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Help! Something VERY strange happened to my computer.
21 March 2011
| Mene
Posted on 03/21/2011 8:56:33 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Very strange. Suddenly my computer is unilaterally running Utility Man and Narrator and trying to search for files and enter things all by itself. What kind of shenanigans is this? Can anyone explain. Shouldn't have a virus based on activity at all. Deleted utilman.exe and narrator from System32 folder. Still having weird things happening but attempts to access system stopped.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computer; hack; virus
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Can anyone help or explain?
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Sounds like a hi-jack.
Others .. Much smarter than myself will have to explain.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:04:38 PM PDT
by
freejohn
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:05:11 PM PDT
by
OL Hickory
(Jesus and the American soldier-1 died for your soul/1 died for your freedom)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Is your antivirus program up-to-date?
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
If it were me, I would go offline and run an antivirus scan. What should be and what is are often two very different things. It sounds like someone is in your system going through your stuff.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:05:35 PM PDT
by
scott7278
("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
restart your computer in safe mode with networking capability. Download and install “Malwarebytes” and run it.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:06:57 PM PDT
by
wolfpat
(Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
If your computer is doing uncommanded things... it’s a pretty sure sign that somebody has rooted your computer and is driving it from somewhere else.
If that’s the case... disconnect any physical or wireless internet connections... make sure you have a good backup of your personal data... and wipe it.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:09:58 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
What system are you running?
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:10:50 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Sounds like a hijack.
This doesn’t happen when the internet is off does it?
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:11:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Are you using a wireless router without a password/WEP?
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:12:32 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Congrats. You are a newly initiated member of a bot net. All your bytes are belong to us.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:13:01 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
If its wibndows:
The first thing I try is to do a System restore.
Get to know your task manager well and what’s running.
After a restore try a scan with MalwareBytes and a trial copy ESETNOD32 anti-virus.
If it loads with boot then you shall have to try a diff approach that may even require you turning off system restore.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:13:17 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
To: NoLibZone
Run Hijackthis ( free) to see what’s running.
Don’t act on anything unless you know what you ask Hijackthis to stop.
It does offer a registry backup prior to action which you should run.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:16:24 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Use System Restore. Unless the hijacker is of the variety that disables System Restore, it is the best way to go back before the problem.
Otherwise, like another guy said already, you’ll have to re-install your operating system.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:18:01 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Curiously, your computer posted this thread without your knowledge or approval.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:20:15 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Before you do a system restore,be sure to disconnect your internet connection.
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:20:47 PM PDT
by
Nooseman
(mutt)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:24:49 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:32:23 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Ramius
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posted on
03/21/2011 9:32:47 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Have you recently visited a site that had *nekkid wimins* on it?............Just asking.
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