Anyone here had do deal with "Antispyware Soft" virus? - Page 2

jhynesrockmtn · 05-29-2010, 05:59 PM

I still had the info in the quarantine tab.

LeeH · 05-29-2010, 06:22 PM

Thought I'd killed it AGAIN.... wrong AGAIN. This just isn't fun anymore. This is really getting old. I keep rerunning the software that's truly supposed to work, but it keeps coming back. This time I had a pop up "Java 6" like Java was starting right before it launched. Anyone else seen this?

Burnin' oil · 05-29-2010, 07:23 PM

I just - minutes ago - fixed a rootkit problem by using the services of bleepingcomputer.com. I was very skeptical but I have nothing but good things to say. It took awhile because of the process. There are many threads dealing with the antispyware soft issue. This is my thread (I am amkej):

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pete3799 · pete3799's Garage

Well i've downloaded Spyware Doctor and run it twice. Been at this almost all day and.......it's back.
I hope they string these bastards up.
I,m in safe mode right now and that Java thing just popped up again.

pwd72s · 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeH

I'm not a violent person by nature, but I could do some damage to whoever created this piece of work. I've spent two full days running various anti-malware programs. Thought MS Security Essentials knocked it out... I was able to work all day with no issues, but then it just popped up again. This thing is relentless.

And no, it wasn't the result of visiting a porn site. I'm 99% sure it was from a song lyric site. At some point I had a window pop up that said I should update my Java. It looked real enough that I took the bait.

Same Java popup has been hitting me...it goes away quickly, with Norton saying they blocked it...

(edit) Thinking about it this "java" thing has only popped up on center screen when I'm on Pelican.
Has it hit anybody on other sites?

john walker's workshop · 05-30-2010, 08:51 AM

yup, not sure what i clicked on to get it, but my shop puter is down with this disease. my tech guy is picking it up monday to take it home and debug. the more you try to figure out how to delete it, the worse it gets.

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

Try disabling System Restore before you clean your machine. Use multiple cleaners like Adaware and Malwarebytes. Reboot and repeat. Worst case scenario, backup your files, format the hard drive and start over.

john walker's workshop · 05-30-2010, 12:14 PM

i have it fixed, at the moment. start in safe mode by continuously hitting F8 while booting up. up/down arrows to safe mode-networking, hit enter. click to do system restore and backdate to march 1st. reboot. i downloaded Malwarebytes, ran it and deleted 9 infected files it found.

m21sniper · 05-30-2010, 12:18 PM

I had this before. Malware bytes doesn't get all of it.

I ended up having to reinstall windoze.

badcar · badcar's Garage

Similar issue with me...but is was "Antivirus 7" and it was a bugger to kill. In fact, I rebooted so many times I actually killed my computer. I got it while on FB.

LeeH · 05-30-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

i have it fixed, at the moment. start in safe mode by continuously hitting F8 while booting up. up/down arrows to safe mode-networking, hit enter. click to do system restore and backdate to march 1st. reboot. i downloaded Malwarebytes, ran it and deleted 9 infected files it found.

Maybe this combo approach will work. I'm out of town, but will try it when I get back. I'm bummed that I've tried every method I've read and still have the virus.

pwd72s · 05-30-2010, 08:42 PM

Norton must have saved my bacon...because most of what you guys write of is greek to me. BTW, I don't do facebook, so it couldn't have reached me through there...

Jeremy Cottrell · 06-01-2010, 12:08 PM

I had it happen to me about a week ago. I was able to download Spybot in safe mode and it seems to have gotten rid on it. I hope!

I was here on Pelican when it happened looking at a car which had an Ebay link. Could be a coincidence but that's when the darn thing hit.

I downloaded a free anti-virus program from Panda and my computer was so slow I had to uninstall it. Anybody know a good program?

john walker's workshop · 06-01-2010, 12:28 PM

still working so far. i had to uninstall my worldpac program because it would disappear when loading, but the fresh download works fine.

pete3799 · pete3799's Garage

I've got my fingers crossed.
I downloaded Spyware Doctor but it kept getting disabled so i tried Malwarebytes and
so far so good.

Jeremy Cottrell · 06-01-2010, 01:40 PM

I never had any luck with Spyware Doctor either.

LeeH · 08-12-2010, 04:03 PM

Arrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! Here we go again. Same virus. Ya know... if I were going to sites where you would expect to pick up a virus then I could say I could have done something different. Wish I could get my hands on the person behind this.

I'm so busy right now with work I really don't have time for this crap.

MysticLlama · 08-12-2010, 04:22 PM

Often this one resides in the user profile folders.

If you have a secondary user account, i.e. administrator if you log in as Lee, then you could log onto the uninfected profile, get Malwarebytes up and running on there (since it'll often block the install and/or updates if it's already running), and do a full scan, which will partially fix the other profile.

(If you don't have another profile, you could try creating one, but it may be infected from the beginning, I'm not sure)

Once it's partially fixed, you can log on as the previously buggered one, and launch it before the bad software fires up, do another full scan, and that should take care of it.

If that still doesn't do it, the easiest fix is to pull the hard drive, plug it into something else with a USB adapter, and clean it that way.

I've seen it happen on machines with Symantec AV, as well as the Trend consumer one, but so far not with the free MS Security Essentials. (http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials)

Malwarebytes is usually the best for cleaning if you can get it updated, but the free version doesn't self-update, that's why you don't get continual protection with it.

LeeH · 08-12-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticLlama

I've seen it happen on machines with Symantec AV, as well as the Trend consumer one, but so far not with the free MS Security Essentials. (http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials)

Malwarebytes is usually the best for cleaning if you can get it updated, but the free version doesn't self-update, that's why you don't get continual protection with it.

You can now say you've seen it happen on a machine running MSSE. I've had it running since the first time I got the virus.

pete3799 · pete3799's Garage

I finaly gave up on my old computer.
I tried everything i could find and couldn't get rid of it. I'm a computer idiot so i don't know
much about these things but i got so PO'd that i bought a lap top. Needed one anyway.
Good luck.