I've always had great success with hammers when trying to fix computers... If it doesn't work, get a bigger hammer. Old school, but it does the job.
Do this: 1. Copy Malwarebytes to a jump drive. 2. Unplug computer from internet. 3. Reboot computer, start hitting the F8 key right when it goes from the BIOS to Windows. 4. Have computer boot into Safe Mode. 5. When done booting put jump drive into computer. Right click on the Maywarebytes program and click on Run as Administrator. 6. Remove jump drive. 7. Reboot computer. 8. When you go back into your normal Windows run Malwarebytes again. 9. Connect back to the internet.
...after it finds malicious threats you must clean them, restart comp, and run maleware bytes again (lather, rinse, repeat until zero threats are found). After this, Microsoft Security Essentials is a good free anti-virus software -- AVG is also pretty good.
Make sure to backup the infested files, too. You can't tell which ones they are sometimes. That's how you get the same viruses again - by restoring them from your backup. Me and HCP don't get viruses.
I just installed Malware bytes and downloading Avast right now. Going to give them a run through in safe mode when I get a chance. Any thoughts?
Ha! Well it sound like now is the time hit restore button! I always have a backup sys to refresh from. Spybot works great on paranoid. Never let your registry get updated and kill the bastard that tries. I know all this advice is a little late, but this works pretty good. Set your folder options to display protected files and system files goto C document and setting and your ID, application Data and Local Setting Application Data. Delete the folders of everything you don't absolutely know that you need. Run Regsupreme and it will flush your registry of all the shit that is no longer valid. If the culprit is in System32, scanning with Spybot, Maleware might get it. Install a free virus scanner like AVG or other FREE ones will probably find it. I don't run those all the time though, more trouble than they are worth. Install, scan, fix, and uninstall. Use SpyBot in Paranoid mode!!! stops all those buggers. Stay off the Porn sites, fixes 99.999% of your troubles. But you can't alway do it. Search for something, click a link, get sucked into a porn site! You got the clap, just like that! Spybot on Paranoid though will stop it, right then, unless your are asleep and reply to the Registry update request.
Your computer is fucked, just do a clean install. Everything installed today is malware I think, and if you uninstall one, another one probably just reinstalls it. Google each one, print out the removal instructions and do them one by one.
In safe mode uninstall all of the programs from 3/31 then run Malwarebytes (Run as Administrator) then reboot back into safe mode and see if those programs are back. Run Malwarebytes again. the boot into normal mode, run Malwarebytes again (Admin) just to be safe.
