So I've got a virus....

[ParadiseOnceLost]

The last virus I got posed as a antivirus. Every time I attempted to open a program or go on the internet it blocked me and said it was not safe becuase X program/website might be infected and I needed to give them money. I restarted my comp into safe mode and ran my anti virus program, which solved the problem.

 

[teqrevisited]

The last one I wound up with was one of those fake anti-virus scanners. Was horribly put together. All I did was mess with its registry and it stopped replacing itself. One more delete and a proper scan later confirmed that it had gone to silicon heaven, along with all the dead calculators.

 

[imnot]

The last one I wound up with was one of those fake anti-virus scanners. Was horribly put together. All I did was mess with its registry and it stopped replacing itself. One more delete and a proper scan later confirmed that it had gone to silicon heaven, along with all the dead calculators.

Wouldnt it go to silicon hell, where all the virtual boys went?

 

[Trippy Turtle]

I had Antivirus action. Apparently even my log off script was a trojan. That was hard to get rid of.

 

[teqrevisited]

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Wouldnt it go to silicon hell, where all the virtual boys went?

Good point. And a fitting end to malware or, indeed, makers of said malware. An eternity of nothing but nauseating redness and headaches.

-Edit for great justice / tiredness.

 

[Shakomaru]

Oh gosh I had a really bad one. My Laptop wouldn't connect to the router and it would freeze up when I tried to do anything.

 

[demoman_chaos]

My dad has gotten a few on his pc, and since he didn't have a windows disk I had to install Linux (that and I didn't want to have to bother with Windows viruses again since I know he was going to go to the porn). Shortly after, he was bidding on something on eBay. He let the computer sit idle on the page for most of a day and eBay auto-logged him out. He lost the auction and blamed Linux. The computer ended up outside on the back porch and was buried in snow (it snowed after the toss). The computer was never to live again.

 

[Madara XIII]

You should stop watching those videos then.

I have had one nasty virus. It was a virus posing as anti virus software saying I needed to get rid of a virus I didn't have. Up until the virus of the anti virus.

Ugh I freaking Hate Trojans

 

[StarsintheBlood]

I don't get viruses with my Mac, but with all these software and hard drive problems I'm starting to think it's not worth it.

 

[Fishyash]

I was browsing the pirate bay (I don't really want to say why) and then all of a sudden avast went apeshit with alerts of an exe dropper trojan (constant virus block alerts I was recieving).

God I panicked SO HARD when it happened.

 

[General BrEeZy]

all i know is that my computer is a worthless POS now. im not a techie, so i have no clue what i've ever had.
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at least i have no STD-viruses!

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Yep, two years ago I couldn't fight the temptation to download the oldschool maze screensaver.

First thing I ever downloaded from a non-known source. Last time that ever happened.

 

[Double A]

You should stop watching those videos then.

I have had one nasty virus. It was a virus posing as anti virus software saying I needed to get rid of a virus I didn't have. Up until the virus of the anti virus.

I had a virus similar to this, if it's not the same one. Virus coders should be drawn and quartered.

 

[redisforever]

Booyah, done it! I have stopped it completely from loading up on startup, now I just need to find out how to reveal hidden files since the bastard thing has hidden itself from normal view >.<

Windows XP: go to any folder, Tools, Folder options, view tab, check show hidden files and folders
Windows Vista/7: go to any folder, click organize, folder and search options, view tab, check show hidden files and folders

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Format the drive, reboot from my periodic backup. Blow that sucker back into preexistence.

 

[Snotnarok]

Just use avast anti-virus, it's free, it's good I've never had a problem.

I like the one comment saying "stop using windows" yes I guess spending 3 grand on a PC with a different OS is a brilliant idea.

 

[redisforever]

Just use avast anti-virus, it's free, it's good I've never had a problem.

I like the one comment saying "stop using windows" yes I guess spending 3 grand on a PC with a different OS is a brilliant idea.

Oh, hell, just dual boot it. Use Linux for browsing, things like that, Windows for games. It's what I do.

 

[Fayathon]

I haven't had a virus personally in years, but last time I did get one it was one that go through what I considered to be adequate security, alas I was wrong and ended up nuking the site from orbit.

Windows install discs are so nice when fighting nasty viruses.

 

[esperandote]

The other day I had to clean a laptop from a virus that:

Hid all exe's
Didn't let me go to folder options, show hidden files/hide system files
Created links with the names of the exe's it hid
Unabled the antivirus
Infected any external storage device you plugged
Didn't let me run command prompt or task manager
Didn't let me restart in secure mode

What I did (after a lot of banging my head on the desk):
Searched in that quick search bar in Win7 explorer for *.exe
It found the execes and executed Elistara (Awesome just-run antimalware tool)
It enabled the task manager and command prompt
I ran the command pront and executed drive:> attrib -h -s -r /s /d (remove hidden, system and read only attributes of all files including directories and looking inside subdirectories)
Ran Avast (great for reboot scans) and Malwarebytes
Deleted those pesky direct links manually (searching for *.lnk)
Installed panda usb vaccine (it disables automatic run for external devices to avoid infections both ways and writes an unwritable autorun in the external devices so no virus can overwrite it)

I hope this helps someone.

Edit: For those saying "Stop using windows"

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