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Strelok
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a false AV got onto my dad's computer, running windows XP. ive tried removing it with AV, but it isnt found. any help on removal?
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kls85
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Try malwarebytes
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Hero
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| kls85 wrote: | | Try malwarebytes |
I can assure you, this will work 100%. Hell malware bytes even detect a windows xp genuine crack as a virus lol.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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SpyEraser - sounds 100% legitimate!
Not really; try the standard Add/Remove prompt, it's possible it's just spyware (Meaning, it most likely tricked your father into installing it, and it doesn't function as sneakily as a rootkit/virus or self-replicates as a worm).
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Hero
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy` wrote: | SpyEraser - sounds 100% legitimate!
Not really; try the standard Add/Remove prompt, it's possible it's just spyware (Meaning, it most likely tricked your father into installing it, and it doesn't function as sneakily as a rootkit/virus or self-replicates as a worm). |
That never works. I had something similar a few years back and it would just reinstall. Malwarebytes is a god among virus removal tools however. Something so powerful, and free, its god like.
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Phox
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Hero wrote: | | Guy` wrote: | SpyEraser - sounds 100% legitimate!
Not really; try the standard Add/Remove prompt, it's possible it's just spyware (Meaning, it most likely tricked your father into installing it, and it doesn't function as sneakily as a rootkit/virus or self-replicates as a worm). |
That never works. I had something similar a few years back and it would just reinstall. Malwarebytes is a god among virus removal tools however. Something so powerful, and free, its god like. |
Plus, MB's file assassin is awesome. Maybe he could get rid of it with that?
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Strelok
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malewarebyte didnt work. damn...
and i know he wasnt trickied into dling or installing. he spazes out runnnig around asking people if he should dl something lol
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Hero
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| The M.E. wrote: | malewarebyte didnt work. damn...
and i know he wasnt trickied into dling or installing. he spazes out runnnig around asking people if he should dl something lol |
Did he run it in safe mode? I had a virus that was so raged against malwarebytes it wouldnt let it run. Running it in safe mode did the trick and let it find everything.
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Trigger a random Memory Dump
Sounds retarded but it fixed it for me.
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