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E:/system trojan horse
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Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:44 pmby airplanes18
ive had this virus sitting in my computer for a long time and it compressed my ntldr a while back. i cant get rid of it! my "virus protection" can get rid of it or even touch it. thanks symantec! its in quarantine but thats BS. it still messes with me. what do i do!
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Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:26 pmby DarkPacMan77
Your poll doesn't have anything to do with your post lol. For the virus, I'd try running safe mode and using AVG free and spybot search and destroy. Those should get it.
As for your poll, you put mac, windows, and ubuntu, which are all operating systems. But then you put alienware which is a sister company owned by Dell that makes computers and really has nothing to do with the other choices.
-DarkPacMan77-
Posted:
Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:23 amby airplanes18
dude, thats the whole point. thats the "im an idiot" choice.....crap now every one knows......
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Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:51 amby roxfox64
I take it you're on windows?
What I'd say you do is:
A.) Boot into safe mode and run a virus scan.
Symantec should show you the path of the file.
Go to the path and delete manually.
B.) If you can't manually delete it you should try installing any linux distro and then mount E:\ and go to the path that Symantec showed you and delete it.
If you don't know how to mount partitions/drives its fairly simple.
On my hard drive I have 5 partitions:
hda1: NTFS 4GB (C:\)
hda2: (Extended partition)
hda5: EXT2 10GB (G:\)
hda6: EXT3 15GB (F:\)
hda7: NTFS 8GB (D:\)
USB drives are mounted like this:
1st: 2nd: 3rd: 4th:
sda sdb sdc sdd
So on and so fourth...
So each additional drive gets a lower letter, same with hard drives.
Each Partition gets a higher number.
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Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:49 pmby crait
Here's what I tell everyone.
Spybot: S&D
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Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:52 amby light_alistor
does anyone else picture viruses as computer aids? my comp is such a whore sometimes.
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:33 amby ace
roxfox64 wrote:I take it you're on windows?
What I'd say you do is:
A.) Boot into safe mode and run a virus scan.
Symantec should show you the path of the file.
Go to the path and delete manually.
B.) If you can't manually delete it you should try installing any linux distro and then mount E:\ and go to the path that Symantec showed you and delete it.
If you don't know how to mount partitions/drives its fairly simple.
On my hard drive I have 5 partitions:
hda1: NTFS 4GB (C:\)
hda2: (Extended partition)
hda5: EXT2 10GB (G:\)
hda6: EXT3 15GB (F:\)
hda7: NTFS 8GB (D:\)
USB drives are mounted like this:
1st: 2nd: 3rd: 4th:
sda sdb sdc sdd
So on and so fourth...
So each additional drive gets a lower letter, same with hard drives.
Each Partition gets a higher number.
I don't exactly understand what he is trying to say about NTLDR, but if it is infected and deletes it then his computer will just keep restarting over and over.
Do you know like where the trojan horse is on yur hd? Shouldn't be too hard to delete it.
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:00 amby roxfox64
Well, if NTLDR is corrupted download a new boot set.
Hell, I'll zip mine up for you if you need.
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:51 amby crait
Did anyone hear about the BIOS level malware?
Posted:
Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:58 amby airplanes18
i already fixed the ntldr compresseederror, and the virus is exactly the path this thread is labled
Posted:
Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:21 pmby brentbizzle
Honestly, I don't get how people get viruses so easily. I use cracked programs and download like crazy and my computer is completely clean!
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:03 pmby airplanes18
ever heard of Murphy`s law?
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:40 pmby roxfox64
"E:\system" ?
Is it a flash drive or other portable media device?
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:56 pmby airplanes18
its the hdd, the operating system core, or whatever
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:36 pmby roxfox64
Delete the system folder.