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Old 04-30-2010, 07:28 PM   #1
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So my Dad was using one of our computers and a fake virus warning came up on his webpage. Sadly he fell fore it and downloaded the "patch". The virus somehow disabled the current anti-virus (avast) and I cant get any programs to work.


Any way to fix this? There isn't too much in the way of valuable data on it, but there are a few things that I reaaaaalllly hope to recover.

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Old 04-30-2010, 07:38 PM   #2
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Do you know how to reboot into safe mode?
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Old 04-30-2010, 07:41 PM   #3
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Yep. What would the next step be?

I considered a system restore, but wasn't sure whether that would correct the problem.
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Old 04-30-2010, 07:43 PM   #4
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well, on second thought, do you have the bandwidth to download an Ubuntu liveCD (at ~700MB)?
and a blank CD to burn it to?
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well, on second thought, do you have the bandwidth to download an Ubuntu liveCD (at ~700MB)?
and a blank CD to burn it to?
I dont think I have the bandwidth and I know I dont have the cd.
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:03 PM   #6
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oh, well then boot into Safe Mode, and use ClamWin Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives on a flash drive, if you have one, to scan for, and delete the virus.
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:31 PM   #7
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K I'll give it a try. Currently a program call "ACommander" keeps doing weid stuff and giving weird error messages
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That'd be it.
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:54 PM   #9
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Ya THINK???

ps here is my favorite error message so far.


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Uh oh, a history of visiting adult sites has been found? Awkward. Luckily if you just click on that thingy you can eliminate all vulnerability immediately.
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Uh oh, a history of visiting adult sites has been found? Awkward. Luckily if you just click on that thingy you can eliminate all vulnerability immediately.
Wait... it says that? lololol
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Did you get anything?
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Did you get anything?
I deleted 9 trojan horses and 1 adware program then I deleted that "ACommander" program manually. Avast still wont work though. Not sure whether there are any other issues... I'm not turning it off yet though.
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Download MalwareBytes. Nine times out of ten, it'll remove rogue antispyware/antivirus programs like the one you got.
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Old 05-01-2010, 05:21 PM   #15
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Listen to the "Internet advisor" ever? my dad is a huge fan of talk radio and he keeps saying that I should try that cause they said to.

On a side note I tried reinstalling Avast, but I cant get it to work... other than that the computer appears to be fine once more.
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