Comments | ludicrous_box: So who here knows computers?

ludicrous_box

So who here knows computers?

Apr 30, 2010 13:47

I've been infected by that buggered 2010 virus that poses as a fake virus scan program and I've been trying for weeks to manually remove it TO NO AVAIL. It keeps reproducing itself... because it has files in my System Volume Information folder. Which you can't access under normal circumstances ( Read more... )

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fuegofeather April 30 2010, 18:54:54 UTC

OH, that damn thing. Does it have a specific name, like 2010 Defender or something? I've gotten rid of different versions, and I know a few ways to find a walkthrough on how to remove it. I can copy/paste them here as those things like to block instruction sites~

ludicrous_box April 30 2010, 19:49:49 UTC

Links are fine, but anything I've tried on the internet has been ass, but hey, I'm up for trying anything.

All it does to my internet is make stupid sites pop up on me randomly. It doesn't block anything, thankfully.

fuegofeather April 30 2010, 20:09:51 UTC

Is This the one? It's basically the same process for all of these kinds of viruses though. And if you can't go into safe mode, cntrl+alt+delete and find a strange process running, usually a weird string of numbers, and end it. That should stop the virus from messing with you while you get rid of it.

I recommend this too. Avast is what I use, is free, and I haven't had any problems since I got it~

drmindfunk May 1 2010, 22:24:28 UTC

I got it a few times, its a pain to kill.

Use Safe mode!! anonymous June 9 2010, 08:56:57 UTC

Try starting the computer into safe mode THEN running a virus removal program. You'll find the scan completes with ease! Do a quick google on 'Safe Mode for Windows XP'

easy!