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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Elite Pete on 27 February 2011, 18:14:02
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I've just had the System Tools Virus on my PC and it was a pig to get rid of. I've got AVG as my Anti-Virus and that didn't stop it but doing some reading and the Mcafee is no good as well so just be careful ;)
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Not the first time you've had a virus on your tool I'll wager.
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Been surfing those "educational" websites again have we Pete? ;D ;D
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Had to sort this mendacious little app out a couple of nights ago on a friend's PC - it's very similar to the Security Tool download. It took a bit of finding as the app hides itself away, but by booting up in safe mode with networking, then rip out the executable in Explorer (named jdaacjk06300) and some associated .pf files seemed to do the trick for me. :)
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Strange the laptop has got exactly the same thing today. Affects the wife's log in but not mine (I wonder what she's been looking at :-?).
Still trying to get rid of it now.
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Strange the laptop has got exactly the same thing today. Affects the wife's log in but not mine (I wonder what she's been looking at :-?).
Still trying to get rid of it now.
Press F8 when you turn the laptop on and go to Safe Mode with Networking this will allow you onto the net the go to www.malwarebytes.org/ and down load thier freebee ;)
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I had that a couple of weeks ago . I Googled it and there were several methods of removing ,one inc a very good video but I just couldn't get rid of it.
I eventually went into Safe Mode and reset back a couple of days and that fixed it.
Had no problem since , but you're right it was a little swine.
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Strange the laptop has got exactly the same thing today. Affects the wife's log in but not mine (I wonder what she's been looking at :-?).
Still trying to get rid of it now.
Press F8 when you turn the laptop on and go to Safe Mode with Networking this will allow you onto the net the go to www.malwarebytes.org/ and down load thier freebee ;)
It's already been download and is running a full scan as I type. But thanks for trying to help Pete :y
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Time to recommend getting Avast. It seems to stop everything that is throw at my PC and it uses fewer system resources than AVG which appears useless against port scan attacks.
You can get it off www.download.com :y
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Avast and spybot (with full immunisation) keeps it away
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some of the pc's i look after have been nothing but trouble with AVG lately, things seem much better with Avast.
If you want me to take a look, just drop it round (just need base unit, no screen / mouse / keyboard etc)
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some of the pc's i look after have been nothing but trouble with AVG lately, things seem much better with Avast.
If you want me to take a look, just drop it round (just need base unit, no screen / mouse / keyboard etc)
What's your opinion of security essentials Jim?
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some of the pc's i look after have been nothing but trouble with AVG lately, things seem much better with Avast.
If you want me to take a look, just drop it round (just need base unit, no screen / mouse / keyboard etc)
What's your opinion of security essentials Jim?
Well I've heard nothing bad.....but it is microsoft ;D
prob on my 'to be tried' list if honest
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some of the pc's i look after have been nothing but trouble with AVG lately, things seem much better with Avast.
If you want me to take a look, just drop it round (just need base unit, no screen / mouse / keyboard etc)
What's your opinion of security essentials Jim?
Well I've heard nothing bad.....but it is microsoft ;D
prob on my 'to be tried' list if honest
Been using it on all ours for a while now and it seems fine, not too obtrusive, updates come in via windows update and seems to catch drive by installs as they happen.
Best of all it's a freebie. :y
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I moved over from Symantec to MS SE at the beginning of the year. It's been much less resource hungry and coped fine with the usual wandering round the Internet that I do.
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I use ESET Nod 32. haven't found anything better..
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get your self comodo, and help your self to free internet and systerm security, update daily and informs you if there are any bad site and softwear, removes bad file's and untrusted files get put away so dont link with other files, have had it for 2 years now never had a problem, also have winfix, :y
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I must be one of the very few who actually renewed the norton which was pre-loaded. £40 for a year and it's been great.
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I use ESET Nod 32. haven't found anything better..
I use that too, on mine and my wifes computer... She still managed to pick up the system tools virus...
Easy way to get rid of it is...
Step 1. Get hold of a program called RKill.com http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com
Step 2. Download Malwarebytes Anti Malware (free version). http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Malwarebytes-AntiMalware/1186760019/1
Step 3. Restart the computer in safe mode WITH networking.
Step 4. Install Malwarebytes, launch and update. Run a quick scan.
Should sort the problem...
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The problem is system tool isn't really a virus. It's a program designed to panic the user into thinking they have an infected computer and then divulge their credit card details to try and remove it. Therefore it doesn't matter which AV program you've got.
In my case it attacked my wife's account on the laptop but left mine untouched so I was able to use task manager on my account to stop the program running and then used malware bytes to remove all traces of it.
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I must be one of the very few who actually renewed the norton which was pre-loaded. £40 for a year and it's been great.
In that case I have a bridge you may be interested in. ;D ;D
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I must be one of the very few who actually renewed the norton which was pre-loaded. £40 for a year and it's been great.
In that case I have a bridge you may be interested in. ;D ;D
I will grant it is better than Crapafee...
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If we didn't all run with administrator priviledges, this would not happen. This is not a virus, its a piece of malware that spreads via social engineering.
Problem solved.
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I must be one of the very few who actually renewed the norton which was pre-loaded. £40 for a year and it's been great.
In that case I have a bridge you may be interested in. ;D ;D
Will this bridge be completely bug-free, as my computer is? ::)