Saturday 24 September 2011

I can't get rid of a computer virus?

So my computer was infected with the vundo virus about a week ago (it had been running for almost a month, but it got so bad last week that I did something about it), and I downloaded the malwarebytes program. I ran it, it removed the virus and my computer worked fine for a few days.



The problem started yesterday after I restarted my computer for the first time since I removed the virus (I have a bad habit of leaving my computer on for long periods of time). When I started it again, it started fine then it wouldn't load anything I started and if it did load, it stopped working after a minute or two. I can load it fine in safe mode (I'm in safe mode with networking right now) and I've been trying to remove whatever is wrong with it, but nothing is working. I tried malwarebytes again and it insisted my computer was clean. I then downloaded two other vundo remover programs (VirtumundoBegone and Vundo Fix), one said my computer was clean and the other said I was infected with vundo again and then claimed it removed it. After neither of those worked, I downloaded Vcleaner, changed the name, and ran it. It worked fine until it just randomly closed during the scan without telling me it was done or had a problem or anything. It did this three times. Today, I downloaded the AVG virus removal tool, which, unfortunately, I cannot install in safe mode. I attempted to install it in %26quot;normal mode,%26quot; but it froze like every other thing I've tried to open in the past two days.



What can I do to clean my computer? What might be wrong with the Vcleaner that it keeps closing? I can't work in safe mode forever and I can't seem to find anything that effectively scans my computer and then removes whatever is harming it. I don't download ANYTHING off the internet and I only visit sites that either show up on a Google search or are big name sites that millions of people visit everyday with no problem (like Facebook or Yahoo), so I don't even know how I got this virus.
I can't get rid of a computer virus?
I've been a network administrator for over 12 years now. Here's what I do about virus and spyware infections: I backup all the documents, pictures, music, etc., and then I put in the Windows CD and have it format the hard drive and start over. That's the only way to be 100% sure that all of the infections are removed. For backing up the data files, I prefer an online file host (such as http://www.drivehq.com ) instead of a USB drive because recent viruses (like Conflicker) can infect your USB drive.



What should you back up? Almost always these days, if you just back up your %26quot;My Documents%26quot; folder (and the My Documents folders for other users on the computer), you'll have saved everything. Microsoft and third party software manufacturers are becoming very good at making sure all of your stuff goes into that folder, or a subfolder (such as My Pictures).



For the future, I recommend that you use Mozy Home Free Edition to keep your documents backed up online. Then you won't have to hesitate if you want to ever reformat your computer again. Here is a YouTube video that I made about how to use Mozy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmhAoPCmO鈥?/a>



I also recommend installing Site Advisor at http://www.siteadvisor.com. It will pop up a red balloon any time you go to a web site that has malicious downloads. It will also put red, yellow, and green icons next to your Google and Yahoo search results.



Lastly, here are my recommendations for anti-virus products:



All antivirus do just as well at detecting viruses. So the best antivirus is a free one. Here are three free ones that you can choose from:



AVG Free Edition: http://free.grisoft.com

Avast 4 Home: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht鈥?/a>

Avira Antivir Personal: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avi鈥?/a>

PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition: http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

Comodo Antivirus: http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/antiv鈥?/a>



To get the actual comparisons of how every anti-virus program compares with the competition, go to the following link check out their comparative tests:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/
I can't get rid of a computer virus?
i could get in the virus remover. You could be infecting everyone as we speak.
You can get rid of these virus by following these steps .



1 Download and intall the AVG 8.0 on your computer .

2 Update yourAVG 8.0 .

3 Scan your computer for all the malwares in your computer .

4 Remove all the malwares , found while scanning with AVG antivirus .

5 Restart your computer



You can download this form http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-鈥?/a>

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