SteveoBC
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Evening guys
Jesus i just had a battle for the last 2 hours to get rid of this little fucker
Its called MS Removal Tool
Pretends to be an anti-virus scanner/software and installs itself then decides you have 30+ viruses and "you must delete these now to protect your system" and will not let you do anything (even open the task manager) until you have "subscribed to their antivirus program" which is where the scam lies
Will only let you open internet explorer so you can go online and pay their subscription "randsom" and blocks everything else saying "this program is infected and cannot run"
Had to open up my windows vista in safe mode in the end to track the fucker down and delete all its files manually (which had set themself to hidden) and delete it manually
God what a cunt! come across a couple of viruses in my time but that one was a tricky little shit
Just a heads up for anyone that its doing the rounds and nearly fucked my pc tonight
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John
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 this has been about since before windows mate.
Not a virus either, more malware. Can be prevented by not going to dodgy sites and clicking stuff.
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SteveoBC
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quote:
Originally posted by John
this has been about since before windows mate.
Not a virus either, more malware. Can be prevented by not going to dodgy sites and clicking stuff.
maybe but first iv come across it, i know its had different names in the past
caught it trying to watch fast five online as i can be arsed to pay for it and wanted to watch it here and now
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Woody
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use a program called hijackthis. works first time 
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chris_uk
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i use spybot: search n destroy and ccleaner for malware and general cleanup of pc, then use avg for the virus checker.
as for watching films online, thats what you get, try joining a download forum and download them that way instead. much safer.
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Russ
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Will my mac be safe
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Sam
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Yes this bit of malware and ones similar to it have been around for years.
In my experience, people generally get this either from porn sites, or perhaps legitimate looking sites that have been hacked.
Easiest way of clearing it up is to boot up into Safe Mode and run CCleaner to delete all your temporary Windows/Internet files (including your Recycle Bin), then run the registry checks to delete any orphaned startup links etc. to the malware.
Then run a full scan of SuperAntiSpyware AND Malwarebytes afterwards (also in Safe Mode) to completely get rid of it.
I always run these three programs off a USB stick in Safe Mode by the way.
[Edited on 01-05-2011 by Sam]
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Steve
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easiest way to get rid is sytem restore tbf
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe
ooh, the sarcasm. The reason macs weren't able to get viruses is because they weren't popular, so you'd have to spend a lot of time infecting 1 mac user, whereas in the same time you could have infected potentially 100 PC users, viruses for macs do exist nowadays, but everyone knows only fags use macs anyway
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
easiest way to get rid is sytem restore tbf
You dont seriously use this "feature" of Windows do you? 
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Jamie-C
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
easiest way to get rid is sytem restore tbf
You dont seriously use this "feature" of Windows do you?
Why?
I have a few times and its saved my computer.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe
ooh, the sarcasm. The reason macs weren't able to get viruses is because they weren't popular, so you'd have to spend a lot of time infecting 1 mac user, whereas in the same time you could have infected potentially 100 PC users, viruses for macs do exist nowadays, but everyone knows only fags use macs anyway
Perhaps, but mainly it was due to Macs being PPC rather than glorified 'PCs' which they are now.
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
easiest way to get rid is sytem restore tbf
You dont seriously use this "feature" of Windows do you?
Why?
I have a few times and its saved my computer.
just backup your shit and format, nice new clean install that way
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
easiest way to get rid is sytem restore tbf
You dont seriously use this "feature" of Windows do you?
Why?
I have a few times and its saved my computer.
System restore is pretty much incompatible with the likes of Search and Destroy, in that you use S&D to get rid of some problems, but then something else happens so you System Restore (usually not killing the problem you were trying to solve anyway) and it brings back the shit S&D got rid of before
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Steve
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just use system restore then, got rid of many bits of spyware using it and yes it does get rid of it properly, my full time job is computer support and we fix many infections of spyware such as this using it, of course if it fails complete reinstall is next best bet
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe
The reason i don't own a mac is because i'm poor
diddums
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adiohead
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PCs are for losers
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by Root
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe
The reason i don't own a mac is because i'm poor
diddums
oh right, all PC & unix users are poor, ok, I'll bare that in mind.
I wouldn't buy a mac if I had the ridiculous amount of however much they are, they're overpriced pieces of shit
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Andrew
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Malware Bytes and System Restore sorted on the last one of these i had.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
PCs are for losers
As the hardware is near enough identical, does that make you a loser too?
Root, would i be right in saying you don't like Macs?
[Edited on 01-05-2011 by Dom]
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ed
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If this is the virus I'm thinking about then it's pretty smart. The popup does look identical to a version of Windows firewall and could easily catch you out! Impressed me at least
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adiohead
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
PCs are for losers
As the hardware is near enough identical, does that make you a loser too?
Root, would i be right in saying you don't like Macs?
[Edited on 01-05-2011 by Dom]
No.
PCs are shit and suck virus dick like their gay owners
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
PCs are for losers
As the hardware is near enough identical, does that make you a loser too?
Root, would i be right in saying you don't like Macs?
[Edited on 01-05-2011 by Dom]
macs are fucking dire, PCs are also bad but they don't BSOD every 5 min like they used to, they're not bad at all these days, everyone knows linux is the winrar and mac is definitely bottom of the list, could argue this for decades though and get nowhere, it's all down to personal preference
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adiohead
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Mac > pc
Microsoft has to copy everything. Pc owners are geeks with small penises and find everybody loves Raymond funny
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Russ
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so he's never used a mac then.
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