Shit shit shit.

[hazliya]

Posting from elenuial's computer. Mine is useless.

Some stupid virus/spyware got into my computer last night somehow. It started by changing my background and taking out the option to change said background, then made it so that whenever I booted up, five seconds in to moving around on my desktop, the desktop freezes. Anything else that is running gets frozen, and an installation tool pops up for something I've never heard of.

*sigh*

What are my options here, people? I really don't want to have to wipe it. There's a lot on that hard drive that I haven't backed up yet.

Anyone got any ideas?

-H

Comments

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

It isn't trying to install "Antivirus XP 2008" by any chance, is it? This thing is all over the place. If so, there are lots of directions to remove it online, including here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-antivirus-xp-2008

You probably need to start in Safe Mode, stop the application from running, then start deleting it and strip it from your registry. You also should run some spyware removing software: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is recommended.

Good luck! These things suck.

[relique.livejournal.com]

I had to deal with that one REMOTELY, it got on my parent's computer. Damn that was annoying.

[hazliya.livejournal.com]

THAT'S THE FUCKER.

Man, I'm so glad someone else has dealt with this crap too. I finally managed to get it so that I could run in safe mode, and started running a full system scan with norton. I'll see what else I have to do from the article.

You're a lifesaver! =D

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Good luck! It happened to my work computer, and I did a lot of research to try to take it off myself. While I was fixing it, the IT guy came over and saved the day. It's a really pernicious program, and hides itself on really innocuous sites, even if you're using Firefox to prevent 99% of this crap from infecting your system.