XP Antivirus 2008, another victim?

Question

I deleted all the files someone said to on this site a few hours back, but my computer is amazingly slow since then, almost everything I download is corrupt, and my anti-virus automatically shuts down. Any way to kill all remnants of this thing?

Answer 1

There are two options.

1) take out your hard disk and install as secondary drive in another PC that have a good anti-virus program. Boot up on that PC and scan your infected hard disk.

2) You can install CLAMWIN.

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows

that uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software

Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

There is a portable version of ClamWin where it can be install into an USB pendrive as small as 64 MB.

First use another PC to download Clamwin portable anti-virus

and install Clamwin portable on a USB thumb drive.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/c...

Update the latest anti-virus definition files.

Set the preferences to remove virus.

How to configure ClamWin

http://support.real-time.com/open-source...

When the USB pendrive is ready.

Disable system restore.

Start the infected PC in safe mode by pressing F8.

Run the Clamwin Anti-virus that is installed on the USB drive to scan the infected PC.

Scan all hard drives for viruses.

To restore ability to change your desktop settings and select a different wallpaper and screen saver do the following:

Start, run

type Gpedit.msc

Navigate to User configuration, Administrative Templates, Control Panel, Display

Right click on Remove Display in Control Panel

Click on Properties and select Disabled

Do the same steps to change the following attributes to disabled:

Hide Desktop Tab

Prevent changing wallpaper

Hide Appearance and Themes tab

Hide Settings tab

Hide Screen Saver tab

You should now be able to use your computer normally and change the wallpaper to something other than the warning message Antivirus XP 2008 set it to.

After removing the virus, install c**p cleaner (ccleaner) to get rid of the left over setting in the windows registry.

Answer 2

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

Answer 3

I fought this blankety blank virus for three days.

I finally got rid of it using spyhunter.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

in yahoo do a search for combofix.exe

this fix is the ONLY  fix backed and recommended by microcrap  

Answer 5

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-...

Bleeping computer helped me very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please try it!

Answer 6

when did this happen?

restore your system back to before that and, its fixed

if that does not help IM me for one on one help

Answer 7

for my computer it turned out antivirus 2008 was the virus

do a complete restore should turn everything back to normal

Answer 8

http://www.superantispyware.com/

download free version.

i was a victim of this c**p and this helped.

you may need to search for the files and manually delete as well..

good luck..

Answer 9

I got it from a very elaborate fake torrent.

I tried a few antiviruses and the first to work was Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, Which is free.