Damn Damn Damn
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Damn Damn Damn
by St. Jimmy » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:25 pm
grrrrrrr....... I just had to do a system restore cause my computer had something wrong with it that my virus scanner didn't find, and I didn't want to pay $70+ to take it in. Good thing I didn't have anything important saved on here....
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion....you must first set yourself on fire.
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by Lance » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:01 pm
I use these two tools at work and can recover 99% of the infected PCs I work on.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofi ... e-combofix
Both free.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofi ... e-combofix
Both free.
No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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by St. Jimmy » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:56 am
I'll remember those the next time anything goes wrong with my computer. Thanks
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by St. Jimmy » Mon May 10, 2010 12:39 am
Well, performed my first do-it-yourself virus removal on my computer. I was unable to download malware bytes or combofix onto my computer after I got hit, so I had to search bleepingcomputer.com searched around to find out what virus I had and found a list of all files known to be associated with the virus I had. Went through my computer and stuck all the files into one folder, opened my computer out of safe mode and used my virus scanner on just those files and got rid of the virus! Hooray! Only took me an hour.
Llance is there a tool to use to search for rootkits or should my Norton virus scanner be searching for those anyway?
Llance is there a tool to use to search for rootkits or should my Norton virus scanner be searching for those anyway?
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion....you must first set yourself on fire.
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by Lance » Mon May 10, 2010 11:00 am
Nice job!
Combofix will clean rootkits.
Combofix will clean rootkits.
No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
==========================================
Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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by St. Jimmy » Fri May 14, 2010 5:25 am
The more I read about using combofix the more it scares me to use it. Danger, Warning, Be Careful, Beware! I don't quite understand what is so difficult about it that someone would screw up their computer with it.... :?
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by Dragon Star » Sun May 16, 2010 2:05 am
St. Jimmy wrote:The more I read about using combofix the more it scares me to use it. Danger, Warning, Be Careful, Beware! I don't quite understand what is so difficult about it that someone would screw up their computer with it.... :?
It's called covering ones ass, and they're doing it well. :wink:
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