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A virus is causing my pc to restart and I cant get rid of it

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:48 am
by Slick
ok just to let you know, I DID NOT DO ANYTHING THAT MADE THIS HAPPENED!!!

My pc just straight got infected with with trojans,..... I dont how!! and I have tried the following removal tools

AVG
Ad Aware
Spybot search and destroy
Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta

I have got rid of some trojans, but my pc is still infected for some reason, because I can tell at the bottom of my
taskbar showing a red X saying my computer is infected.

Also, everytime when my computer gets ready to load up in the desktop, it keeps restarting after every 5 seconds!!
and I can assure you its not a hardware issue or anything else!!, except a VIRUS!!

anybody knows how to fix this?, a good program or something?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:00 pm
by Jay-Jay
Sorry to hear that bro.

1. Download and install the trial version of Ewido Anti-Malaware: http://www.ewido.net/en/product/
2. then run the latest updates for it
3. make sure you have the latest updates for the other apps you mention above.
4. reboot PC and press F8 or any key that boots up to choose SafeMode on your PC. Boot up in SafeMode.
5. Then run a full scan with Ewido. Delete anything it finds.
6. Then run a full scan with the other products you have. This will eventually log or delete your trojans.
7. be sure to note what if finds to be able to do searches on the net to be able to fully protect your PC from more attempts.
8. reboot your PC as normal to see if it helped. I would advice to get a better anti-virus program than AVI.

Let me now how it goes?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:20 pm
by nemesis91101
try anti vir, also that restart can also be ur power supply.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:52 pm
by Slick
Well I got rid of it now but what I wanna know is, how on earth all of sudden my pc just started get infected with trojans?
and is there a good free firewall I can get to prevent that from happening again?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:55 pm
by .Vault
my pc just got destroyed... i have to use my moms laptop now and i dont have any photoshop now or bootlegs :cry:

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:58 pm
by nemesis91101
zonealarm

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:04 pm
by Slick
its not free.

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:16 pm
by nemesis91101
its if u know where to look :wink:

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:52 pm
by Slick
???

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:02 pm
by .Vault
he means he got it for free... is it really that hard to put it together?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:04 pm
by Slick
ok so how do you get it for free?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:43 pm
by Jelly
We can't tell you that ;). Just type full version zone alarm or something in google. Make sure you don't open any dodgy stuff though. That could be how you got infected in the first place.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:01 pm
by Slick
good news Im now getting a virus protection in a few days and the people said it a has firewall and everything, phew...thats a relief, now I dont have to worry about my PC getting infected anymore.