Virus Issue (Search Redirect)

Oh for goodness sake, lets just recommend twenty differemt packages.
What OS op?
Did you turn off system restore and delete all the shadow copies, then reboot to safe mode prior to running you elimination scan, then reboot to normal mode, and run the elimination scans again?

Els esystem restore might be bringing it back with every reboot.
 
not totaly sure what opperation mcafee is deleting to prevent windows starting but i keep getting warnings about scvhost.exe and smss.exe. Just found a website that refers to one of the sites i'm being redirected to and quotes,

"SpyNoMore removes unusualsearchsystem.com: Yes

Threat risk: Very High Risk
Remove unusualsearchsystem.com, unusualsearchsystem.com Remover
Extremely dangerous malware. Uses stealth installation, randomly named entries and has the capability to self update or resurrect after incomplete removal. Almost impossible to remove manually. Category mostly consists of trojans and spyware.

I've never heard of Spynomore so not downloading it.

Would turning off system restore be a good idea? if it doesn't boot again i'd be pretty much done for then.
 
I'm sure someone will have said this already, but it's worth repeating especially after reading your last update.

BACKUP, FORMAT and REINSTALL.

It really isn't worth the hassle of trying to repair this sort of issue. It has already taken a lot of time to get where you are, you don't know how much longer it will take to 'fix' and even when you have, you won't be sure that you've got everything.
 
div0 said:
I'm sure someone will have said this already, but it's worth repeating especially after reading your last update.

BACKUP, FORMAT and REINSTALL.

It really isn't worth the hassle of trying to repair this sort of issue. It has already taken a lot of time to get where you are, you don't know how much longer it will take to 'fix' and even when you have, you won't be sure that you've got everything.
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BACKUP, FORMAT and REINSTALL.
 
Yeah I'm on it now. just a pain because i've spent the last 2 weeks getting the machine to how i like it after a fresh install and now i have to do it all again :p
Thanks for all your help though. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But you always learn!

Alan.
 
Nice, i'll do that then. Things are going well with the rebuild. i've was semi smart and named most of my folders to make things simple incase somthing like this did happen. First things first, installing a full version of Mcafee even though it hogs my machine. worth it though I guess.
 
I removed mcafee from someone's machine yesterday because it was causing nearly as much grief as having malware itself. System hog is putting it politely. I'd sod mcafee and go with MSE personally but the thing that's going to stop this happening again is not downloading various "tweaks" and "boosters". Any of them.
 
Mcafee is free for me because of the company my dad works at, pretty much the only reason I use it. His contract also states that all machines connected to his home network require mcafee blah blah blah.

It's a shame really. Gamebooster is a pretty nice tool. It shuts down all processes when I want to play a game leaving me with lots more RAM and so on. I'll have a look at some different anti virus software after i've rebuilt my machine again. Forgot that my Saitek cyborg R.A.T 5 mouse clashes with pretty much everything so it has to be installed first :/
 
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