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matey

Hey guys

i just got back my PC with XP two days ago and reinstalled everything frm earlier,including avast

my brother downloaded some torrents no problem

i put the laptop screen down for the night and dont turn it on till like 7 pm then next day


Now,i look into avast registry and about 60 viruses were blocked,all to WIn32(dont know if that has affecct on problem) to drivers files etc.

Also,my search engine was magically changed to Ask.com and my homepage was changed to iamwired.com...wtf

my brother had downloaded tune up utilities,and it had found 5 problems,2 being that my network access was basically opened to the region which could bring in hackers so it made me think that there were

Please Snowbunnz or anyone help me..

All i am asking is for this virus to get out of my PC but also i dont want my PC to get wiped,because it was wiped like last week so yeah

Safe but good,Thanks

Edit:When i first turn on my PC first thing i see is firefox.exe and antivir.exe not responding,send error report or not

and also my taskbar doenst work until about 10 minutes after

i have restarted many times so i know it keeps happening

SnOwBunZz

The win32 is usually a prefix for viruses, so if we'd get a screen with the list (I doubt you want to write those all) it'd be most helpful.

Use multiple virus- and malwarescanners (preferably paid ones, use trial if you don't want to pay or *cough*) to make sure everything has been detected and removed.

Also, if you have a rootkit, I'd advice to go to Geeks To Go or a similar site, because those are and will be a serious pain in the *** to remove.

The most simple thing to do would be formatting though.

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matey

Alright thanks

i will get teh screen soon

can you link and virus and malware scanners,prefeerably ones with the trial?

And most importantly,how to reformat SAFELY?

SnOwBunZz

http://www.eset.com/download/free-trial/international
http://esd.element5.com/pimages/5010...010_trial.html

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

Remember to run Eset and Kaspersky seperately (MBAM and Spyware S&D too) or they might interfere with eachother.

Run the windows setup, format everything. Pull all cables out of your PC so there is no power in your system at all, wait 5 mins, boot up, format, again the cables with the waiting and you can proceed with the installation.

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matey

Alright hold up here

the last time i put in a XP CD,all my drives got deleted ....

how to prevent this?by the instructions you gave?

SnOwBunZz

I never had this problem nor did I hear from it (if it is what I think it is). :/

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matey

meaning i tried to install XP and it didnt work

so when i tried to install 7/vista,it didnt pick up any drives to install it on

it was fixed,dont know how but yeah

so i dont want this to happen again

also,probably seemed to go away

let me see didnt get a virus in 5 hours...i will install those programs,run it and see

then respond

also how to take screen of my avast virus chest and put onto this?

Edit
i have avast,so running eset/kapersky+avast will cause problems?is avast good enough to protect me along with the two spyware?S and D and the other one?

SnOwBunZz

There is a button on your keyboard that says 'Prt Scr'. Press it and paste it in paint. Save the image and upload it to http://imageshack.us and post the link here.

It should normally be enough for the casual user, though kaspersky and nod32 have a higher detection rate than the rest for the moment.

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matey

Alright good

just found another virus and blocked it


it seems to be doing a good enough job,but malwarebytes picked up 13 viruses and still searching more...damn

Security tool,i think it was something you prescribed found lots of things

viruses,trojans etc..

Shit security tool is malware which was picked up by a website ....hopefully malwarebytes picks it up
trying to remove now..wtfc