Report, edit, etc...Posted by Golden-Fist on 2006-05-07 at 11:54:47
So some how I got a virus yesterday and after attempting to get help from other places nothing has been working. I'm planning to reinstall windows later today before anythign gets out of control but right now what's REALLY FRIGGIN ANNOYING is the stupid alert errors at the bottom part of my screen. Yeah guys thanks for isntalling 3 programs automatically that can't be deleted or opened, and thanks for telling me I have a virus every few freaking seconds. This is what the alerts look like:
Anyway to delete those things? Or disable them?
EDIT: That's retarded, staredit edited my saved image so it says annoyingasfreak instead of annoyingasfuck.
It's too bad annoying as freak doesn't exsist. Ok go to this URL:
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/2483/annoyingasfuck3ji.jpg
Copy and paste
Anyway to delete those things? Or disable them?
EDIT: That's retarded, staredit edited my saved image so it says annoyingasfreak instead of annoyingasfuck.
It's too bad annoying as freak doesn't exsist. Ok go to this URL:
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/2483/annoyingasfuck3ji.jpg
Copy and paste
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Wilhelm on 2006-05-07 at 12:31:05
It appears to be SpyFalcon. You don't have a virus, just an annoying piece of adware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpyFalcon It may be another variant of SpySheriff other than SpyFalcon.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Golden-Fist on 2006-05-07 at 12:37:30
QUOTE(Wilhelm @ May 7 2006, 11:30 AM)
It appears to be SpyFalcon. You don't have a virus, just an annoying piece of adware.
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Any suggestions of getting rid of it? Because if I can't find a way in the next 6 hours I'm reinstalling windows :/
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Wilhelm on 2006-05-07 at 12:39:32
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spysheriff has links telling how to remove SpySherrif and it's variants. Try to find out which one you have before trying to remove it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-05-07 at 13:45:56
Start -> Run -> services.msc
Disable the crappy Windows Security Center - it blows anyway. Just be warned - if you open it, the service will enable itself again.
Disable the crappy Windows Security Center - it blows anyway. Just be warned - if you open it, the service will enable itself again.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Wilhelm on 2006-05-07 at 13:47:17
Moose, it's not Windows Security Center, they're fake warnings made by a spyware program.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-05-07 at 13:50:05
That doesn't make the Security Center any less crappy. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by The_Shattered_moose on 2006-05-07 at 13:59:17
Download these programs:
AVG Free edition http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Spybot: Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Lavasoft Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
HijackThis http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
Then, boot windows into safe mode, and run Spybot and Adaware. If they don't suceed in removing Spyfalcon, then AVG free might, although its primarily anitvirus. Finally, if its still there, run hijackthis, and either post your logfile, or research any suspect processes you see in your logfile.
Oh, and you can terminate the spyfalcon processes in task manager, heres a list of them:
atmclk.exe, dcomcfg.exe, dfrgsrv.exe, mscornet.exe, mssearchnet.exe, nvctrl.exe, spyfalcon.exe
AVG Free edition http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Spybot: Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Lavasoft Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
HijackThis http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
Then, boot windows into safe mode, and run Spybot and Adaware. If they don't suceed in removing Spyfalcon, then AVG free might, although its primarily anitvirus. Finally, if its still there, run hijackthis, and either post your logfile, or research any suspect processes you see in your logfile.
Oh, and you can terminate the spyfalcon processes in task manager, heres a list of them:
atmclk.exe, dcomcfg.exe, dfrgsrv.exe, mscornet.exe, mssearchnet.exe, nvctrl.exe, spyfalcon.exe
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Merrell on 2006-05-07 at 14:06:22
A really great online virus scanner is Trend Micro online scanner It requires internet explorer, so if you have firefox, here is a Java version
Also, the link in my signature detects and removes spyfalcon. As well as a ton of other crap.
Also, the link in my signature detects and removes spyfalcon. As well as a ton of other crap.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KrAzY on 2006-05-07 at 14:10:16
SpyFalcon? It's Falcon_A's plans, maybe...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-05-07 at 14:10:35
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407
Very useful guide and list of programs to clear out bad stuff.
Very useful guide and list of programs to clear out bad stuff.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheeZe on 2006-05-07 at 14:25:08
If you know what the exe files are and want them deleted (but can't due to auto start up), get a program that deletes them on boot.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mp)Excalibur on 2006-05-07 at 14:27:44
Ok i use only 2 programs and i never get ANY viruses adware spam trojans ect.
Nod32
and
Ad-Aware SE
Both can be found at
www.downloads.com
Which is hosted by cnet and is reliable.
-Legacy
Nod32
and
Ad-Aware SE
Both can be found at
www.downloads.com
Which is hosted by cnet and is reliable.
-Legacy
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JaFF on 2006-05-07 at 14:38:56
i use Dr.Web antivirus & AD Aware
but i still think that it's normal to format C once on a year.
but i still think that it's normal to format C once on a year.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Golden-Fist on 2006-05-07 at 21:51:42
Well thanks for the suggestions guys but they didn't work. However I thought that maybe I can just make a new user on my computer, then delete the old one. So far it's working ok I just forgot to save all my bookmarks!!!