I hope it's o.k. to post twice here, rather

than bump my post on Malware Removal...I posted there a couple days ago, and still haven't had an answer. But I know it can take a while, but like anybody, I worry I haven't been "seen...," but I agree that there aren't many people who can do this well: I thought I knew my way around a computer, been at this forever, and I use Linux, all that, but I have young friend who got inundated with this trojan "antivirus 2008", and it screwed his computer *all* up...and made me realize just how little I knew...or rather, that what I did know was kind of out of date, and limited: I knew Spybot, and HiJackthis--kind of--and hell, I couldn't even *run* them, this virus had just taken overso bad... Also, these people had sent the *Malware* scammers money thru online credit card, but have taken care of that: Credit Card companies have seen this before, so the CC's actually reimbursed them, are changing their cards for them...

Anyway, just in case somebody else has this problem: I wasn't able--at first--to get malwarebytes to run, *or* to get MGtools to get all the files they were supposed to get, specifically hijackthis, so I posted the three I had, to my malware complaint, but then yesterday, after reading the different messages on this site, I realized I could download the missing msvbvm60.dll -- and that allowed me to run MB, and get the complete mgtools files, which I posted....

So I'm hopeful they'll get to me, and really, once you google around the net, and wade thru all the hustles and scams...there is no-where else...MajorGeeks is the last bus-stop before reformating and new OS. I wish--or maybe they *do*--they had a training program you could pay for--specific to becoming proficient at online malware removal--as I'm retired, and really would like to help people do this stuff. And again, I thought I *was* good at it, but I got whooped good this time....

Anybody else, waiting in line in malware problems, just want you to know, "yer not alone...."

thanks for everything

geff
aka duckfeet (my swimfins )

 

Thanks so much for answering: I think a lot of us just worry we'll get "missed," but knowing that there are *so* few people doing this...anyway, again...thanks for letting me know, no worries on this end...happily waiting my turn

geff

 

Yes he has, and it turn out that just doing what I was requested to do first, actually got rid of most of it...I was all freaked out after a day of waiting, but finally I got it together, and realized I hadn't *really* tried hard to run malwarebytes, since I was missing a file...well, by googling around on this site, I found that wasn't unusual, and that they even had that *specific* download I was missing, so I downloaded it, ran malwarebytes...and *zip* , like night and day, and so uploaded--a day late--that txt file, and was afraid I'd get in trouble for "bumping..." but nope, Tim came on, said I was in good shape, told me a couple lingering problems in Hijackthis to remove...and I was able to call my friend this morning, and tell him Majorgeeks had come thru, and we were good to go...

I'm just tickled, and even put a "bookmark" on his computer for him to come to this site and do what it says when he has problems, or really, the preventative stuff is so important, and so it all ended well, and I just want to let anybody who is waiting, to know that they'll get to you, and to really try hard to follow the instruction *before* posting on the Malware forum, as they really do work, and then the pros can fix what's left....

Good deal, made my week ...