All .exe files on my computer are infected with some kind of virus
If some how understand who wrote it I'm going to kill that persson:mad:
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All .exe files on my computer are infected with some kind of virus
If some how understand who wrote it I'm going to kill that persson:mad:
Why you did not use ANTIVIRUS software? Now the software companies will kill you.
If I remeber correctly, anti-virus software is .exe files, so the anti-virus is infected with virus. It's in bad shape then.
But I really doubt crvenkapa is right. There is no way a virus would have gotten permission to edit WINLOGON.EXE while the OS was running. crvenkapa, the virus is probably just trying to fool you now; by making things appear as they are not.
imo antivirus software slows down my computer hogging my resources as much as a virus itself. I prefer to be safe, and if I am doing something dangerous, I'll put one on temporarily. Does anyone agree with me?
when i m running some .exe file on my screen appears a message :
[tag]
YOU ARE MINE NOW
[/ tag]
Queatrix did it.
As long as you're knowledgeable enough to know what is dangerous and what isn't ...Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxdude
My suggestion...
startup the computer, dont run ANYTHING. If all the .exe files are infected your giving the virus another shot at multiplying with each and every file you run.
Then run the anti-virus software. It will run the virus routine most likely but once it does it should return control back to the program, which can then (hopefully) go about and clean it up, make sure you have the latest updates for whatever program your using.
If that doesnt work then go online and download an antivirus program if you can, or try googling your virus, if you don't know what it's called then type in what it says, something should turn up.
ANd be a bit happier! This could be worse, at least (as far as we know) it's not carrying a destructive payload. ;)
Good luck
Don't worry, I'm just one of Cheez' virus toting aliases. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheez
Some antivirus software can run straight at bootup before anything is loaded, and it runs from the CD. If your antivirus software has this, try this once, if you haven't. Otherwise back up whatever you can and do a full reload of your computer.
You're lucky, sounds like you might just have a TSR (does anyone even use that term anymore?). It probably just hooks into the shell and runs that message everytime an application is started. Try this:
1) Hit f8 on bootup and do a safeboot with command prompt
2) Skip loading of non-critical drivers
3) When windows boots, log into the admin account
4) Run taskmanager and see what processes are running
5) Now play "find what doesn't belong" until you find the virus' image
6) End the process
7)a) Run eventvwr.msc and check system events to see what went wrong when.
7)b) Do a windows search for the virus exe and any offenders (find any files that were created or modified within the time frame of the virus, time is a factor here) and delete them
8) Repeat for any suspicious files (have a Windows CD on hand)
9) Check your registry, start-up process and services (regedit, msconfig, and services.msc respectively)
10) Pray the virus maker wasn't a professional (doesn't sound like it is anyway)
I'm the know right now because I recently had to deal with a virus that set itself up hardcore on my system, modified system files, changed write permissions on itself and messed over my winsocks. I almost gave up and restored/reformatted, but then decided to welcome the challenge and 5 hours of DOS-ing, 6 hours of Registry tweaking and so forth later, I brought it back to its (somewhat) original state. Me: 4, Exploiters: 0, yes 4, all from the security weakness in IE6, which I've now upgraded to firefox, fool me once...
Happy Hunting!
Solution: use Linux.
I know nothing about Linux...
Will it run on an IBM?
I'm just going to quote this for posterityQuote:
Originally Posted by Queatrix
You enjoy picking on me don't you?
Yes Linux runs on like... everything. I'm running it on a Dell laptop right now.
If you didn't say so many stupid things, I would stop. I don't see that happening, so a little more joy will be brought to my life everyday :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Queatrix
Thank you Queatrix. Even after a crappy day at work you can make me happy.
Yeah I have to admit Queatrix, that was pretty funny. :p
I wouldn't hold it against someone for not having enough interest in linux to not know the details. Before I started using linux I didn't even know there were a billion different ones, I thought it was just one operating system.
The question should be, what will Linux NOT run on? And it's not restricted to home computers like PC or Mac. If it has a CPU in it, somebody has probably tried to run Linux on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queatrix
I don't even want to start the Windows/Linux argument, but there's no denying that it runs practically everywhere. Chances are you own a device that runs Linux without even knowing it. Got a router or wireless access point? You might have a Linux system right now.
well... not necessarily Linux, but at least some form of Unix variant.
Yes it will run on IBM, in fact, IBM is a very big supporter of linux.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queatrix
Sadly I have a MICROSOFT router =\
No wonder it's so slow, and it's a "major" operation to put Linux on it and I'm not up for taking it apart.
I wonder if I could put Linux on my microwave...