Help. I Think i have a virus and im useless!

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by *Jessie*, Dec 10, 2006.

  1. *Jessie*

    *Jessie* Private E-2

    I have a little bubble in the bottom right of my screen that says "Critical System Error" etc. etc. and when i click on it it directs me to a virusbursters website. I can't get rid of it. I have a free version of AVG that i've run. and i've been recommended to download Hijack this - so i have. Here i am. This is the report it gave me. Please help me as i'm useless on a computer. Reply to this or e-mail me on < removed email address to stop the spam bots > Thank you.

    Edit: removed inline log for guide below to be run
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 10, 2006
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Jesse and welcome to the forum.

    I have removed your live link to your email as it will get picked up by the spam bots and your inbox will be hammered with spam and maybe the odd nutter!

    But to your problem, the best way to fully start the removals process it to follow the below guide and attach all the logs requested, then our malware guys can assist you in removing the pests.


    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.




    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
      • CounterSpy
      • AVG Antispyware log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     
  3. *Jessie*

    *Jessie* Private E-2

    Flippin 'eck - i dun understand any of the abve. . .shall keep reading though!
     
  4. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    If you have any questions feel free to ask, we are here to help. If you read thru it before starting it will help.
     

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