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My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to
remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots Thanks for any reply's. Regards, Rene |
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On 7/25/2015 7:29 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots Thanks for any reply's. Regards, Rene Should read number 12 Boots Rene |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots Thanks for any reply's. Regards, Rene When you say "disabled his CDROM", what do you mean exactly ? That you cannot boot the Macrium Recovery CD ? 1) Macrium can be run from within Windows. For restoring a data hard drive. 2) To restore C: (also known as "bare metal restore"), you need to boot the Macrium rescue CD, and run the restoration procedure from there. Since the regular Windows OS is not running, all parts of C: can be accessed and replaced. If you bring his hard drives over to your computer, and attempt to restore his C: there, be careful. Some malware uses autorun/autoplay, to infect another host computer. You want your autorun/autoplay stuff completely disabled, before doing work like that on your computer. When a hard drive is plugged in, whether in a USB enclosure, or installed to a SATA connector inside the computer case, you want the OS to make absolutely no response at all to the contents on that disk/partition. Alternatively, you can boot the Macrium boot CD on your computer (where it is not disabled). Disconnect *all* of your hard drives. Install your sons C: drive, and his backup drive. *Do not* allow his C: to boot. When the Macrium CD starts to boot, if you see a prompt to "Press any key", make sure to press a key in a timely manner, so the CD can boot. Otherwise, it'll boot off the hard drive. If an infected hard drive starts to boot a computer, you can always use the switch on the back of the computer, to stop it immediately. Paul |
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On 25 Jul 2015, Rene Lamontagne wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, Let that be a lesson. From what I just read, it's offered to you when you install other software. Your son agreed to it at that time. I know it's inconvenient to read all those windows that pop up, but it's important to avoid this kind of situation. is there a simple way to remove it? What have you tried so far? What anti-virus do you use? Do you have any other anti-malware programs available? Have you looked to see if it's listed in Control Panel | Programs and Features to see if you can easily uninstall it? Have you tried disabling it in your browser add- ons? Check out: http://www.fixyourbrowser.com/remova...ove-your-home- page-net-redirect-virus-removal-instruction/#mbam This page mentions three products that it claims will remove it. I can vouch for Malwarebytes as being pretty good about that kind of thing, but I haven't run into your particular problem so I can vouch for it being able to remove this bug. It's worth a try. Follow their directions, but please download the software from the original manufacturer's site, NOT from the above web page. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ |
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On 7/25/2015 9:11 PM, Nil wrote:
On 25 Jul 2015, Rene Lamontagne wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: This page mentions three products that it claims will remove it. I can vouch for Malwarebytes as being pretty good about that kind of thing, but I haven't run into your particular problem so I can vouch for it being able to remove this bug. It's worth a try. Follow their directions, but please download the software from the original manufacturer's site, NOT from the above web page. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ I have used malwarebytes and it has cleaned up the problems I have had with my computer. I use it in conjunction with McAfee Total protection. McAfee runs continuously, and I periodically run Malwarebytes. There is no excuse not to be running an antivirus program. There are many free ones that will automatically update the virus profile without your input. The one that I put on my sister in law's computer was Avast and has kept it clean. If you do a search for Free antivirus software, and then do a little research for the best, (there are strong opinions on the pros and cons of all of them.) Some of the large companies like McAfee offer free virus scans. Here is a review of the free programs http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388652,00.asp But as said by a previous post, ONLY download from the manufacture's site. |
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On 7/25/2015 8:04 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots Thanks for any reply's. Regards, Rene When you say "disabled his CDROM", what do you mean exactly ? CDROM will not boot any of 3 Macrium recovery disks when chosen from the F12 boot menu, nor will it boot when set as first device in the bios, no led activity at all. That you cannot boot the Macrium Recovery CD ? Correct not activity at all Right no activity at all 1) Macrium can be run from within Windows. For restoring a data hard drive. 2) To restore C: (also known as "bare metal restore"), you need to boot the Macrium rescue CD, and run the restoration procedure from there. Since the regular Windows OS is not running, all parts of C: can be accessed and replaced. Right, cannot run the recovery from windows either which is normal If you bring his hard drives over to your computer, and attempt to restore his C: there, be careful. Some malware uses autorun/autoplay, to infect another host computer. You want your autorun/autoplay stuff completely disabled, before doing work like that on your computer. When a hard drive is plugged in, whether in a USB enclosure, or installed to a SATA connector inside the computer case, you want the OS to make absolutely no response at all to the contents on that disk/partition. Alternatively, you can boot the Macrium boot CD on your computer (where it is not disabled). Disconnect *all* of your hard drives. Install your sons C: drive, and his backup drive. *Do not* allow his C: to boot. When the Macrium CD starts to boot, if you see a prompt to "Press any key", make sure to press a key in a timely manner, so the CD can boot. Otherwise, it'll boot off the hard drive. If an infected hard drive starts to boot a computer, you can always use the switch on the back of the computer, to stop it immediately. Paul Yes I may have to do some drive Juggling but may take a while as I can only access it periodically Regards and Thanks, Rene |
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On 7/25/2015 8:11 PM, Nil wrote:
On 25 Jul 2015, Rene Lamontagne wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, Let that be a lesson. From what I just read, it's offered to you when you install other software. Your son agreed to it at that time. I know it's inconvenient to read all those windows that pop up, but it's important to avoid this kind of situation. is there a simple way to remove it? What have you tried so far? What anti-virus do you use? Do you have any other anti-malware programs available? Have you looked to see if it's listed in Control Panel | Programs and Features to see if you can easily uninstall it? Have you tried disabling it in your browser add- ons? Check out: http://www.fixyourbrowser.com/remova...ove-your-home- page-net-redirect-virus-removal-instruction/#mbam This page mentions three products that it claims will remove it. I can vouch for Malwarebytes as being pretty good about that kind of thing, but I haven't run into your particular problem so I can vouch for it being able to remove this bug. It's worth a try. Follow their directions, but please download the software from the original manufacturer's site, NOT from the above web page. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ I am using Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner plus Windows AV. Thanks, Rene |
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On 07/25/2015 09:40 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 7/25/2015 8:11 PM, Nil wrote: On 25 Jul 2015, Rene Lamontagne wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, Let that be a lesson. From what I just read, it's offered to you when you install other software. Your son agreed to it at that time. I know it's inconvenient to read all those windows that pop up, but it's important to avoid this kind of situation. is there a simple way to remove it? What have you tried so far? What anti-virus do you use? Do you have any other anti-malware programs available? Have you looked to see if it's listed in Control Panel | Programs and Features to see if you can easily uninstall it? Have you tried disabling it in your browser add- ons? Check out: http://www.fixyourbrowser.com/remova...ove-your-home- page-net-redirect-virus-removal-instruction/#mbam This page mentions three products that it claims will remove it. I can vouch for Malwarebytes as being pretty good about that kind of thing, but I haven't run into your particular problem so I can vouch for it being able to remove this bug. It's worth a try. Follow their directions, but please download the software from the original manufacturer's site, NOT from the above web page. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ I am using Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner plus Windows AV. Thanks, Rene If you are using the built in AV (Defender or MS Security Essentials) that comes with Windows, I'd move to something else. AVG, Avast... there is a list of them. See other posts. |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots Thanks for any reply's. Regards, Rene http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...wser-hijacker/ -- ...winston msft mvp windows experience |
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On 2015-07-25 8:29 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots My solution is always more or less the same: 1) remove any software which was unwanted from add/remove program 2) verify the settings of every browser installed on the computer to make sure that no unwanted extensions are installed 3) delete any folders in c:\program files (x86) and c:\program files which had anything to do with the unwanted software 4) clean the registry with CCleaner to make sure the software's registry entries are removed as well 5) scan and clean the registry manually if not convinced CCleaner found everything 6) download malwarebytes and let it do its thing 7) restart Generally, that takes care of it. It's how I fixed my co-workers' computers when they were infected. -- A.M |
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On 7/26/2015 11:23 AM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-07-25 11:30 PM, A.M wrote: On 2015-07-25 8:29 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots My solution is always more or less the same: 1) remove any software which was unwanted from add/remove program 2) verify the settings of every browser installed on the computer to make sure that no unwanted extensions are installed 3) delete any folders in c:\program files (x86) and c:\program files which had anything to do with the unwanted software 4) clean the registry with CCleaner to make sure the software's registry entries are removed as well 5) scan and clean the registry manually if not convinced CCleaner found everything 6) download malwarebytes and let it do its thing 7) restart Generally, that takes care of it. It's how I fixed my co-workers' computers when they were infected. Good advice, been there, done that. :-) or :-(, depending. But be warned, it can take hours to do all that. There are Linux-based malware cleaners, run from the CD/DVD drive, it should boot, unless the baddies have written the crap to recognise Linux discs and block them, too. I understand you can get into BIOS and specify boot order. Try attaching an external optical drive, and specify it (by brand/model) as the default boot. FWIW, Vipre anti-malware has refused to allow execution of an install package because some PUP or malware was included. Good luck, In desperation today I tried booting my 3 Macrium recovery disks, None would boot, also could not see the files, the disks seemed empty yet on my machine all files were present .But in looking through my disk collection I found another one. This one did boot OK and ran Macrium recovery which I used to put his system back up and running Sans malware. Now comes the stupid part, his drive would read any of his disks OK so I deduced that his drive was partially screwed. I installed a new drive today and now it boots all disk fine, So the malware probably had nothing to do with his drive, Just coincidence that it occurred at this time. Problem solved. And thanks to all who responded and lent me their thoughts, Much appreciated. Best Regards, Rene |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 7/26/2015 11:23 AM, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-25 11:30 PM, A.M wrote: On 2015-07-25 8:29 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots My solution is always more or less the same: 1) remove any software which was unwanted from add/remove program 2) verify the settings of every browser installed on the computer to make sure that no unwanted extensions are installed 3) delete any folders in c:\program files (x86) and c:\program files which had anything to do with the unwanted software 4) clean the registry with CCleaner to make sure the software's registry entries are removed as well 5) scan and clean the registry manually if not convinced CCleaner found everything 6) download malwarebytes and let it do its thing 7) restart Generally, that takes care of it. It's how I fixed my co-workers' computers when they were infected. Good advice, been there, done that. :-) or :-(, depending. But be warned, it can take hours to do all that. There are Linux-based malware cleaners, run from the CD/DVD drive, it should boot, unless the baddies have written the crap to recognise Linux discs and block them, too. I understand you can get into BIOS and specify boot order. Try attaching an external optical drive, and specify it (by brand/model) as the default boot. FWIW, Vipre anti-malware has refused to allow execution of an install package because some PUP or malware was included. Good luck, In desperation today I tried booting my 3 Macrium recovery disks, None would boot, also could not see the files, the disks seemed empty yet on my machine all files were present .But in looking through my disk collection I found another one. This one did boot OK and ran Macrium recovery which I used to put his system back up and running Sans malware. Now comes the stupid part, his drive would read any of his disks OK so I deduced that his drive was partially screwed. I installed a new drive today and now it boots all disk fine, So the malware probably had nothing to do with his drive, Just coincidence that it occurred at this time. Problem solved. And thanks to all who responded and lent me their thoughts, Much appreciated. Best Regards, Rene Just as long as the malware didn't try to modify the firmware in the (broken) optical drive. Computers are filled with firmware chips, and nation-state-provided malware, can attack such things. Regular malware would not be as thorough, and be ready to deal with as many types of hardware. Even a hard drive has firmware, and I don't think it's that difficult to reprogram one. http://www.pcworld.com/article/28849...an-russia.html Paul |
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On 7/26/2015 8:28 PM, Paul wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 7/26/2015 11:23 AM, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-25 11:30 PM, A.M wrote: On 2015-07-25 8:29 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote: My Sons computer is infected with this crap, is there a simple way to remove it? Spyhunter 4 is supposed to work at $47.95, also found many solutions on the net with umpteen pages of instructions, Mostly fairly complicated, or should I just wait 4 more days and install win10? BTW it has disabled his CDROM so I cannot install his Macrium image backups, also system restore is disabled. I swear if I could ever catch one of these malware *******s his reproduction system would be seriously impeded, I have Number 10 boots My solution is always more or less the same: 1) remove any software which was unwanted from add/remove program 2) verify the settings of every browser installed on the computer to make sure that no unwanted extensions are installed 3) delete any folders in c:\program files (x86) and c:\program files which had anything to do with the unwanted software 4) clean the registry with CCleaner to make sure the software's registry entries are removed as well 5) scan and clean the registry manually if not convinced CCleaner found everything 6) download malwarebytes and let it do its thing 7) restart Generally, that takes care of it. It's how I fixed my co-workers' computers when they were infected. Good advice, been there, done that. :-) or :-(, depending. But be warned, it can take hours to do all that. There are Linux-based malware cleaners, run from the CD/DVD drive, it should boot, unless the baddies have written the crap to recognise Linux discs and block them, too. I understand you can get into BIOS and specify boot order. Try attaching an external optical drive, and specify it (by brand/model) as the default boot. FWIW, Vipre anti-malware has refused to allow execution of an install package because some PUP or malware was included. Good luck, In desperation today I tried booting my 3 Macrium recovery disks, None would boot, also could not see the files, the disks seemed empty yet on my machine all files were present .But in looking through my disk collection I found another one. This one did boot OK and ran Macrium recovery which I used to put his system back up and running Sans malware. Now comes the stupid part, his drive would read any of his disks OK so I deduced that his drive was partially screwed. I installed a new drive today and now it boots all disk fine, So the malware probably had nothing to do with his drive, Just coincidence that it occurred at this time. Problem solved. And thanks to all who responded and lent me their thoughts, Much appreciated. Best Regards, Rene Just as long as the malware didn't try to modify the firmware in the (broken) optical drive. Computers are filled with firmware chips, and nation-state-provided malware, can attack such things. Regular malware would not be as thorough, and be ready to deal with as many types of hardware. Even a hard drive has firmware, and I don't think it's that difficult to reprogram one. http://www.pcworld.com/article/28849...an-russia.html Paul Yes safe computing is getting harder to maintain as more malware creators are finding new ways to use their malware to increase their bottom line. Anyway the optical drive is on its way to the dump and The HD has been wiped and updated, now i have to install numerous updates again. Regards, Rene |
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:25:49 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Now comes the stupid part, his drive would read any of his disks OK so I deduced that his drive was partially screwed. I installed a new drive today and now it boots all disk fine, So the malware probably had nothing to do with his drive, Just coincidence that it occurred at this time. If he's anything like me, the optical drive could have been bad for a long time without being noticed. This laptop is coming up on 3 years old and I've never put an optical disk of any kind into the drive, let alone try to boot from one. I've accidentally pressed the button that opens the tray a few times, but I've never been curious enough to hunt down a disc. My drive could be bad, heck it could have arrived bad, and I wouldn't know until the day when I try to boot from it. On my primary desktop PC, I remember booting from a CD once, before my last move, putting it sometime in the spring or summer of 2012. Optical discs have pretty much gone the way of the floppy around here. |
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