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nilesnormore
I was asked to help a friend with his computer. He said it was slow. I
noticed it was running with all kinds of pop ups and was running slowly. I
tried to google for Spybot Search and Destroy. But the second I hit Enter in
Google the browser Vanishes. I can search other words but not for anything
that is related to antivirus, anti-adware, anti-spyware. It's as if the
computer is watching me. I said Ok Lets try the CD backup of Spybot S+D. I
put the CD in and tried the Explorer to view the folders on the CD. I had a
lot of Software burned on the CD. I could explore all the folders I wanted
but the second I tried to click on the folder with the Spybot in it the
window vanished. I can look at what I want but just not anything related to
Anti-Virus or Registry editing either. I tryed to drag the folder to the
Backround screen and I could do that. I just cold not open the folder. It
would just instantly dissapear. I tried renaming the folder to temp and then
I could enter the folder to access the installer for Spybot. I ran the
installer and it was instantly terminated. I'm baffled. I was not allowed to
access the task manager either or the security center. The computer had
norton AV installed but it also was not allowed to opperate. Any way I
tried a program called Ultimate Troubleshooter and I was able to access the
task manager. I tried to terminate various tasks and was eventually allowed
to access those folders and then installed Spybot S+D Ad aware SE and
Registry Mechanic. I scanned the computer with each of these and removed
hundreds of spyware. I rebooted the computer and The wierd thing is it
automatically did a scandisk and said it had a dirty partition. It did it's
thing and rebooted. Anyway the thing is back in force and none of the
installed Anti virus or Spyware programs work anymore. What kind of super
virus is capable of doing all this, does anyone have any idea what kind of
virus this is.
Niles
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noticed it was running with all kinds of pop ups and was running slowly. I
tried to google for Spybot Search and Destroy. But the second I hit Enter in
Google the browser Vanishes. I can search other words but not for anything
that is related to antivirus, anti-adware, anti-spyware. It's as if the
computer is watching me. I said Ok Lets try the CD backup of Spybot S+D. I
put the CD in and tried the Explorer to view the folders on the CD. I had a
lot of Software burned on the CD. I could explore all the folders I wanted
but the second I tried to click on the folder with the Spybot in it the
window vanished. I can look at what I want but just not anything related to
Anti-Virus or Registry editing either. I tryed to drag the folder to the
Backround screen and I could do that. I just cold not open the folder. It
would just instantly dissapear. I tried renaming the folder to temp and then
I could enter the folder to access the installer for Spybot. I ran the
installer and it was instantly terminated. I'm baffled. I was not allowed to
access the task manager either or the security center. The computer had
norton AV installed but it also was not allowed to opperate. Any way I
tried a program called Ultimate Troubleshooter and I was able to access the
task manager. I tried to terminate various tasks and was eventually allowed
to access those folders and then installed Spybot S+D Ad aware SE and
Registry Mechanic. I scanned the computer with each of these and removed
hundreds of spyware. I rebooted the computer and The wierd thing is it
automatically did a scandisk and said it had a dirty partition. It did it's
thing and rebooted. Anyway the thing is back in force and none of the
installed Anti virus or Spyware programs work anymore. What kind of super
virus is capable of doing all this, does anyone have any idea what kind of
virus this is.
Niles
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