Smart Fortress 2012 Removed - Can't Start Firewall Now
May 28, 2012
I was recently infected with the Smart Fortress 2012 malware. I'm fairly confident I've successfully removed it (ran lots of tools, which found it a removed it, no symptoms currently). However, it seems to have done damage to Windows Firewall. I cannot start the firewall service. I have tried multiple fixes (5 or 6, many per instructions of Microsoft's website), including Microsoft's associated FixIt tool for this problem, to no avail. I still get the message "Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local Computer..." (see attached jpg for error). Also, I tried a System Restore (tried 4 restore points), the process failed each time.
I have just re-activated my Incredimail programme. The "MyStart" and "Babylon" browsers have appeared and I am not able to eliminate/remove or disable them from either Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1 Google Chrome or I.M 9. They do not appear to be actual Malware, but they hijack my Google.
so somehow I caught the malware program known as Windows 7 recovery. As per its standard operations it made my computer seem like it was having a bunch of issues, hid all the files on my hard drive, removed my background, etc. I followed a removal guide I found here on bleeping computer and it did rid of me of that annoying malware. A lingering problem I am still experiencing is that all my start menu items are missing. For example there is a folder for Microsoft office, but when you open it it shows as empty, but if I open a Microsoft office file like say a word file the program opens as normal. I have run the unhide.exe file a couple of times, and shutdown my firewall and maleware protection, but to no avail the start menu items still seem to remain hidden.
I can't get get my Security Center, OR my firewall to work correctly. When I attempt to turn my firewall on, it just quits responding. When I go into my services.msc to see if any of them are there.
I recently built this machine, about a month ago. The video card and power supply were used from an older desktop, all other parts are new. I've attached a zip file with the output of the BSOD Dump & System File Collection app, and a System Health Report.
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin (PC3 12800) GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA III MBD: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 PSU: Antec 850W
I've recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Beta Build 7000 and I have Comodo Firewall 3.8.65951.477 64-Bit installed as my firewall. I get this problem that I can't solve at all .
When I click on " Run Diagnostics" I have this :
Indeed, I click "Yes" and this is what comes next :
Recently had a virus infection and noticed that the windows firewall service is missing. When trying to reset to recommended settings by using control panel received error code 0x80070424. Cannot access other computers or shared files/folders on home network. Saw a previous post dated 12-17 that appears to be the same problem.
Running Windows 7 64bit, and for the past few weeks I cannot download anything or use firefox/internet explorer. My problem began when I wanted to watch Thursday Night Footbal, and stupid me downloaded a single file that was a bad torrrent software. I accepted the one bad piece of garbage torrent software, and then a whole list unwanted and unauthorized software were rolled out and executed on my laptop. These unwanted software incuded 'Babylon:Translate Toolbar" among other useless pieces of bad software. The moment I hit the dreaded open and run, I knew there was a serious problem and I should have neve done that.
I have run several scans in their updated state when I was able to download updated viruse definitions for: Norton, Windows Security Essentials, Spybot, and something on the microsoft website. Spybot and Win Sec Essentials both found some garbage. Malware and a no less than 2 Trojans. I deleted both, but that was just the beginning of my problems. Because from that point forward, I slowly lost my ability to download anything.I can open FF/IE, but cannot connect to a webpage. when I type something it the URL I get hourglass and "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" I received a similiar warning in FF.
I spent a few days trying to uninstall a whole lot of unused programs and anything i viewed as unessential, including Firefox, ComcastSpyware, anything "Real" or Yahoo or MS Live/Messenger. The only way i'm able to communicated no is through the 64bit version of IE. Anyway, i wanted to download Norton Virus Removal tool yesterday, and have come to the point now where I cannot download anything.This is by far the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my 10 years and 4 computer life span. I'm considering a clean reformatting and starting anew, but i don't have the windows disks I got with this computer that is now 3 years old.perhaps even a way to bypass this virus, redirect, or unwanted firewall that is preventing me from downloading or surfing the web. Or B) Provide instructions on how to do a comlete drive wipe and arrive at a clean disk reformatting excercise without any windows disks.
Note: I do not want to avoid a system restore of any kind, as I've found those to be more problematic in some cases. I have not doneany system restores in the three+ years i've had this machine.
Windows Defender. This program is turned off. If you are using another program that checks for harmful or unwanted software use the Action Center to check that program's status. If you would like to use this program click here to turn it on.I've tried so many things I'm running out of patience. There seems to be nothing in Action Center that is relevant and I can't uninstall Defender as there's no option so I went to Services and disabled it. Still I get the message. I've tried a Command Prompt that should have disabled it, but no luck. I went to the AVG forum which is definitely not user friendly. I rang the free phone number only to find that a) I couldn't hear the operator and she couldn't hear me and b) it's only the phone call that's free - the service isn't.
I recently just bought a Razer Naga 2012 for my comp. Should I have gotten the death adder instead? I play bf3, mw3, skyrim, gta iv, cod4, minecraft, sniper elite v2, and more Or do you think I went well with the Naga because of the extra buttons and possibilities?
I used to installed TuneUp Utilities 2012, and use its program disabler.. When i uninstalled it, a few program cant be started@used again.. Some of the program are Google Chromes and Daemon Tools Lite..
PC TuneUp Utilities 2011/2012 TuneUp Utilities 2012 So what you all think about this software on WINDOWS 7 all versions. Is it worth installing.Won't it hurt the registry or any other kind of weak point in Windows 7?
as me may know Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete is a cloud bases security protector...can it be used offline? I've been KIS 2012 user for many years before and I love it so much.But when I see Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete...
I've been trying to remove the Windows 7 Security 2012 virus, and I've been trying to follow the steps to rid my computer of this wretched virus, but when I run rkill or malware-bytes, my computer blue screens, I'm not sure what the error is, for my computer restarts quite soon afterwards.Since I can't run either of those programs, how am I supposed to get rid of this virus? I've never had this problem before, but since yesterday I've been encountering these blue screens.Should I just reformat? Is my RAM defective? Is it another program or virus causing this to happen?
Roughly a week ago for an unknown reason I became unable to log into Windows Live Messenger 2012.Up until this point I was using 2012 just fine. If I uninstall and install 2011 I can sign in fine, which seems to rule out firewall/antivirus issues. I can log in with my account on the web and other devices.If I re-install 2012I've tried virtually every process listed on the Internet and cannot resolve this. Worse, the error message has changed as I try different fixes. Currently it is 800706be. I've completely deleted Windows Essentials multiple times and always get the same issueMalwareBytes and Kaspersky scan comes back clean.
After this update to Windows Security Essentials, it takes 8 minutes for my desktop machine to start, instead of 2 minutes. Notified that "Could not connect to a System Event Notification Service". Went back to a restore point of 2 days earlier and got back to normal. However, Thunderbird e-mail client won't work and cannot be restarted. So rebooted and Windows update kicked in again and same problem. Looked at Windows updates and it cannot be uninstalled.
I would like to create a daily folder on system startup which has the date like this 12-03-2012 I also want it to go to a certain place on my hard drive C:Users/Name/My Documents I have this script but it puts the date the wrong way around and I would prefer dashes in between the dates? for /f "skip=1" %%d in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined mydate set mydate=%%d md %mydate:~0,8%?
Yesterday I received couple of mails, but it turned out that one of them somehow dissapeared. I saw him, read, and then....gone. I couldn't find it anywhere, even with using search button, so I logged in on the mail through the browser and.. the mail was there. The same happens with some sent messages - some of them go directly to the sent elements and some of them dissappear inbetween and are not visible there.
Since Ive started playing Football manager 2012 on PC, like frequently, the game crashes my whole PC at random times during the game.. Ive looked on many forums and stuff and tried many things but nothing actually worked and it keeps shutting down my whole pC....
Ive attached the latest dumps Ive collected in a zip..
I have Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook with secondary monitor. I want to install Autodesk Inventor Professional 2012. Some of my friends having Inventor installed, complaining that the system became slow after installation. What i have to do to avoid this problem? I have 1 GB RAM.
