sup all

hey guys, new to the forum! what brought me here was an unresolved maleware problem with a virus named gff6.exe, where the poster ended up formatting without resolving the issue.

Iv taken it upon myself to battle this cursed thing since i have no choice until I get my windows 7 next week. going through Starcraft 2 withdrawals:cry

i seems to be new and causing lots of problems, iv managed to sort of get rid of it without virus scans and maleware removal tools, since they just cant seem to pick it up. i tried ALOT, its all manual.

my internet has been going strong for 6 hours, compared to the 20 minute lifespan it had when i just got the maleware. gonna leave it running the whole night, if its good will post the final reply on how to resolve it.

I hope my advise helps in the future with this issue, i pray it dosent become a big threat on the net, can really stuff up your OS...

i also know a few tricks with windows xp, hope i can help others with diffrent issues...

 

Greetings, Wraithwolf.

If your fix doesn't pan out, I'd suggest going through the Malware Forum's Read & Run Me First thread, and posting your logs in that forum in a new thread - some good people there.

By all means, jump into the Support Forums - we can use all the help we can get.

Welcome to MG! :major

 

Welcome to Major Geeks.
Feel free to help in any of the forums EXCEPT in the Malware forum.
Only trained and qualified experts are permitted to respond there.

 

Hello Wolfy!

Help in the forums, not malware of course, is always welcomed and appreciated!

Tackle any problems you have experience with. There are always unanswered questions out there.

 

Thanks guys for the warm welcome

Im pleased to write that I resolved the issue with gff6.exe and even got sytem restore working aswell to boot!

If anyone is interested read my post about gff6.exe
forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=223033

It can help with other genral issues aswell

I posted a summary, just waiting for the mods to approve.

Thanks guys for ccleaner, Iv been looking for a freeware utility this good for a while!:major
unfortunatly it does not fix gff6.exe

 

unfortunatley the thread got deleted, my advice was "dangerous" so i dont think the summary will be posted. vaaidyaas was forced to format, i did not. that says enough... is there any moderator i can speak to about this? I feel strongly it can help other users with the same problem, oh yeah my pc is still running, and better thats how "dangerous my advice is, i knew what i was doing

 

Read the post by vaaidyaas, you did not solve his issue quickly, infact not at all, and I only got a reply after 2 days

 

to Wraithwolf
Experiment on your machine if you want, but if I ever need any help, I'll go to the TRAINED experts that know what they are doing.
The malware fighters here have been doing an outstanding job and deserve praise for the effort and time they put in as volunteers.
Kudos to the entire team.

 

I know guys, did anyone stop to think that maybe I am trained? and its more like experimenting with my OS, not my machine it was nothing harware realated, because i happened to have studied software and i am an EXPERT.

It is nothing Personal with kestral13, im aware the mods are Voluntary, and work hard to help any poster, she is just doing what she is supposed to and does it good, dispite what you think i did read the read and run me first, it helped me save time in avoiding everything they tried with vaaidyaas...

I just wish anyone with XP that has the same problem should try it, if it cant get resolved thats all.

 

Thanks LauraR thats all the info i needed, Iv studied computer programming
and a software expert, unfortunatly not malware removal, thats why i posted to major geeks because i saw the thread and thought it would be helpful to post my progress, i apologised for bumping in the deleted thread because i was using the infected PC i had no choice.

The first thing I was taught was to find the problem, which was the first threads I posted, after you find the problem, you make the solution. that was my summary. it was an easy 15 step by step proccess to delete gff6.exe and restore your system restore specifically for windows xp users as i stated in the summary.

When it came to your read and run me, I could not do the things requested
as i was using the infected PC, i had about 20 min internet time and downloading apps was not an option. sorry if i missed a few facts because of the crashes. didnt mean to be so much trouble i also was expecting assistance which i didnt get so i had to procceed by myself

Thanks again lauraR for laying it out for me, you are alot more
Thorough than kestrel.

To kestral13

maybe you would have got a better response from me if you wern't so rude in the deleted thread, i dont have to prove anything to you.:wave
posting logs didnt help vaaidyaas, and maybe he formatted because he was Fed up with all the typing and maintenance IT WAS NOT WORKING
If you had layed it out like lauraR and gave me a better reason as to why you deleted it instead of rather making it sound selfish:
"I would rather have folks seeking assistance run things our own way."
I would of replied more kindly, learn customer care darling

to hrlow2

Judging from you signiture you could learn a thing or two from me, you can go to your trained "Professionals', google isnt it? :-D my free tech support email was been doing well for awhile me and my boys apparently need all the help we can get:confused

you can learn what ever you want about computers, it still wont be enough

I know my rudeness is not appreciated, but after all the time i spent typing on this forum just for it to get deleted, who would not be angry? I wasn't even giving a chance. I hope this virus pesters you guys for eternity.

I might have considered helping the site with software issues, not anymore after kestral and hrlow's reply's, im not bothered...

 

Hey, welcome aboard Wraithwolf. Enjoy the site.

 

Good. Because neither am I.

 

Thank you TIMW, i admit the first posts are a bit rough since i was trying to find the problem If you want to allow me to post the summary, its much more accurate and thorough, I can also add some warnings to tell users to do your procedures first, if it dosent help then they must try the steps after a successful backup, and only for SP3 users.

I did not mind not getting assistance, I figured the problem is not easily solved, didnt realise my bumping was knocking the thread back.

Thanks again TIMW for enabling my thread, though the summary is safer and would prefer it replaced with that thread, lots of typo's and mistakes because i was not allowed to edit them.

I apologise to kestral13 and hrlow2 for my rudeness, it didnt solve anything

 

For my part, it's OK.
I have a very thick hide.
Almost as thick as my head.

Also sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way.

 

Welcome to the forum Wraithwolf :wave

Shelagh

 

to Kestrel.
I believe the "trained professionals" remark was aimed my way.
What I know is from studying and reading the threads and LOTS of practice with even more "hands-on" experience.
I can clean one up as well as the next person, but that doesn't keep the other person from messing it up again.
Proud to be able to say that my personal machine has never had an infection other than a few tracking cookies.