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Location: Lancashire, UK
Help!
Just spent the last 5 hours getting rid of a whole load of nasty-pc-destroying viral exe's. But can't get rid of one hiding in my recycle bin
The bin's empty, but the location of the virus is C:\Recycled\Q166352.exe
Its a trojan.startpage.
Any help much appreciated
M.
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Downloader.agent.uj?
Like the one Spyware doctor says it can fix?
Written by: Valura
I ahve rung the pootah man
Stop doing that!
Also, im going to suggest basic things, so they might not do anything, but its worth a shot anyway.
Navigate to c:\windows\system32 and right click on {0164A28f-C9B5-4C11-B131-4A4E158B8B36}.exe. Then make sure that, down the bottom, the check mark next to "read only" is turned off. On the tabs at the top of that window, select "permissions" and ensure that you can read/write to the file. If you cant, try changing that.
Then restart your computer, and just before the loading Windows Xp screen comes up (the black one, not the blue one where you click your name) press F8 and from this new menu, select "Safe mode".
When Xp has booted in safe mode, go back to the c:\windows\system32 folder and try to delete "{0164A28f-C9B5-4C11-B131-4A4E158B8B36}.exe" now.
Let us know how you get on with that
Also, I recommend you delete your virus vault
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ok... navigate you say? ....heh....
Alright will try this stuff now...
Ill ring you when my pootahs so screwed it wont turn on...HAHAHHAHA!!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Navigate... basically means.. "go to"
Either go: Start -> run -> (then type in "c:\windows\system32" then hit return)
or
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Windows explorer (then click on the plus symbol next to "C:" then the plus symbol next to windows, then click on "system32"
Any probs hun, you have my phone number!
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
*Headbutts computer*
The pc tools found 72 infections.
All of high threat. and then told me if I want to get rid of them I have to buy the registered version!!
I did manage the um... safe start thingo too jonny... thanks for the texts yesterday, your a ledgend!!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Hold on 5 minutes Valura.. then check your PMs
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
your a darling jonny you coughed.
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: mancunian, United Kingdom
Written by: UmbiliciformCraterOnFaceWritten by: ME from earlier
Valura: https://www.pctools.com/downloads/sdsetup.exe
(right click save as) Try using that.... then be suprised at how many things it finds that all the others miss!
D'ja try that?
i d/l it but it seems i need to register, and to pay
any help? Disclaimer:im not responsible for what i say or do whether it be before,during and after drinking alcoholic substances (owned by BMVC).
Creater of Jenisms(TM)
Virginity like bubble,one prick all gone.
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Location: South Wales
:whistles innocently:
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
why not take note of where PC tools say the items are then manually remove yourself? havent tried yet myself but might be worth a go
Are you up for it?
;)
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Probably because the spyware wouldnt let you.
And with 74 infections, it would take some time writing down all the locations.
And by simply deleting files, it wouldnt sort out your registry.
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
dems all gone jonny you coughed!!
YAYAYYAYA!!You legend.
The techhy dood also came.... and he found the source, and the source of it was a virus that kept renaming itself and moving, and acting much like a buttcrack. So thats why the spyware couldnt be found, cause it kept moving and calling itself something different.
like some of my ex boyfriends really. TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
https://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifyth...39264249,00.htm
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Location: South Wales
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
hi all!so i know this thread is kinda old now...but i was wondering if the info is still current??
my new computer's norton trial is about to run out so i need some other (preferably free) program to protect my computer from viruses & stuff!!
i just downloaded avg, but it says it's only a month trial! i had avg on my old computer (thanks ucof!) but i'm pretty sure it lasted longer than a month!?& are there any other vitally important (free) programs i should download to protect my puter!?
thanks in advance!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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Location: Wales
Zonealarm, spybot, avg(free), ad-aware
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
https://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
You want the top three links
Anti virus, Anti spyware and Anti rootkit
You also want Zonealarm Firewall if you dont already have one: https://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1025_update/zaSetup_en.exe
Spybot: https://public.planetmirror.com/pub/spybot/spybotsd14.exe
(only run this once a week, you dont need it to run on start up
) addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
NOD32 is the best virus scanner imo... i haven't noticed it slowing down my computer at all. It's not free though... unless you want it to be.
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
thanks yuuuucoff!
i think i already got the anti-virus...but it says it's a 30 day trial? do i have to download it again?! also - i got the antirootkit too! sheesh! now if vista will stop frigging asking me to allow programs to connect to the net to give me these things, that would be awesome!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
If it says its a 30 day trial, then I think you downloaded the AVG anti virus pro/ corporate edition (?), so it would be best to download the free one and install that
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
ahh...i have no idea...i'll just wait til it's nearly gonna run out & then install the proper one!!
i just got a popup (good ole vista - there's a popup for EVERYTHING!) telling me that avg control centre has stopped working?! WTF!? man i hate vista...
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
I hate it too
and I havent even used it Downgrade back to XP IMO
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
okay there's some wierd
going on with my computer! yoookoff will you pretty please come back to oz & fix it for me!?
i think i might need to uninstall & then reinstall avg or something...vista seems to have forgotten stuff. but then again, just a minute ago when i restarted firefox, every time i hit ' it came up with a strange lil quicksearch thingo in the bottom left corner of my screen too...
ho hum...back to grisoft i go!!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
If you can buy me the plane ticket, I would be there as soon as I could! No honestly.. I really would
On firefox, if you press "Ctrl+F" it will open up the quicksearch thingy. Its used for finding text on a website.
You might also have the "search as soon as I start typing" option on, which brings up the box when you press a key and are not in a text box.
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Written by: UnderControlOrFailure
I hate it too
Downgrade back to XP IMO
yep vista is rubbish, makes your computer sooo slow. "upgrading" to vista is like trading your computer in for a pentium 100.
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
You could always upgrade to OSX
You don't even need a Mac You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
6,650 posts
did you update AVG? This little bugger needs breastfeed from the source (grisoft website) at least every alternate day, or "the virus database is out of date" - YOUR COMPUTER IS AT RISK, WE ADVISE YOU BUY ANOTHER (NEW) ONE
paranoia 
Vista seems to be okay if you wait another 2 years and then got a quadcore AMD 296MHZ with 1 Terra RAM (sigh)...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom
As new viruses are being produced all the time, your anti-virus software database is out of date every new day- that goes for any anti-virus program, not just AVG.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
thanks for the tips ucof!
it's stopped doing it now...i think my computer just had a brain fart or something...seems all good now!! i just need to remember to download the proper version of avg that you put the link to - i'm gonna (hopefully) save me some potential headaches by just waiting until the trial version is almost finished...that's my theory & i'm sticking to it!!
stupid computers...weren't they meant to make like easier!?
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
.:*distracted by shiny things*:.
3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
okay! so it's now been 30 days & i've uninstalled the trial version of avg & installed the full free version! WOOH! now...does anyone know how to uninstall norton bloody antivirus!? it came with the computer & the trial ran out ages ago. it keeps popping up telling me my computer is not protected & there's a lil icon on my task bar which flashes red at me occasionally...
& no, it doesn't appear to have a handy lil option in the menu that says 'uninstall'...
any ideas??
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
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