Infected PC question

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:06 pm

Those of you who fix them, do you ever run more than 1 scan in safe mode or do you do it by themselves? Is it ok to do more than 1 at a time? Please let me know.

thx

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:08 pm

If the pc can support scanning with multiple programs i.e. RAM & CPU speed and size, then yes sometimes I will scan with more than one program at a time.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:15 pm

I have 2 gb RAM and 3 GB Intel p4 cpu so should I ?

Storm90 · Post by **Storm90** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:02 am

24giovanni wrote:I have 2 gb RAM and 3 GB Intel p4 cpu so should I ?

You should able to. Give it a try.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:15 am

I scan one at a time.
Time it, you'll see you don't save time. What would have taken say...25 minutes to scan with just one program....now takes....(pick some number above 50)

I also prefer to avoid possible conflict from two different scanners tripping over each other, and one not being able to properly remove bad file(s) because the other keep sticking its nose in the way.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:11 am

I've been using these in this order:

First is to run through your add/remove programs list and trash anything that looks like junk (just helps to clean the comp up) I remove all toolbars I find as I've seen some of the vundo variants attach to them for some reason.

2nd thing is to TURN OFF System Restore!!!

3rd go to Start,Run, and type in msconfig and uncheck anything that looks funny from the Startup Tab including IM's for the time being as you will want to restart the computer fast and keep the variants from starting as well.

Load CCleaner (no need to install this, its portable!) and select everything to clean! - http://www.majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Portable_d5735.html
Load/update Avast Home - http://www.avast.com
Load/update superantispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com
Load/update Malwarebytes - MalwareBytes
Load/update spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 - spybot
Download - msautoruns ms Autoruns

Boot into safemode and set Avast for a bootscan upon restart- preselect it to delete anything it finds etc but don't reboot the computer.

Run ccleaner to remove all junk and crap from your temp files etc.. you will still need to set hidden files/folders to show up in the folder options and browse to your Local folder within your user account and select all files in Temp and temp internet files folder and delete EVERYTHING!

Next run superantispyware full scan..if it finds major things mostly whats found in memory it will require reboot..thats fine reboot and then let avast run its scan and boot into windows normally.

Run MalwareBytes and remove whatever it finds.

Next run msautoruns and again check for anything odd usually not showing a publisher or a looks like this "jaleiwa.exe" etc you get the idea. Just right click on them and delete thats it. Close auto runs and then run spybot to finish up that last ditch scan clean up using it.

Run ccleaner once more then reboot and see where you stand after this point. Keep in mind this may take at least 4hours to complete but it should remove everything if you've done it right!

Good Luck!

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:01 am

Sava, Yes, I am using your guide to try and fix these issues except I am using kaspersky instead of avast. I hope these solve these issues.

If not, I have used acronis true image 11 on sunday to get an image of the HD. If I need to do it that way can someone please tell me what I need to do to get the computer back to the way it was on Sunday using ATI I would appreciate it greatly.

thx

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:03 am

24giovanni wrote:Sava, Yes, I am using your guide to try and fix these issues except I am using kaspersky instead of avast. I hope these solve these issues.

If not, I have used acronis true image 11 on sunday to get an image of the HD. If I need to do it that way can someone please tell me what I need to do to get the computer back to the way it was on Sunday using ATI I would appreciate it greatly.

thx

I would suggest just using avast for the boot scan then... in those steps I gave as its very effective. Then remove it you don't like it and put kaspersky back on..but I'm sure you will see that it works well and you may keep it as it is the best freebie IMO.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:16 am

I will try it if I am still having issues.

thx

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:23 am

KAV does a boot scan when you start the PC anyway.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:21 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:KAV does a boot scan when you start the PC anyway.

Sure most do...but this is a preset on demand boot scan which you can set to have anything it picks up deleted or moved.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:46 pm

Sava700 wrote:Sure most do...but this is a preset on demand boot scan which you can set to have anything it picks up deleted or moved.

Still nothing special, you can run KAV with those settings without the restart.