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February 14th 10, 10:55 PM
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Antivirus Soft
What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus
Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!! 
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February 15th 10, 02:16 PM
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Antivirus Soft
Download it from someone else's pc to a thumbdrive.
"brickman" wrote in message news 
: What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus: Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse : the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post : that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it : keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system : restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!
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February 15th 10, 02:51 PM
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Antivirus Soft
"brickman" wrote in message
news What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!! I had to remove this pest from my niece's computer last week so I'll pass along what worked for me. Since you have another computer that's not infected you can use that machine to download the programs you'll need to fix the problem. To get back control of Internet Explorer you can try following the instructions in this article about making changes in Internet Options. It involves disabling the proxy setting that Antivirus Soft sets up. Go to Control Panel, open Internet Options, click on the Connections tab, Click on Lan Settings, uncheck the box in the Proxy Server section. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/viru...antivirus-soft Another option to regain the ability to download programs is to install Firefox on the infected machine. Firefox was already installed on the my niece's machine so it made things a lot easier. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/product...win&lang=en-US I also had to disable the registry entry that launched Antivirus Soft at startup. It was located here. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run Look for an entry with a random series of letters for the program name. I ran Malwarebytes Anti-Malware along with a program called Trojan Remover and that combination seemed to get the job done. I ran them first in Safe Mode and then again in Normal Mode. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Trojan Remover http://www.simplysup.com/ Good luck Nepatsfan
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February 17th 10, 04:03 AM
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Antivirus Soft
Thank you both for your help. As it turns out, last night I got into a
Malwarebytes' Malware Removal forum and someone gave me a link to rkill, which, after a couple of hour trying, got the job done. Hope you don't get that nasty thing! Thanks again. "brickman" wrote: What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!
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February 17th 10, 01:01 PM
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Antivirus Soft
Just watch, the next incarnation will armor itself against MBAM *and*
RKILL. Next, we'll be rootkitting our own machines just to get the upper hand on malware. "brickman" wrote in message ... Thank you both for your help. As it turns out, last night I got into a Malwarebytes' Malware Removal forum and someone gave me a link to rkill, which, after a couple of hour trying, got the job done. Hope you don't get that nasty thing! Thanks again. "brickman" wrote: What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!
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March 28th 10, 11:07 PM
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Antivirus Soft
MICROSOFT READ THIS POST NOW AND GIVE PEOPLE FREE SOFTWARE FOR THIS ON CD'S
AND EVERYONE REPORT THIS TOMICROSOFT OH AND I HAVE SAME PROBLEM JUST WITH INTERNET SECURITY 2010 INSTEAD OF METALSOFT "brickman" wrote in message news What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!
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March 28th 10, 11:07 PM
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Antivirus Soft
MICROSOFT READ THIS POST NOW
"brickman" wrote in message news What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me browse the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! it keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!
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March 29th 10, 01:59 PM
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Antivirus Soft
Hooplehead alert.
"jack wilkinson" wrote in message ... : MICROSOFT READ THIS POST NOW AND GIVE PEOPLE FREE SOFTWARE FOR THIS ON CD'S : AND EVERYONE REPORT THIS TOMICROSOFT OH AND I HAVE SAME PROBLEM JUST WITH : INTERNET SECURITY 2010 INSTEAD OF METALSOFT : "brickman" wrote in message : news
: What a headache do I have! My other computer got infected with Antivirus: Soft, I believe it is malware. The problem is that it will not let me : browse : the internet to download Malwarebite's Antimalware, which I read in a post : that will take care of it, it really does not let me browse for anything! : it : keeps going to www.metalsoft.com and will not even let me do a system : restore, that PC is running XP Home PLEASE HEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!! : :
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