" no hope otherwise" this is not true, there is hope. From LogMeIn you can download autoruns ( I keep it on my ftp server in a zip file and then just create an internet shortcut from the infected PC desktop to it) and remove all traces of the malware from startup. Once you reboot and reconnect, you can then run any number of apps ( my current favorite is the free Malwarebytes product ) to eradicate the infection. I've done this at least 50 times across the thirty PC's I babysit for non technical friends and charitable groups I serve.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Vista Internet Security 2010 virus On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15 -0600, "John Harvey" <[email protected]> wrote: > Malwarebytes and superantispyware may have to be renamed in order to run > because the virus is looking for those names. I had to LogMeIn to my brother's laptop in Boston last week, he'd contracted a vicious little bastard of a malware infection that sounds similar to this one. Continual fake anti-virus pop-ups, blocked from running Task Manager, command prompts closed as soon as you started them, all downloads blocked in IE, FF and Chrome ... really, really bad. If I was in front of it with a Linux rescue CD I could have cleaned it but no hope otherwise. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/004b01cabfb0$e49b9030$add2b0...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
