Just got hit by nasty virus!

theheyes · 2 Sep 2012 at 12:44

The funny thing is that UAC itself is actually a convenience feature and people disable it because they find it inconvenient - not realising that for most of their computing lives they've been flying by the seat of their pants.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Sep 2012 at 13:22

UAC is there for a reason, does't take much effort to click yes or no does it.

opethdisciple · 2 Sep 2012 at 15:03

mrbell1984 said:
UAC is there for a reason, does't take much effort to click yes or no does it.

I guess not. Just an old habit from Vista days...

Destination · 2 Sep 2012 at 15:52

Indeed, once you install and setup your system, you should only be seeing UAC when running newly compiled program,s or new installations, or things that can severly effect your system. Things like malwarebytes, things like afterburner, things like trogens and viruses...
So unless you are writing and compiling fresh programs all the time, it shouldn't bother you, and if it is the case that you write new stuff all the time, then maybe your work machine should be networked but not the one you browse on.

Leeroy123 · 2 Sep 2012 at 23:08

Put your windows disk in and roll back 24 hours, virus will be gone. Get yourself a better AV.

FoxEye · 3 Sep 2012 at 01:04

AVG is poor. It pains me that our IT helpdesk at work actively recommend it to our users.

FRAGMAYO · 3 Sep 2012 at 01:58

i would recommend if you can get this virus off the computer to upgrade your antivirus

if you bank with Barclays you get free kaspersky

as for getting rid of the virus you could use ms config from safe mode to stop the virus software from starting and then remove it with a good antivirus

theheyes · 3 Sep 2012 at 16:24

System restore/safe mode will only work for some malware. Most won't be beaten by that.

Deleted member 77746 · 3 Sep 2012 at 18:11

There isn't anything wrong with a hardware router / windows firewall / UAC and MSE. If there is still things getting into the system then the users need educating.

Leeroy123 · 3 Sep 2012 at 20:12

theheyes said:
System restore/safe mode will only work for some malware. Most won't be beaten by that.

Every time ive done it its worked over the last probably 10 years.

squarebutt · 4 Sep 2012 at 04:56

I've had this tonight. I couldnt access the internet, All exe files were blocked plus my security was all disabled. I had to go into safe mode, ran MalwareBytes and it removed the malware, but after a reboot, the firewall was switched off and I was unable to restart the service. Fortunately I had a system restore point from 2 days ago. After the restore, I ran MalwareBytes again and removed a couple more things. My firewall is now back and all looks ok.

I have no idea where this came from, I was using firefox and ie at the time. Both browsers shut down before the virus screen. And yes I had UAC disabled, but it's now enabled.

dunn2010 · 4 Sep 2012 at 09:48

Leeroy123 said:
Every time ive done it its worked over the last probably 10 years.

Ditto, I work as a IT techy. its how we solve 99% of virus issues.

if not take HDD out, put it in a caddie and scan it as an external drive off another computer.

The Deuce · 4 Sep 2012 at 12:37

Just a quick note my son got this with both malwarebytes and mse enabled. Rkill didn't work and the system would shut down after about 3 minutes for a fatal error, only took 15 mins to format lol

Illusion1 · 4 Sep 2012 at 13:12

AVG is generally good I have been using it for quite some time too. I think that virus might be a zero day threat (too new to identify) this can happen to any antivirus program but it is also a good idea to try new ones from time to time, I think Avast and Malwarebytes are also good ones.

At any case, I think you should do a clean install asap because once infected it is very difficult to clean up all traces of the virus and you are likely to get re-infected after the clean up.

I also recommend you never type in any passwords or banking information on the computer until you clean it up and just to be safe change all your passwords after the clean install.

dunn2010 · 4 Sep 2012 at 13:58

The Deuce said:
Just a quick note my son got this with both malwarebytes and mse enabled. Rkill didn't work and the system would shut down after about 3 minutes for a fatal error, only took 15 mins to format lol

If you got nothing worth saving or nothing you care about losing always best to wipe. i always advise people once they have gotten a really bad virus off their computer to backup their stuff and then wipe and load their machine fresh. better to be safe than sorry

PapaLazaru · 4 Sep 2012 at 14:27

FoxEye said:
AVG is poor. It pains me that our IT helpdesk at work actively recommend it to our users.

My GF's brother works for the Government including the MOD. He builds firewalls. He recommends AVG & Chrome.

Personally I use MSE with Comodo free firewall.

KIA · 4 Sep 2012 at 15:03

The Deuce said:
Just a quick note my son got this with both malwarebytes and mse enabled. Rkill didn't work and the system would shut down after about 3 minutes for a fatal error, only took 15 mins to format lol

Out of date plug-ins and software = 0wned system.

The Deuce · 4 Sep 2012 at 15:10

KIA said:
Out of date plug-ins and software = 0wned system.

whatever

KIA · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:51

The Deuce said:
whatever

Why the

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platypus · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:57

FoxEye said:
AVG is poor. It pains me that our IT helpdesk at work actively recommend it to our users.

We use AVG at work

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