nasty virus I think...

Sephiroth_dude

Hi
I think I have a nasty virus on my computer,basically I keep getting popups telling me I have been infected by a trojan or somethingand I cant open any programs with a message appearing and telling me my computer is infected,then a scan automatically starts and when I try and start up windows explorer,it brings me to a site where It tries to sell me anti virus software.Also sometimes when I restart my computer in normal mode I dont get any popups or any warnings and everything seems fine

also I cant seem to get on the internet (Im currently using my 3 dongle) but whenever I plug in my eternet cable it wont connect,even though when I plug the ethernet cable into my sister laptop it works fine,it wont even connect in safe mode.

please help
thanks

rockbar

HI, SAME HAPPENED TO ME LAST MONTH...........WAS CALLED SECURITY TOOL AND DID EXACTLY AS YOU DESCRIBE.........................................I HAD IT REMOVED A.S A.P. BY A PROFESSIONAL WHO SAID IT WAS THE NASTIEST HE HAD SEEN IN ALL HIS CAREER. HE STRONGLY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY IN CASE OF UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS AS HE HAD CLIENTS WHOSE PASSWORDS ETC HAD BEEN STOLEN BY THE VIRUS...............IF YOU BUY OR BANK ONLINE YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME................I CANT EMPHASISE STRONGLY ENOUGH TO YOU HOW VITAL IT IS TO GET RID OF THIS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE............I TRIED MYSELF BUT COULDNT AND BOY WAS I GLAD I GOT THE PRO TO DO IT !!....................GOOD LUCK.

Sephiroth_dude

Well I sorted the internet problem it was a poxy problem and then I downloaded malwarebyte and I think that sorted the problem.....I hope,any advice to know for sure?

mp22

A lot of anti malware sites recommend that you run rkill then malwarebytes. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html

Jaych1000

This happened to me and I am currently repairing it.
'Windows Security Essential' warned me of a virus. I did some research and apparently that's part of the virus. It directs you to a list of fake anti-virus scans that further infect you, I believe.

Here's what I did. I scanned the whole computer with Malwarebytes and AVGfree until all threats were removed.
My laptop seemed normal until it kept freezing. Then it suddenly just wouldn't boot Windows anymore. I tried to start it in 'safe mode' but it hangs on a '.sys' file.

Here is an article to help: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/xprepair/thread/1bb2ac51-8b5c-4058-b835-408524ace776

It will only help if the "screen freezing thing" hasn't happened yet.
But it will remove the virus according to the users in the link.

Sephiroth_dude

My machine seems to be ok now..........but I've a bad feeling......I keep getting a msg in the bottom right hand corner of the screen saying "windows has blocked the following programs"

mp22

if your running vista chances are that the blocked program is malwarebytes