I got the Moneypak FBI trojan/virus (sirefef) last weekend. Was not even at my computer - walked back in room and bamm, the lovely window.
It took more than 5 minutes to clear my system...had to disconnect my network adapter before I could boot into safemode...a network connection keeps the trojan running. It disables task mgr, the administrator acct, your antivirus, and starts to hog hard drive space.
Once I was in safemode, I could run system restore and then a full scan using Microsoft Security Essentials, and Malwarebytes. That took care of the problem.
I wanted to choke the little bastards who do this crap.
Yup. Two keys to fighting this thing.
One - disconnect the computer from the internet.
Two - go to safemode and delete the file that this thing runs off of. It will disable malwarebytes, until this file has been deleted. Once it’s gone - run Malwarebytes and that will clean off the rest of it. Shouldn’t take more than a half hour if you know what you’re doing.
Already cleaned two people’s machines...