So first off let me describe my problem. I just got back from a vacation when I noticed my computer was shut off. I thought "well probably an update" and turned it on. As I look to my right I see that my Internet loading thing is frozen. Puzzled, I went on the Internet and it worked. That's when the problems sunk in. I couldn't run anything, open anything, basically I was stuck on the Internet. Three or four more forced restarts later I couldn't do anything at all. I'm writing this post in Safemode+Networking and everything is fine. I did see that when I got on the first time it said I had a backdoor trojan, like the dumbass I am, I put it in quarintine instead of deleting it. I'm running a Malwarebytes scan and a Avast scan right now.
Malware bytes is the best anti-virus, imo. Before my norton expired, it said I had no virus's. I downloaded malware bytes right when it expired and I had 3 trojans in my computer. Way to go, norton.
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Basically you're ****ed. At least you Quarantined it. If it's spread, you might have to format your PC and reinstall
If you have no idea what you are talking about, it's best to STFU. Not sure how you can be so sure they have Virut/Sality.W32 though, which are the only semi-proliferate file-infection malware at the time- or really how you can declare anything about the virus "spreading" to which I can find no information on by the original poster. The only malware I know of that isn't worth the effort to remove from the system is Virut/Sality.W32, which are file infector viruses that spread to damn near everything. It infects ALL executables, inserts itself into all your web page views, etc). It's possible to remove it, but you will always miss some EXE file somewhere; a repair install "restores" the default windows executables but all the other programs will still be infected and there will almost always be one of those in the startup list, taking you back to square one. And this doesn't have any of the common symptoms, for example, running an MBAM scan will usually find several thousand- clean those, run the scan again, and it would find even more (every single exe that MBAM touches will be infected again afterwards by the resident file-system driver that the malware installs)
Like I said, if it's spread, format and get a ****ing better Anti-virus, like COMODO or NORTON
Which both suck. Comodo allows malware writers to pay them to not detect their malware, and Norton has been the biggest ball of **** since ever.
@Original Poster:
If everything is working now, I would run another scan in MBAM (malware will sometimes either forcibly inject itself into restore points or you might have reverted to a system checkpoint when the machine was still infected, and just resolved some sort of unrelated configuration issue). Then, you should probably clear all your restore points.
I've never understood peoples fascination with AV software as some sort of necessary piece of software. I've been working with computers for nearly 9 years, and I've only been seriously infected once (by Virut, actually). Other than that, safe browsing habits and not being an idiot does wonders. Especially since no matter what AV software you have, if you are not careful you will get infected, and while some might think that running with no AV is the equivalent of walking on eggshells all the time- it's not. Problem is if you have an AV you should still be taking the same precautions anyway, so the AV just becomes a constant drain on system resources as it scans every single file as they are opened or run, and even then it will miss some simply by virtue of AV software working as basically an advanced blacklist.
Any help would be appriciated.
If you have no idea what you are talking about, it's best to STFU. Not sure how you can be so sure they have Virut/Sality.W32 though, which are the only semi-proliferate file-infection malware at the time- or really how you can declare anything about the virus "spreading" to which I can find no information on by the original poster. The only malware I know of that isn't worth the effort to remove from the system is Virut/Sality.W32, which are file infector viruses that spread to damn near everything. It infects ALL executables, inserts itself into all your web page views, etc). It's possible to remove it, but you will always miss some EXE file somewhere; a repair install "restores" the default windows executables but all the other programs will still be infected and there will almost always be one of those in the startup list, taking you back to square one. And this doesn't have any of the common symptoms, for example, running an MBAM scan will usually find several thousand- clean those, run the scan again, and it would find even more (every single exe that MBAM touches will be infected again afterwards by the resident file-system driver that the malware installs)
Which both suck. Comodo allows malware writers to pay them to not detect their malware, and Norton has been the biggest ball of **** since ever.
@Original Poster:
If everything is working now, I would run another scan in MBAM (malware will sometimes either forcibly inject itself into restore points or you might have reverted to a system checkpoint when the machine was still infected, and just resolved some sort of unrelated configuration issue). Then, you should probably clear all your restore points.
I've never understood peoples fascination with AV software as some sort of necessary piece of software. I've been working with computers for nearly 9 years, and I've only been seriously infected once (by Virut, actually). Other than that, safe browsing habits and not being an idiot does wonders. Especially since no matter what AV software you have, if you are not careful you will get infected, and while some might think that running with no AV is the equivalent of walking on eggshells all the time- it's not. Problem is if you have an AV you should still be taking the same precautions anyway, so the AV just becomes a constant drain on system resources as it scans every single file as they are opened or run, and even then it will miss some simply by virtue of AV software working as basically an advanced blacklist.