Fake Windows security center

noob21 · Sep 29, 2010

I checked the older FWSC threads but I didn't see one similar to my case

Oh and the infected one is a Windows 7

Ok so I was downloading a torrent which was probably the source (I deleted the file now) and 5 minutes later a trojan attacked my computer and my Avira anti-virus.

Basically the FWSC thing popped up, not knowing anything and not being able to move the mouse I clicked on it and it told me that the trojan was suspended. I couldn't move the mouse either way so I restarted the computer (I could still use ctrl/alt/delete).

Now for the problem, apart from Avira telling me that there's a trojan every few seconds (I had to close the processes hotfix and of2 to stop this) I have nothing except for "my computer", and my desktop/background and start menu have been replaced by a yellow screen.

I downloaded Super-anti-spyware and malware-bytes from this computer and installed them on the infected computer and although that was done, the yellow screen is still there and so are the trojan processes (hotfix and of2)

Oh and the Fake-Windows thing still comes up when I start up the computer so I can't start Firefox or Avira

Kestrel13! · Sep 29, 2010

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