HELP. HELP. I think my computer been infected with a virus!?

Question

It called Anti Virus XP 2008 and I can't uninstall it! Does anyone know anything about this?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

i've never heard of that virus..But

You may be able to remove it through admin access in "Safe Mode"

To get into the Windows 2000 / XP Safe mode, as the computer is booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows Advanced Options Menu" as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to "Safe Mode" and press your Enter key.

You will come to the logon screen, and at the top there will be Administrator. Click on it, find the file you want to delete, and delete it.

If all else fails, save your precious files, pics, music etc. and follow this.

FORMAT drive: [/parameters]

- where drive: specifies the volume to format (the hard disk letter followed by a colon)  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€Â” example format c:

— where [parameters]  formats the disk with different options — example format c: /s will copy system files to the formatted disk or format c: /q performs a quick format.

type format /? to see what you can put in [parameters]

Answer 3

im 95% sure its a backdoor trojan...MAKE SURE u are disconnected from the internet, its a backdoor, your IP address is sent to the creator of the virus and he/she can control ur computer and get anything and do anything depending on the trojan type...ur registry is infected also as well as ur system config....this happened to me coup years back and i formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything which is prolly ur best bet

Answer 4

Download MalwareBytes (http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant... Update it,run a full scan and it should clean the virus.

Answer 5

Yes this is VERY bad! My boyfriend used to work at geek squad (now he updated to FIREDOG!!!) but it took 5 PC techs every bit of 3 days to get rid of that virus! your best bet would be to take it somewhere... firedog, geek squad or a PC tech to look at it :)

Answer 6

You can install ESET NOD32 Antivirus, it can help you to remove it, the latest version is v3.0. http://www.nod32.com.sg/html/44/42/

Or you can run a NOD32 online scanner from http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

ESET ONLINE SCANNER Benefits:

Fast and Easy-Use: The scanner is installed and activated by a single button



Always Up-to-Date: Uses the most current threat signatures and heuristic detection algorithms available from ESET Threat Lab

Comprehensive Malware Detection: Detects both know and unknown forms of malware, including viruses, worms, Trojans, phishing, and spyware

Deep Scans: Scans inside archive files, runtime packed executables and email messages

Cleaning: Cleans systems that were infected while running another antivirus solution and allows end-users to troubleshoot and repair many malware-related problems

Anonymity: The ESET ONLINE SCANNER can be used anonymously as contact information is not required in exchange for use of the service.

Answer 7

1st buy a virus protection software, but buy the total protection kind.

dont trust the free ones unless its froma well recognized company like " McAfee".

then scan your computer and your virus and spyware and all types of stuff will be removed from your computer