Tom8558 Posted 15 June, 2012 Share Posted 15 June, 2012 Dunno how it got onto my computer but mcaffee didn't seem to detect it. Spent this evening trying to work out how to get rid of it and managed to do so with a system restore. Anyone else had this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Dunno how it got onto my computer but mcaffee didn't seem to detect it. Spent this evening trying to work out how to get rid of it and managed to do so with a system restore. Anyone else had this? Not sure that system restore will get rid of it. I think I had the same virus or a variant of it. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?38407-Google-redirect-virus-(and-Bing-and-yahoo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Not sure that system restore will get rid of it. I think I had the same virus or a variant of it. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?38407-Google-redirect-virus-(and-Bing-and-yahoo) I had the same problem and tried a number of alternatives.: backdating data to before I the virus appeared. complete back-up scan and be careful abppout someof the sites you visit , I think some are made to measure "traps ". and heightening my security level.. seem to work best, but a good idea to change your password more often, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timebomb Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 My wifes laptop had this last week, it prevented all web access and stopped Task Manager from running. Also with McAfee. I rebooted in safe mode and installed AVG free, ran a scan and it detected it and deleted it immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 It will probably come back, lots of viruses hide in system restore and come back. Install MalwareBytes AntiMalware, update it and run a full scan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 You need to download rkill - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/ It'll kill the process. Then without restarting your PC do what saint_stevo said and rule malwarebytes anti-malware. If that doesn't work, then try safe-mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Just had this. Damn thing. God knows where I picked it up from. Sites visted today... Auto-Trader, SWF, tubegalore... ahhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Just got it on my PC to. Only place I'd visted were SWF, ebay and the Beeb. Did a system restore and have downloaded malwarebytes and are doing a full scan right now. McAffe never picked it up at all usless bloody thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Just got it on my PC to. Only place I'd visted were SWF, ebay and the Beeb. Did a system restore and have downloaded malwarebytes and are doing a full scan right now. McAffe never picked it up at all usless bloody thing Some spyware interferes with scanners like McAffe etc... so you need to kill the process of the virus before scanning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Which browser were you using when infected please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 June, 2012 Share Posted 16 June, 2012 Which browser were you using when infected please? Well I was using IE8....Still Malwarebytes has been scanning for 20000+ items for 50 minutes and picked up nothing so I think I've got rid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_in_munich Posted 17 June, 2012 Share Posted 17 June, 2012 You need a mac!! Microsoft security essentials is pretty good but best to have malwarebytes also, that way if something does get past microsoft you can boot in safemode and malwarebytes will kill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 17 June, 2012 Share Posted 17 June, 2012 I've had this one as well >_ Here's removal instructions that worked for me: http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=107641 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalsaint Posted 18 June, 2012 Share Posted 18 June, 2012 Just buy a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 June, 2012 Share Posted 18 June, 2012 Mac's get infected too...... Anti-Virus software is only as good as how up to date it is. Imagine looking at a 5year old dictionary, some new words wouldn't be in there eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony13579 Posted 18 June, 2012 Share Posted 18 June, 2012 McAfee has had some serious issues lately with vista machines blocking all internet access. It does work untill the next restart if you reset/rebuild the network card. Thier response has been slow/non existent. Most people affected moved to Microsoft Security Essentials (Free). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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