm kind of missing it...
If I haven't said so already, thanks for all your help & advice.
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Uninstall your new nortons, because you'll need to clean reinstall after what I suggest, because what I'm suggesting will damage any software you've installed since the virus appeared.
You then need to manually delete files from two places, but the registry key I can't locate - need the asleep man for that, sorry. But its RegEdit or something of that ilk.
The other is a bit easier:
My computer --> C Drive --> WINDOWS --> system32 --> delete all the files in this folder which have a creation date of the day the virus showed up, or, if you don't shut your computer down, you will need to go back to the date you last shut it down.
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