How To Get Rid Of Persistent Virus Programs?
Jul 7, 2005
I have noticed that some virus or spyware programs stay in memory and the removal programs state that the process can't be halted or the file can't be deleted. They even stay that way when the removal programs are run in safe mode.What kind of processes are these, and why can't they be deleted? Do some of them run as services, and if so how can they be tracked down from the start up programs and services and eliminated? I know of utilities such as those available from sysinternals.com which can list running processes etc. Is there a way of finding out those which are legal and those which are run by these trojans, the track down the processes in the start up groups which activate them and delete them altogether?
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Dec 25, 2006
A few weeks ago, I clicked on an attachment, and nothing happened in the foreground. However, now I have an icon (zero bytes) on the Desktop that defies removal. When I try to delete it I get Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk. Ive booted up from several PE bootables and tried using various explorers but even they give the same windows message. Ive dropped to console several times and drilled to the Desktop, but it is invisible. So it is a figment of XP. The icon is named �What NOT to do with a housecat.It cannot be renamed or pushed into another folder. Very weird. This is a nice learning experience. I do a bit of computer repair so I run into weird things all the time. The computer behaves normally in every way. XP Home, 3.3 gHz., 1 gig. ram, etc. Im sorry to have deleted the offend-ing email, as it may have yielded good evidence. Ive used Resplendent Registar, to find evidence of it in the registry. Even went to the �icon nameplace�, and there was nothing of importance. Rootkit Revealer reports: zone identifier hidden from Windows API�. (26 bytes).Blacklight rootkit prog. found no hidden items. Ive tried to use several linux bootables, but they do not work with my SATA drives.So the computer is fine, just one little annoyance. But I would like to learn from this in case I see it again in the future. Also, other people at the hospital opened it up and whatever it was, didn�t cause an issue.
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Aug 22, 2006
i wanted a password put on computer running windows 2000 professional. I put one on when I removed it by unticking the appropriate box, but it won't go away. There was also a strange name(profile) in the list of people using the computer and so I removed this also.
then i lost all desktop settings and his internet connections as well. Even though the password is unticked it still keeps coming up when i start the computer and insists on a password.
How do I:
Remove the password or logon screen completely
Find his lost desktop settings?
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Jul 30, 2009
I have two antivirus programs installed on my computer.AVG Free and Avast free.They both seem to function, but is it a bad idea to have more than one installed?
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Sep 28, 2010
Microsoft helped me get rid of a nasty virus but I realized shortly after that my Quickbooks program was not working. They said it must have been infected and thus deleted. Is there any way of recovering the program or the information?
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Apr 30, 2006
I have a WindowsXP. My computer won't let me open any programs and won't download any programs either. I've tried to open Spybot but it immediately dissapoears. Also i've tried to download Hijackthis and my computer won't let it download. Soon after the download window dissapears as well. My internet is working fine, it's just the programs that won't seem to open up. Am i infected? If there isn't any solution should i just re-format my computer? Don't know how else to show without the log.
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Feb 13, 2006
Windows XPCompaq 52002.7 GHZ512 MBWould like to know how to find out what is running in the background when I'm on. I have a problem with the computer freezing up when I try to do two things at once. Never had the problem until 2 weeks ago. Have done all the disk scan,defagment,checked all my adware & viris programs.
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Mar 5, 2005
my home network might have a virus, programs start up and suddenly close/disappear. On one of the computers an error comes up and says that windows is shutting down(lass.exe file), then it shuts down and reboots. My anti-virus software can't detect nothing. I downloaded the sasser fix and it doesn't detect anything.
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Jan 19, 2007
I ran a bunch of different spyware removal tools and now whe nI try to play swat-4 TSS I have the most terrible lag in the world. Played this game for a yr with NO problems. Lag problem started after I ran those programs. I am curious if the spyware removal proggies didn't take a file or two that I need for internet connection.I know there was somewhere in win 98 that I could check windows for missing corrupt window files and have them replaced and or repaired can you do that with XP and how do I get there ?
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Jul 20, 2005
I have the trojan horse virus. I'm running AVG Anti-Virus.
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Jul 31, 2010
Does any computer wiz out there know of an anti-virus site that will remove the rojan horse virus free? I know that all downloads are free,but once they find all the infected files,they won't remove them with out u paying for them
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Apr 4, 2010
There is little to no information on this little guy, but it looks like xcechinu.dll is a Virus, if this is legitimate or not, but I cant remove it with anything that i have at the moment
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Sep 20, 2008
My PC recently got a fairly nasty virus (W32-Sinowal-based Maximus! or something along those lines) so we had to get it wiped. A few days later, my computer was all messed up again. I can only boot up in Safe Mode, my sound doesn't work, and it is running slower than normal. I need to find out if I have another virus (although the guy who fixed it downloaded Norton Anti-Virus and it seemed fine for a few days) or if maybe my computer is just dying. It's about three years old and apparently it was outdated before we even bought it. Is there any way the virus could have affected the computer's hard drive or whatever (yeah, I don't quite know what I'm talking about) or have I maybe gotten another virus?
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Aug 14, 2008
I had a trojan Virus in the computer. I think that I got rid of it, but I am not sure could anyone that can read a log please tell me if there is anything else left in the computer. The computer now doesn't stay on-line it disconnects itself. I called the company that provides me with my internet service, and they said that I need a filter for the phone line. The person told me that, that will take care of the problem of the internet disconnecting. I think that it could be the virus I had in the computer. I wasn't able to get on-line for at least a week, I had gone and checked the disk for errors and finally the anti-virus program was able to find the virus's.
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Apr 27, 2010
My anti-virus software keeps on detecting some virus from different folders from the C:WINDOWS emp folder, yet all folders are empty. It detects trojans from those empty folders . All folders from the temp folder are empty. Can't I just delete it all?
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Apr 13, 2007
A few days back I noticed my Anti Virus was automatically disabled. It usually runs continously in the background but of late it was being disabled.I tried re installing but it was of no use. Now I find that a suspcious program 'Form1' is running when I use alt+tab.Could not find this on the task manager though When I try to run anti virus scans / Spybot / Ewido, my computer just freezes after starting the scan!I know somethings wrong but I dont know what
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May 16, 2005
I recently was infected with a computer virus. Norton AntiVirus 2003 initially caught the virus and it supposedly deleted it, so I was not concerned with the message details. However, almost immediately after receiving the message I realized the virus was not completely removed. A DOS window popped up two or three times and then Norton shutdown. I tried opening Norton again but it would not open. I then tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it would not reinstall. I tried the Windows Update site and the page shows no conent. Any ideas on how to identify the virus so I can take steps to remove it?
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Sep 2, 2005
I'm in need for a good antivirus program that don't take up much resources and works, right now i have mcafee virus scan but for some reason it sometiems disable it self so some suggestions? anything free is welcome, but if something is really good i'd buy it
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Nov 3, 2008
I downloaded a prog and now when i open the computer it says : "windows shuttdown
and a ''cmd'' that says the same "-s -t VIRUS DETECTED
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Jun 26, 2005
Hi just joined this forum today to see if anyone kind enought can help me out The problem is one of my drives has a virus,i have done a complete scan with online virus scans such as panda Trend micro housecall etc, i have used my norton program too but when these programs carry out a full system scan ,it gets to a certain point my
computer makes a clicking noise for a second then my screen freezes up i cant move the mouse pointer basicaly screen freezes. i know i have some infected files but i dont know which ones are infected as the virus scan dosnt finish and show end results
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Jun 5, 2005
I was checking my daughters pc for some usual maintenance. The start programs on list suddenly dont open, computer freezes up, did the error-checking but I cannot seem to get some vital prgrams to open up. I am running a couple of recent worm tools from Symantec and so far, nothing. Could this be a hardware problem or can someone tell me something I am missing?
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Oct 6, 2008
I reinstalled Windows XP. For some reason, all of my old programs show up in Windows Explorer, but not in the Start Menu or in Control Panel/Add Remove Programs. Is there a way to fix this?
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Mar 4, 2009
A family member was surfing the net for a television program she missed and a box popped up stating she had a virus. I never heard of it I guess it's some sort of spyware..
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Mar 31, 2007
I got this weird little pain in the butt virus. symptoms are similiar to that of virus burster. Random annyoing popups trying to get you to install things. i checked my add/remove and i cant find any trace of it... im completely clueless. did virus scans and it deleted all infected files
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Apr 4, 2010
I am looking to get the right anti-virus for my computer, however it already has a virus on it and i need to know what to do. It will not let me restore or anything. It took all the icons away
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Apr 16, 2007
I am another victim of the trojan virus deleted (with Antivir) . I've read some post from JSntgRvr helping other guys to solve the problem. I hesitate to follow the same procedure to skip more problems...this the report from AV Antivir...
Begin scan in 'C:' <VAIO>
C:autorun.bat
[DETECTION] Contains signature of the batch virus BAT/Small.K [INFO] The file was deleted!
C:autorun.vbs
[DETECTION] Contains signature of the VBS script virus VBS/Small.K [INFO] The file was deleted
Now I have the error opening c: or d: drives "autorun.vbs not found" or something similar.
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Feb 5, 2005
I have Xp and i just installed a bunch of new programs and when i go into the start all programs menu there all highlighted in that orange tint and even after clicking the shortcuts they still stay like that is there a way how to get rid of it
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Sep 19, 2005
i need help to open it and get rid of an unwanted program
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Sep 8, 2006
Just did an upgrade install of Win2k on a Win98SE system. I've had this computer for ages and did not want to do a clean install.The upgrade went fine except for one problem.In my add/remove program section all of my previously installed programs are missing.They were not deleted, just missing from add/remove.How do I restore these programs back into the add/remove program section?
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Sep 15, 2007
I have computer ***. antivirus 2007. It is telling me I need to manually remove a Byte.Verify virus X3 I have. Directs me to: Start. Control Panel. Java Plug in Control Panel. Chache Tab and then to Clear.I can get to this manually but no one at CA will tell me what I am clearing or deleting so I am afraid to do this. Can anyone tell me what I'm deleting or clearing? I would not lose any significant data or programming?
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Feb 18, 2007
we had to remove Visual Studio 2005...when uninstalling VS it tells you to unistall portions in order...we did that and now nothing is listed in Add/Remove Programs relating to VS at all...however, in the start menu there is MS SQL Server 2005 configuration tools...when you reboot windows xp you get an error saying SQL Server could not start...well, we don't want SQL Server 2005 on there and are trying to remove it but it is not listed in Add/Remove at all...can't find anything relating to this at all.how do we remove SQL Server 2005 configuration tools?
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