Virus help....

[nismodrifter]

alright....on my other (good/primary) computer I got the virus called w32.hllw.Studd (also known as duster)

pretty sure I got it by using stupid kazaa....

I CANNOT get norton antivirus to open so I can run a full scan.....my pc is running at a stand still, it has completely slowed down and now takes like 5 minutes to do anything

In start menu I click on Norton Antivirus to open it, then the mouse turns into the little hourglass and then nothing happens. I hit ctrl + alt+ del and I can see that it says "NMAIN.exe" as an open process (which is norton antivirus maiin program...)

I try and end that process but it won't let me


WHAT TO DO!!!!!

any help will be appreciated.........

[nismodrifter]

update: now for some reason it decided to open....pc is back to normal speed now......going to run full scan and see if it goes alright....


dizzamn I hate this shit.....especially when it happens at 1am :zzz:

[YCB]

put ur xp cd in.. and delted it from dos..

thats what i did when i got that whasatastata virus.. the xp one..

[lint]

Stop surfing the pr0n.

[RC-Cola]

When all else fails I use the virus program off of Microtrends website. You know it's going to be clean and I have had it pick several virus in the past after norton's says my system is clean. And best of all it's free!

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

[nismodrifter]

thx for the link, i'll check it out when I get home


I think it's all gone now.........never going to use kazaa again!

[nismodrifter]

wow....lucky me, my browser on my other (same machine that had problems last night) has been hijacked by Lycos Sidesearch and I cannot visit any websites on that pc now........

anybody know how to fix this bs problem??? I'll probably figure it out sooner or later but any help would be appreciated

[xkon]

Originally posted by RC-Cola
When all else fails I use the virus program off of Microtrends website. You know it's going to be clean and I have had it pick several virus in the past after norton's says my system is clean. And best of all it's free!

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

:werd: that site owns, go there once a week!

[nismodrifter]

update: hahaha....yet another late night succesful fix within 24 hourz :D :D

now.....its 2:30....got to wake up at 6:00am :(

[D'z Nutz]

Have you scanned for spyware at all? If you haven't, download Ad-Aware

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

[nismodrifter]

dznutz: that's what I just used like right now to fix the program :)

great program!!! free too!!

at least this wasn't as bad as my virus last night....I was up till 4:30am fixing that stupid thing!

I swear....tomorrow right when I come home there is going to be something else up with my pc....if there is then it's going straight out the window

[speedracer]

Try this too - Looks like your registry has changed for the IE
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=lst-0-1

[D'z Nutz]

Don't put your back out. I'll come pick it up if you're going to throw it away! :D

[nismodrifter]

speedracer: I used spybot....didn't work very well. Problem still existed

The adware program got rid of the problem first try.....GONE!

I think the best way to fix these type of problems would be running a combo of both so one of them has a chance of picking up the things the first one missed

[speedracer]

Did you update the spybot?

[Dj_Stylz]

witch adware program did you use can i get the link i went to the website an didnt know witch one to download.

[nismodrifter]

speedracer: Yeah I updated spybot before using it I think....still did not fix the problem

dj stylz: go here http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

[alloroc]

If you want to double check to see if Norton missed anything you can also go here.

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm


Free virus scanner and cleaner you can use this if norton can't open again.


I had Norton for 5 years and panda titanium for the last year. I won't go back to Norton.

[D'z Nutz]

If you're a U of C student, you can download a free version of McAfee as well as updates from the U of C's webpage:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/virus

You'll need your U of C IT username and password to get access to it though.