Need to download definitions and burn to CD or jump drive...Help!

I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will allow
me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have tried
several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on the
other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot get it
to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
Thanks,
Billy

Hi

WD is not a good choice to clean up a PC....

Ewido is a smarter/better cleaner.
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
Also download signatures within same page.

Then download Lavasoft Adaware and signatures.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...02.html?tag=pop

Signatures:
http://download.lavasoft.de.edgesui...public/defs.zip


Smitfraud and Vundo removals (special tools)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html

regards
plun


> I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will allow
> me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have tried
> several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
> download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on the
> other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot get it
> to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
> Thanks,
> Billy

Hello Biago,

Try on-line scaners here:
http://www.ewido.net/en

http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm

Just out of interest. What steps recommended by MS you try?

I hope this post is helpful.
Let us know how it works ºut.
Еиçеl
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"Biagio" wrote:

> I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will allow
> me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have tried
> several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
> download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on the
> other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot get it
> to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
> Thanks,
> Billy

You can run safety.live.com in safe mode with networking, fwiw.

You can download and burn to CD with the URL found in the windowsupdate.log
file on a machine which has updated.

Some of those URL's have been posted in these groups, but they change with
each update.

Since there doesn't appear to be anything new today, as yet,
http://www.download.windowsupdate.c...ec2d679925f.exe

is the most current.

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"Engel" <Engel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62EED50B-73FD-4195-B603-800EC8D31BDA@microsoft.com...
> Hello Biago,
>
> Try on-line scaners here:
> http://www.ewido.net/en
>
> http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm
>
> Just out of interest. What steps recommended by MS you try?
>
> I hope this post is helpful.
> Let us know how it works ºut.
> ??ç?l
> ---
>
>
>
> "Biagio" wrote:
>
>> I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will
>> allow
>> me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have
>> tried
>> several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
>> download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on the
>> other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot get
>> it
>> to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
>> Thanks,
>> Billy

Ewido worked great and it was nice to be able to pre-download the signatures
and burn them to a CD. While it cleaned up over 6600 pieces of malware it did
not fix the internet challenge I am having. I can stil not get Windows Update
to work. I tried adding the site to the trusted sites list, stopping and
starting the WU service, and a few other suggestions that MS gave, but
nothing worked. I also cannot get into any banking sites or use any programs
that need to update themselves through the web. Might be an HTTPS challenge,
but I am not sure and have no idea where to go from here. Anyone have any
thoughts?

"plun" wrote:

> Hi
>
> WD is not a good choice to clean up a PC....
>
> Ewido is a smarter/better cleaner.
> http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
> Also download signatures within same page.
>
> Then download Lavasoft Adaware and signatures.
>
> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...02.html?tag=pop
>
> Signatures:
> http://download.lavasoft.de.edgesui...public/defs.zip
>
>
> Smitfraud and Vundo removals (special tools)
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
>
> regards
> plun
>
>
> > I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will allow
> > me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have tried
> > several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
> > download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on the
> > other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot get it
> > to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
> > Thanks,
> > Billy
>
>
>

Hi

A common problem with heavily infested PCs are blocking hosts entrances
or redirects to the bad guys sites.

So check your hosts file with this program.

http://www.funkytoad.com/ > Hoster 3.1, reset to MS original.

Windowsupdate problems are a real mess and this tool solves many
problems.

http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix

regards
plun

> Ewido worked great and it was nice to be able to pre-download the signatures
> and burn them to a CD. While it cleaned up over 6600 pieces of malware it did
> not fix the internet challenge I am having. I can stil not get Windows Update
> to work. I tried adding the site to the trusted sites list, stopping and
> starting the WU service, and a few other suggestions that MS gave, but
> nothing worked. I also cannot get into any banking sites or use any programs
> that need to update themselves through the web. Might be an HTTPS challenge,
> but I am not sure and have no idea where to go from here. Anyone have any
> thoughts?
>
> "plun" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> WD is not a good choice to clean up a PC....
>>
>> Ewido is a smarter/better cleaner.
>> http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
>> Also download signatures within same page.
>>
>> Then download Lavasoft Adaware and signatures.
>>
>> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...02.html?tag=pop
>>
>> Signatures:
>> http://download.lavasoft.de.edgesui...public/defs.zip
>>
>>
>> Smitfraud and Vundo removals (special tools)
>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
>>
>> regards
>> plun
>>
>>
>>> I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will allow
>>> me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have
>>> tried several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way
>>> to download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on
>>> the other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot
>>> get it to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
>>> Thanks,
>>> Billy
>>
>>
>>

if this is XP, please do start -> run then type in netsh winsock reset and
reboot. This another step to try along with the other good advise given by
other posters.

--
-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
Windows Defender Beta Lead
MCSE, CISSP
http://blogs.technet.com/stevedod
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"Biagio" <Biagio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:475D1D11-3741-4B46-8B6A-FC5557E47DEC@microsoft.com...
> Ewido worked great and it was nice to be able to pre-download the
> signatures
> and burn them to a CD. While it cleaned up over 6600 pieces of malware it
> did
> not fix the internet challenge I am having. I can stil not get Windows
> Update
> to work. I tried adding the site to the trusted sites list, stopping and
> starting the WU service, and a few other suggestions that MS gave, but
> nothing worked. I also cannot get into any banking sites or use any
> programs
> that need to update themselves through the web. Might be an HTTPS
> challenge,
> but I am not sure and have no idea where to go from here. Anyone have any
> thoughts?
>
> "plun" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> WD is not a good choice to clean up a PC....
>>
>> Ewido is a smarter/better cleaner.
>> http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
>> Also download signatures within same page.
>>
>> Then download Lavasoft Adaware and signatures.
>>
>> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE...02.html?tag=pop
>>
>> Signatures:
>> http://download.lavasoft.de.edgesui...public/defs.zip
>>
>>
>> Smitfraud and Vundo removals (special tools)
>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
>>
>> regards
>> plun
>>
>>
>> > I have a computer that is infected with something pretty bad. It will
>> > allow
>> > me to surf the net, but not to use Windows Update or WD update. I have
>> > tried
>> > several steps recommended by MS to no avail. There has to be a way to
>> > download the spyware signatures, burn them to CD and install them on
>> > the
>> > other PC, right? Please help! Windows Update is useless if you cannot
>> > get it
>> > to work on your machine!!!!! Need a back door!
>> > Thanks,
>> > Billy
>>
>>
>>