How Can I Get Rid of a Virus

How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James

How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James

You can't, without having downloaded AV. Why make life so hard?

Twayne

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:18:10 -0800 (PST), James
wrote:

How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.


Getting rid of a virus depends on what the virus is and how long it's
been there. If the virus has caused sufficient damage, you may have to
reinstall Windows.

If not, you need to run an anti-virus program. Downloading is one way
to get an anti-virus program, but some of them can be bought in
stores.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Dec 14, 10:18*am, James wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James

You can use an online antivirus from Trend Micro called HouseCall,
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

I been using it and giving me a satisfactory results.

Regards,

Gerard Espinas
"What Are Your Most Common Computer Problems?"
http://ebizac.com/x/t.php/7233

James wrote:

How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

The practical answer is "you can't". You need to get all tools and their
updates from a different, known-clean machine. I don't advocate using
on-line scanners since often a virus or malware will be active even during
Safe Mode With Networking. Since you didn't give any details about the
infection, all I can do is give you general removal steps. Again, you need
to get what you need elsewhere and save the tools and their updates on a
thumb drive or burn to CD-R. The infected machine should be taken off the
Internet and disconnected from the Local Area Network if there is one.

Go through these general malware removal steps systematically -
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Include scanning with David Lipman's Multi_AV and follow instructions to do
all scans in Safe Mode. Please see the special Notes regarding using
Multi_AV in Vista.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Multi-AV - instructions
http://tinyurl.com/yoeru3 - download link and more instructions

You can also check to see if there are targeted removal steps for your
malware he
Bleeping Computer removal how-to's -
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html
Or he Malwarebytes malware removal guides - http://tinyurl.com/5xrpft

When all else fails, get guided help. Choose one of the specialty forums
listed at the first link. Register and read its posting FAQ. PLEASE DO NOT
POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

James wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James


Use the antivirus application that identified the virus to remove it.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Completely reformat and reinstall Windows.

"James" wrote in message
...
: How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
: repair shop or downloading anything.
:
: James

Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your question
but I do not. However I will provide you two options that fit your criteria:
1. You can go to www.symantec.com and for a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. They will
charge you about $60 dollars. Both these options require no downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. You may want to get a quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. In that case a technician is probably your
best option. I hope this has been helpful. If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja
"James" wrote:

How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James

On Dec 16, 7:59*pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your question
but I do not. *However I will provide you two options that fit your criteria:
1. *You can go towww.symantec.comand for a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. *They will
charge you about $60 dollars. *Both these options require no downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. *You may want to get a quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. *Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. *In that case a technician is probably your
best option. *I hope this has been helpful. *If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. *Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja



"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James- Hide quoted text -

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I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?

James

"James" wrote in message
...
On Dec 16, 7:59 pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your
question
but I do not. However I will provide you two options that fit your
criteria:
1. You can go towww.symantec.comand for a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft
at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. They will
charge you about $60 dollars. Both these options require no downloading
and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. You may want to get a quote from
a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in
the
ass, but might be neccessary. In that case a technician is probably your
best option. I hope this has been helpful. If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja



"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?

James

Well, they don't have magic "computer repair shop" anti-virus light sabres
:-) They just do the same stuff as earlier detailed.

What exactly is the problem you are trying to solve, and in what ways has it
not been addressed by earlier responses to your original question?

First I have a question for you. Why do you think you have a virus? Perhaps
you do not? What behavior is your computer showing that makes you believe
you have a virus and when did this behavior start? Did you install or
unistall any programs? Did you delete any files? You could have spyware and
or malware or you may need to do some maintenance on your computer. If you
want I can walk you through the maintenance steps for Windows XP but it may
not solve your problem if you truly have a virus; however if you dont have a
virus and your computer has slowed down considerably this may help. As far as
virus removal I really think your best option is to pay a technican so they
can do a virus removal thoroughly whether it be to take it to a shop or have
a tech come to your home. I only know a little about virus removal. It can
be difficult for certain reasons and complicated. You need to know what kind
of virus you have and how deep the infection is. Viruses hide in deep files
the registry and hidden files and subfolders you cant see or access on your
computer, hence complete removal takes a good deal of technical experstise.
If a reinstallation of Windows is needed then that is way beyond my expertise
and you would be wise to fork out money to have it done. I hope this has
been helpful. Get back to me and answer my questions we will go from there.
Merry Christmas Bright Winter Solstice and best regards,
Kaja

"James" wrote:

On Dec 16, 7:59 pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your question
but I do not. However I will provide you two options that fit your criteria:
1. You can go towww.symantec.comand for a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. They will
charge you about $60 dollars. Both these options require no downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. You may want to get a quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. In that case a technician is probably your
best option. I hope this has been helpful. If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja



"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?

James

On Dec 17, 9:38*am, Kaja wrote:
First I have a question for you. *Why do you think you have a virus? *Perhaps
you do not? *What behavior is your computer showing that makes you believe
you have a virus and when did this behavior start? *Did you install or
unistall any programs? *Did you delete any files? *You could have spyware and
or malware *or you may need to do some maintenance on your computer. *If you
want I can walk you through the maintenance steps for Windows XP but it may
not solve your problem if you truly have a virus; however if you dont have a
virus and your computer has slowed down considerably this may help. As far as
virus removal I really think your best option is to pay a technican so they
can do a virus removal thoroughly whether it be to take it to a shop or have
a tech come to your home. *I only know a little about virus removal. *It can
be difficult for certain reasons and complicated. *You need to know what kind
of virus you have and how deep the infection is. *Viruses hide in deep files
the registry and hidden files and subfolders you cant see or access on your
computer, hence complete removal takes a good deal of technical experstise. *
If a reinstallation of Windows is needed then that is way beyond my expertise
and you would be wise to fork out money to have it done. *I hope this has
been helpful. *Get back to me and answer my questions we will go from there.
Merry Christmas Bright Winter Solstice and best regards,
Kaja



"James" wrote:
On Dec 16, 7:59 pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your question
but I do not. *However I will provide you two options that fit your criteria:
1. *You can go towww.symantec.comandfor a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. *They will
charge you about $60 dollars. *Both these options require no downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. *You may want to get a quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. *Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. *In that case a technician is probably your
best option. *I hope this has been helpful. *If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. *Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja

"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.

James- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?

James- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Now the virus isn,t on the computer I'm typing on which is a laptop,
but it's on a desktop computer a windows xp-service pack 3. You ask
"How do you know you have a virus"? It popped up many boxes at once to
download antivirus2009. I can't get on the internet with it now or
even run my Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware and sometimes have a hard time
clicking even the start menu-but I dont have to worry about the
inability to click now because the monitor won't work

James
PS: If you leave a computer unplugged for 5 days, will that get rid of
a virus? We had a computer with a threat on it and after it was
unplugged for several days then plugged back in-the threat was gone.

try defragmenting your drives. click on start--all
programs--accessories--system tools-- disk defragmentar. once here click
on your local disk which is c: and click defragment at the bottom. this
should sort it out. Or, press ctrl+alt+del and open task manager. now click
on processes and end any process that ends with .dll.(note: u may damage ur
pc if u end the wrong process)

James wrote:
On Dec 17, 9:38 am, Kaja wrote:
First I have a question for you. Why do you think you have a virus? Perhaps
you do not? What behavior is your computer showing that makes you believe
you have a virus and when did this behavior start? Did you install or
unistall any programs? Did you delete any files? You could have spyware and
or malware or you may need to do some maintenance on your computer. If you
want I can walk you through the maintenance steps for Windows XP but it may
not solve your problem if you truly have a virus; however if you dont have a
virus and your computer has slowed down considerably this may help. As far as
virus removal I really think your best option is to pay a technican so they
can do a virus removal thoroughly whether it be to take it to a shop or have
a tech come to your home. I only know a little about virus removal. It can
be difficult for certain reasons and complicated. You need to know what kind
of virus you have and how deep the infection is. Viruses hide in deep files
the registry and hidden files and subfolders you cant see or access on your
computer, hence complete removal takes a good deal of technical experstise.
If a reinstallation of Windows is needed then that is way beyond my expertise
and you would be wise to fork out money to have it done. I hope this has
been helpful. Get back to me and answer my questions we will go from there.
Merry Christmas Bright Winter Solstice and best regards,
Kaja



"James" wrote:
On Dec 16, 7:59 pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your question
but I do not. However I will provide you two options that fit your criteria:
1. You can go towww.symantec.comandfor a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support. They will
charge you about $60 dollars. Both these options require no downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. You may want to get a quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. Depending on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. In that case a technician is probably your
best option. I hope this has been helpful. If you want to know how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do for you
but it would require downloading of programs. Merry Christmas and best
regards
Kaja
"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.
James- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?
James- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Now the virus isn,t on the computer I'm typing on which is a laptop,
but it's on a desktop computer a windows xp-service pack 3. You ask
"How do you know you have a virus"? It popped up many boxes at once to
download antivirus2009. I can't get on the internet with it now or
even run my Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware and sometimes have a hard time
clicking even the start menu-but I dont have to worry about the
inability to click now because the monitor won't work

James
PS: If you leave a computer unplugged for 5 days, will that get rid of
a virus? We had a computer with a threat on it and after it was
unplugged for several days then plugged back in-the threat was gone.

Check this link.

http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2009.html

It give the services that need to be stopped, the reg keys to be removed
and such. Then you should be able to get run Malwarebytes and make sure
it's gone.

gls858

gls858 wrote:
James wrote:
On Dec 17, 9:38 am, Kaja wrote:
First I have a question for you. Why do you think you have a virus?
Perhaps
you do not? What behavior is your computer showing that makes you
believe
you have a virus and when did this behavior start? Did you install or
unistall any programs? Did you delete any files? You could have
spyware and
or malware or you may need to do some maintenance on your computer.
If you
want I can walk you through the maintenance steps for Windows XP but
it may
not solve your problem if you truly have a virus; however if you dont
have a
virus and your computer has slowed down considerably this may help.
As far as
virus removal I really think your best option is to pay a technican
so they
can do a virus removal thoroughly whether it be to take it to a shop
or have
a tech come to your home. I only know a little about virus removal.
It can
be difficult for certain reasons and complicated. You need to know
what kind
of virus you have and how deep the infection is. Viruses hide in
deep files
the registry and hidden files and subfolders you cant see or access
on your
computer, hence complete removal takes a good deal of technical
experstise. If a reinstallation of Windows is needed then that is
way beyond my expertise
and you would be wise to fork out money to have it done. I hope this
has
been helpful. Get back to me and answer my questions we will go from
there.
Merry Christmas Bright Winter Solstice and best regards,
Kaja



"James" wrote:
On Dec 16, 7:59 pm, Kaja wrote:
Well my friend I wish I had better news for you in regards to your
question
but I do not. However I will provide you two options that fit your
criteria:
1. You can go towww.symantec.comandfor a fee based service they will
scan your entire computer for viruses and remove them or 2. call
Microsft at
800-microsoft and ask for technical support and tell them you have
a virus
and they will direct you to the security team of tech support.
They will
charge you about $60 dollars. Both these options require no
downloading and
no taking it in to a shop but cost money. You may want to get a
quote from a
technician to see if you can get virus removal cheaper. Depending
on what
virus you have you may need to reinstall Windows which is a major
pain in the
ass, but might be neccessary. In that case a technician is
probably your
best option. I hope this has been helpful. If you want to know
how to
dispose of the virus yourself respond and I will see what I can do
for you
but it would require downloading of programs. Merry Christmas and
best
regards
Kaja
"James" wrote:
How can I get rid of a virus on a computer without taking it to the
repair shop or downloading anything.
James- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
I'll ask this question then. How do computer repair shops remove a
virus?
James- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Now the virus isn,t on the computer I'm typing on which is a laptop,
but it's on a desktop computer a windows xp-service pack 3. You ask
"How do you know you have a virus"? It popped up many boxes at once to
download antivirus2009. I can't get on the internet with it now or
even run my Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware and sometimes have a hard time
clicking even the start menu-but I dont have to worry about the
inability to click now because the monitor won't work

James
PS: If you leave a computer unplugged for 5 days, will that get rid of
a virus? We had a computer with a threat on it and after it was
unplugged for several days then plugged back in-the threat was gone.

Check this link.

http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus-2009.html

It give the services that need to be stopped, the reg keys to be removed
and such. Then you should be able to get run Malwarebytes and make sure
it's gone.

gls858

Now that was stupid LOL You just said you couldn't get on the net.
Try this

Antivirus 2009 manual removal:
Kill processes:
av2009.exe av2009[1].exe AV2009Install.exe Antivirus2009.exe

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run\1535894364295587050450837002573 9
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Antivirus
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run\”Antivirus”
= “%ProgramFiles%\Antivirus 2009\Antvrs.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Antivirus

Unregister DLLs:
shlwapi.dll wininet.dll



Delete files:
av2009.exe av2009install.exe av2009install_0011.exe av2009[1].exe
Antivirus2009.exe ieupdates.exe scui.cpl %program_files%\\antivirus
2009\\av2009.exe %startmenu%\\antivirus 2009\\antivirus 2009.lnk
%startmenu%\\antivirus 2009\\uninstall antivirus 2009.lnk winsrc.dll
%desktopdirectory%\\antivirus 2009.lnk winsrc.dll ieupdates.exe
av2009install_0011.exe av2009install.exe %program_files%\\antivirus
2009\\av2009.exe

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\Antivirus 2009