rootkit removal

General Chit-Chat is in here... New Members are invited to pop in and say hello!
Post Reply
Half Acres Halfwit
League One Player
League One Player
Posts: 4146
Joined: 05 Jul 2006, 18:25
Location: Barking...
Contact:

rootkit removal

Post by Half Acres Halfwit » 24 Jun 2011, 12:51

ive been running my avast viryus software for a couple of days now with no success,my comp is infected with a rootkit and 2 trojans,the antivirus detects them but when it reboots so do the virus`. I`ve tried to download malwarebytes to see if this works but the virus keeps re-directing me away from the site any idea guys?
Image

HEY YOU GU-UYS!!

Casmania
Verified
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 5901
Joined: 05 Jul 2006, 22:47
Location: Castleford
Contact:

Re: rootkit removal

Post by Casmania » 28 Jun 2011, 00:26

Try restoring system to before you started having problems. I recently had a similar issue, i did a restore back to a couple of weeks ago and it cured the problem.
Image

MY CLUB. MY CAS

HuddsTigers
Verified
Grand Final Winner
Grand Final Winner
Posts: 15893
Joined: 31 Jan 2009, 03:55
Contact:

Re: rootkit removal

Post by HuddsTigers » 29 Jun 2011, 21:23

Try putting your PC into safe mode.

Run the anti-virus, Ad-Aware etc

Then re-boot.
In the spirit of the final Blackadder episode - Goooodbyeee!

Half Acres Halfwit
League One Player
League One Player
Posts: 4146
Joined: 05 Jul 2006, 18:25
Location: Barking...
Contact:

Re: rootkit removal

Post by Half Acres Halfwit » 30 Jun 2011, 07:25

All nice and clean again thanks to you both :clap:
Image

HEY YOU GU-UYS!!

HuddsTigers
Verified
Grand Final Winner
Grand Final Winner
Posts: 15893
Joined: 31 Jan 2009, 03:55
Contact:

Re: rootkit removal

Post by HuddsTigers » 30 Jun 2011, 22:04

No worries mate.
In the spirit of the final Blackadder episode - Goooodbyeee!

ivantheboss
New member
Posts: 5
Joined: 31 Aug 2011, 19:16
Contact:

Re: rootkit removal

Post by ivantheboss » 01 Sep 2011, 07:44

why just didn't download another antivirus software... doesn't matter, the importan is that you are ok now ;)

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests