Total Security Trojan

Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

timOleary wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

The Real Truth MS MVP is not listed on the MVP list:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


Check out “pcbutts” using your favorite search engine.


On his blog, he uses a picture of a woman, above “About Me”. You can
find the same picture he http://www.frontpageagency.co.uk/ and
it’s not pcbutts.


Can you really trust someone like this?


May I suggest you not download his software?

--
JD..

timOleary wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

The Real Truth MS MVP is not listed on the MVP list:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


Check out “pcbutts” using your favorite search engine.


On his blog, he uses a picture of a woman, above “About Me”. You can
find the same picture he http://www.frontpageagency.co.uk/ and
it’s not pcbutts.


Can you really trust someone like this?


May I suggest you not download his software?

--
JD..

The Real Truth MVP wrote:
Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/



The Real Truth MS MVP is not listed on the MVP list:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


Check out “pcbutts” using your favorite search engine.


On his blog, he uses a picture of a woman, above “About Me”. You can
find the same picture he http://www.frontpageagency.co.uk/ and
it’s not pcbutts.


Can you really trust someone like this?

--
JD..

The Real Truth MVP wrote:
Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/



The Real Truth MS MVP is not listed on the MVP list:

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/


Check out “pcbutts” using your favorite search engine.


On his blog, he uses a picture of a woman, above “About Me”. You can
find the same picture he http://www.frontpageagency.co.uk/ and
it’s not pcbutts.


Can you really trust someone like this?

--
JD..

timOleary wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Hello Tim:

The Total Security Rogue is an outgrowth of other rogues. It is not a
Trojan. You may remove it with legitimate and reputable free antimalwa

MBAM - http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (Run in the Normal Mode)
SAS - http://www.superantispyware.com/ (Run in the Safe Mode)

After running both, or if you have further trouble, please update this
thread with your progress.

--
1PW

timOleary wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Hello Tim:

The Total Security Rogue is an outgrowth of other rogues. It is not a
Trojan. You may remove it with legitimate and reputable free antimalwa

MBAM - http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (Run in the Normal Mode)
SAS - http://www.superantispyware.com/ (Run in the Safe Mode)

After running both, or if you have further trouble, please update this
thread with your progress.

--
1PW

Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-



Good luck



Ǝиçεl
◕‿◕
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"timOleary" wrote:

Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-



Good luck



Ǝиçεl
◕‿◕
-=-


"timOleary" wrote:

Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

On Aug 21, 12:01Â*am, Ǝиçεl wrote:
Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-

Good luck

Ǝиçεl
Â*◕‿◕
Â*-=-

"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

On Aug 21, 12:01Â*am, Ǝиçεl wrote:
Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-

Good luck

Ǝиçεl
Â*◕‿◕
Â*-=-

"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

On Aug 21, 12:38Â*am, timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:01Â*am, Ǝиçεl wrote:



Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-

Good luck

Ǝиçεl
Â*◕‿◕
Â*-=-

"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

one more thing: real truth MVP emailed me privately with essentially
the same info as in the above posted reply. I replied to it and my
email went undeliverable with an unusual error report message and a
phone number to call. i didn't call it

On Aug 21, 12:38Â*am, timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:01Â*am, Ǝиçεl wrote:



Hello Tim,

I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).

Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Reboot
-=-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-

Good luck

Ǝиçεl
Â*◕‿◕
Â*-=-

"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?

Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

one more thing: real truth MVP emailed me privately with essentially
the same info as in the above posted reply. I replied to it and my
email went undeliverable with an unusual error report message and a
phone number to call. i didn't call it

timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:38 am, timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:01 am, Ǝиçεl wrote:



Hello Tim,
I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).
Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Reboot
-=-
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-
Good luck
Ǝиçεl
◕‿◕
-=-
"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?
Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

one more thing: real truth MVP emailed me privately with essentially
the same info as in the above posted reply. I replied to it and my
email went undeliverable with an unusual error report message and a
phone number to call. i didn't call it

Try a Google search on PCBUTTS1. Make up your own mind about
reputation then.

--
1PW

timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:38 am, timOleary wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:01 am, Ǝиçεl wrote:



Hello Tim,
I recommend downloading and installing MalwareBytes' Antimalware (MBAM) and
SUPERAntiSpywa�e (SAS).
Do a full scan with Malwa�eBytes' and SUPERAntiSpywa�e.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Reboot
-=-
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Reboot
-=-
The programs are free. (There is a paid version but you don't need to buy it
to remove malware.)
-=-
Good luck
Ǝиçεl
◕‿◕
-=-
"timOleary" wrote:
Any info on origins and how to get rid of this beast?
Thankyou all for for replying

this program somehow got into one of the workstations at my place of
business. It placed a message which took over the desktop, produced a
pop up which looked like a process occurring, and lots of balloons
saving security monitor detected this or that. also occassional
bluescreens and shutdowns. I was unable to open task manager, a local
virus scan did not detect it, add-remove programs would not open,
what a mess. never saw anything like it b4. this is a company trying
to sell something?

I googled total security an saw several sites. One site described a
manual cleaning process and listed a number of files and a reg entry
which needed to be removed, along with an app download option; but was
wary of downloading anything unknown
so
I called Norton and complained.
They gave me a case #.
I handed the issue off to the user of the workstation at that point.
The fix involved remote log on by them. But they soon got frustrated
by the frequent interruptions caused by the malware.
the user says they logged onto the system in safe mode, and removed
files, and now it will be necessary to re-register certain apps.
now i got to figure out who is who.
i want to have a defense for the next attack. I wonder how this thing
got in the
pc
thanks again

one more thing: real truth MVP emailed me privately with essentially
the same info as in the above posted reply. I replied to it and my
email went undeliverable with an unusual error report message and a
phone number to call. i didn't call it

Try a Google search on PCBUTTS1. Make up your own mind about
reputation then.

--
1PW