Windows XP Antivirus Pro 2010 totally put the lockdown on my computer

Masaki-kun · 03-04-2010, 03:05 PM

My computer's been iffy for a while. It's never been locked as tight as most, and I've downloaded some stuff I probably shouldn't have. But recently, I caught something that calls itself Windows XP Antivirus Pro 2010, and it's totally put the lockdown on my computer. The Task Manager was already offline, the command prompt went, then it disabled internet browsers and now it's shut down the router program. I'm gonna check this thread from school tomorrow because my computer's completely fucked. I guess I paid for my sins when it comes to downloading, but now. Is there anything I can do to get it functional again?

Tev · 03-04-2010, 03:09 PM

A ten pound magnet and a new copy of Windows should see you through this problem.

Meister · 03-04-2010, 03:26 PM

Please give a little more actual description of the problem in your thread title than "the corruption spreads."

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-04-2010, 03:29 PM

What exactly can you access?

Masaki-kun · 03-04-2010, 03:54 PM

I don't understand the problem well enough for that, Meister. All I know is that, thanks to something I picked up in an internet red light district, this false antivirus program jumps up every couple seconds. Internet is offline, task manager and command prompt don't work, and my copy of Avast doesn't run.

Meister · 03-05-2010, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Masaki-kun

I don't understand the problem well enough for that, Meister.

Dude I literally copy/pasted a sentence from your post and that made for a perfectly good thread title.

Preturbed · 03-06-2010, 01:02 AM

Safe Mode. MalwareBytes Anti Malware via a flash drive. If it doesn't install, change the filename to dammit.bat. Once it installs, it may not run. change the filename to fuckers.bat. This should take care of that.

Azisien · 03-06-2010, 01:31 AM

Avast found two bad files in its PUP scan, deleted. Virus seems to be gone. Scanning with Malware and Avast again just to be sure.

I only had about 15GB of movies and music and documents on the laptop so I could have just nuked it. But I think that would take about the same amount of time. Plus the antivirus stuff is a bit more exciting.

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-04-2010, 03:57 PM

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php The program fro here will fix the proble- can you download it on a different computer- transfer it over and run it? You may need to change the executable filenae to run it- some viruses disable it- but change it to anything like abcd.bat and should be fine.

krogothwolf · 03-04-2010, 04:06 PM

You'll need to run it in Safe Mode. If I remember correctly the version you got is actually interrupting system calls which is why nothing is working. So you'll need to run the computer in Safe Mode to install MalwareBytes then Scan it and it'll usually clean it right up.

03-06-2010, 01:02 AM	#7
Preturbed betrayal! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,092	Safe Mode. MalwareBytes Anti Malware via a flash drive. If it doesn't install, change the filename to dammit.bat. Once it installs, it may not run. change the filename to fuckers.bat. This should take care of that. __________________ sudden but inevitable

03-04-2010, 04:06 PM	#10
krogothwolf Fetched the Candy Cane! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Calgary Posts: 4,278	You'll need to run it in Safe Mode. If I remember correctly the version you got is actually interrupting system calls which is why nothing is working. So you'll need to run the computer in Safe Mode to install MalwareBytes then Scan it and it'll usually clean it right up. __________________ Knowledge is Power, Power is Knowledge ╔╦╦══╦══╦═╦══╦══╦╗╔╦╦╦╦══╦╗╔═╗ ║═╣╠═║╔╗║╔╣╔╗╠╗╔╣╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║═╣ ║║║╔╗╣╚╝║║║╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║║╚╝║╚╣╔╝ ╚╩╩╝╚╩══╩═╩══╝╚╝╚╝╚╩══╩══╩═╩╝

03-04-2010, 03:26 PM	#3
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Please give a little more actual description of the problem in your thread title than "the corruption spreads."

03-04-2010, 03:29 PM	#4
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	What exactly can you access?

03-06-2010, 01:31 AM	#8
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Avast found two bad files in its PUP scan, deleted. Virus seems to be gone. Scanning with Malware and Avast again just to be sure. I only had about 15GB of movies and music and documents on the laptop so I could have just nuked it. But I think that would take about the same amount of time. Plus the antivirus stuff is a bit more exciting.

03-04-2010, 03:57 PM	#9
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php The program fro here will fix the proble- can you download it on a different computer- transfer it over and run it? You may need to change the executable filenae to run it- some viruses disable it- but change it to anything like abcd.bat and should be fine.