My favorite tool for system cleaning is Malwarebytes.
That link should jump straight to the download, otherwise you may need to download from another computer and copy it to a flashdrive.
Good luck!
Small comfort, but it is a bit amazing, the reach of the things—when I was a young menace, taking a shit in someone’s mailbox demanded effort, and as a practical matter could only be done locally.
Going after the malware writers is going after the wrong target, IMHO. We should be going after those who pay for their services. Find out who sells the stuff that’s advertised in the spam and subject them to Eastenders 24/365.
I hate malware scumfucks with all my little black heart. Couple of months back I got some piece of shit that fucked my PC up so bad I had to pay a guy fifty notes to come fix it. No doubt in my mind, those cum-dumpsters need to get burned. I favour death by penile haemorrhage brought about by repeated and frenzied insertion of little tubes up the piss hole. Dozens, nay, hundreds of 'em, covered in glass dust, lemon juice, and sand.
Either that or no net access for a month. Whichever will kill 'em fastest.
Aren’t these “joke” things supposed to be “funny”?
Promulgating? That word does not mean what you think it means (whatever that is).
The people who create malware should be shot to death - with arrows. They should be used as archery targets at a grand tournament.
No, no, no! You’ve got it all wrong. Whichever will kill them the SLOWEST is what you want. And it should be broadcast live, as a Warning To Others.
This. Download this. Install it. Then reboot to safe mode and run it. Works wonders. I use it on tech support calls for virus removal. Works wonders.
Now once you’ve cleaned the system of the virus you may need to clean up it’s hooks.
This tool can do that. However be very careful it gives you deep access to the guts of windows. Would you take someone carelessly rooting around your guts carelessly well? Prolly not. Use at your own risk as I don’t know the specifics of your config and system.
Open it up. Set it to verify signatures. Then set it to hide microsoft stuff. Restart autoruns to apply settings. Anything left you should be able to uncheck with impunity.
er last line should be:
Anythingsuspicious left you should be able to uncheck with impunity.
bloody typos
And, of course, use Adblock Plus with subscription. Can’t get a virus from a suspicious advertisement if you don’t get the advertisement at all.
I had my first and only virus last fall. I ended up reinstalling Windows.
Yeah, virus writers are scum.
Thanks, man.
Not sure whether I was searching for another word, or if I sloppily thought proclaiming/enacting could incorporate “spreading.”
What kind of offense/activity do you equate with people fucking with others’ machines? In my mind, it generally seems like a particularly nasty form of vandalism.
I would have thought this to be reasonably easy. If a virus continually redirects you to certain sites, isn’t that a likely indication that those sites are paying someone for this service?
I would think that in such cases organizing a far-reaching boycott of such sites should not be difficult (I’d be happy to participate). An offending site could earn a reprieve by offering up the malware author for the anthill treatment (which I think should properly be preceded by the amputation of all appendages, a quarter-inch at a time, which are then deep-fried and fed to the offender.)
I think stewing them in dog shit would be better than deep-frying them.
The internet is for pooorn
The internet is for pooorn
Why you think the web was born
Porn porn porrrn 
Sorry Katemonster
MalwareBytes is actually one of the few scanners that works best in normal mode. It uses information from active malware to find files and registery keys. Some spyware is not active in safe mode, so it is actually less likely to find it.
**The only apt punishment for virus and malware writers: Burn them at the stake.
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I think the Comanches had the right idea. Stake them out in the sun next to an ant mound, then kick the mound open right over their crotch.
Don’t forget the honey…I think it’s inclusion will add much to the proceedings…
-XT
I agree with all the torturous ideas for those sleazebags and would add one more: Millions of papercuts all over the body, then soak in a bathtub filled with heavily salted water, laced with lemon juice, rubbing alcohol, and sport pepper juice.
I just spent two days ridding my computer of the Conficker.B virus. I have absolutely NO idea how I got it. I didn’t go to any unusual web sites, didn’t open any suspicious email, and my firewall (PC tools) and Antivirus (Threatfire) were both up to date and running.
I have since removed Threatfire and installed AVG since Threatfire was obviously useless. That blasted virus came up about 7 times total while I tried to clear it off. I ran the Norton utility FixDownUp.exe three times, then AVG a few times and once it appeared to be gone, I updated Malwarebytes and ran it to make *sure *it was gone.
I then made sure I turned off autoplay/run and also made sure I had that Microsoft security patch from October installed. Silly me, I didn’t think I had to worry about the patch because I didn’t use the Server Service and wasn’t on a network.
Sad thing is, I should know better, I worked in Software Development and Support for over 17 years…