Posted on 03/21/2009 7:08:22 AM PDT by Minn
The laptop in the house, which is currently the only computer in the house, has a bad virus/trojan/dropper that seems to have me beat. All clicks on Google are redirected to phony yellow pages. Most banner ads on normal sites are replaced with ads for a penis enlargement product (as if I need that). All communication with McAfee or attempts to download, update or reinstall McAfee fail. McAffe's instructions for disabling the virus by messing with IP address flushing do no good.
I'm hesitant to completly start over on this computer. It's an HP OEM machine that didn't come with a Windows disk, just a recovery partition. So I'm not even sure a restore from the partition will do any good, since who really knows what those do. I've searched all over for suspicious processes and registry start up settings without luck. Any ideas?
Throw in some numbers or random letters and you'll get a lot less of that spam.
Provided you never post your email address online.
Makes me glad I have Macs.
1.) Backup or copy off all your personal data (usually in My Documents)
2.) Find a friend who has the WinXP disk to reinstall your particular flavor of XP...Home or Pro.
3.) Download a program called Insane KeyFinder. Run the Keyfinder then once you have written down the 25 digit Windows XP license key...use the XP install disk to format the drive and reinstall Windows XP. To activate, you will likely need to make a phone call to Microsoft to activate. After that, re-installation of all your programs and data will be necessary.
You have probably received this advise from previous posters. Sorry if this is a reiteration.
And I'm sure we're all glad that you're glad.
Personally, I'm amazed it took 62 posts for a Mac person to show up to post some useless taunting on this thread.
...for small customers...
Since yesterday I have done a Windows Defender scan, two or three malwarebytes malware scans, a superspyware scan (maybe two), a bunch of glary Utilies scans (they take 3 minutes), a zonealarm scan, an Avast antivirus scan, a ESET antivirus scan and a BitDefender antivirus scan, my spyware blaster runs in the background but doesn’t have a scan feature.
I only do deep scans of course. I told you I scan a lot.
Thanks everybody.
Malwarebytes did it (so far anyway, thought I was rid of it before and it came back). Adware and SuperAntiSpyWare previously could identify it but apparently not do anyting about it. I couln’t get to Malwarebyes.org directly. I had to Remote Desktop into work and get it there first. I can now download the McAfee free comcast version, but it still fails on install. Maybe it’s just junk.
Are you seeing ads for constant penis enlargement?
Men must really love their penises to devote so much time, money and resources to maintain their little friends.
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