system32 virus...
Monday, November 7, 2005 by Ben Fontaine | Discussion: Personal Computing
Mcafee found an infected file called C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSWINDOWS.exe.
My computer has started to run slowly and i need to know what to do to get rid of this. I have run adaware, spybot, and mcafee virusscan in safemode and nothing has worked. Please help me out!!
My computer has started to run slowly and i need to know what to do to get rid of this. I have run adaware, spybot, and mcafee virusscan in safemode and nothing has worked. Please help me out!!
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PoSmedley
Reply #22 Monday, November 7, 2005 4:16 PM
Reply #22 Monday, November 7, 2005 4:16 PM
Try this one....Link
You have to register first (as with most forums)..and it could take a day or two (as with most of these HJT forums) but you will get help.
Since you are unsure of the problem, I would post it under this section >SWI Forums > General Computing Issues > PC Troubleshooting <. A lot of these sites will ignore the log if under the wrong heading. I just went thru what you are going thru and this was the heading I used.
Some people here may know of other forums you can post it on, that they feel are better, and I will admit this is the only one I use, so the choice is yours.
Good Luck!
You have to register first (as with most forums)..and it could take a day or two (as with most of these HJT forums) but you will get help.
Since you are unsure of the problem, I would post it under this section >SWI Forums > General Computing Issues > PC Troubleshooting <. A lot of these sites will ignore the log if under the wrong heading. I just went thru what you are going thru and this was the heading I used.
Some people here may know of other forums you can post it on, that they feel are better, and I will admit this is the only one I use, so the choice is yours.
Good Luck!
scorpio-logic
Reply #23 Monday, November 7, 2005 4:28 PM
Yes, useful for the index.dat file deletion, too. And not so cimbersome as some other tracks erasing software such as Cyberscrub and the likes.
Also very useful: Link
Reply #23 Monday, November 7, 2005 4:28 PM
| just read that boot page, i have never used that before. Would i just use the delete option? |
Yes, useful for the index.dat file deletion, too. And not so cimbersome as some other tracks erasing software such as Cyberscrub and the likes.
Also very useful: Link
caveman23213
Reply #24 Monday, November 7, 2005 7:20 PM
Reply #24 Monday, November 7, 2005 7:20 PM
Is it safe to delete all of the index.dat files?
caveman23213
Reply #25 Monday, November 7, 2005 11:35 PM
Reply #25 Monday, November 7, 2005 11:35 PM
I ran an AVAST scan in safemode and it did not find anything. Also, i looked for the file in safemode to rename it, but i didnt see it anywhere. 
caveman23213
Reply #26 Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:28 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:28 PM
do you guys think that the installation of AOL could have anything to do with this?
ZubaZ
Reply #27 Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:38 PM
That's a virus all by itself!
Reply #27 Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:38 PM
| do you guys think that the installation of AOL could have anything to do with this? |
That's a virus all by itself!
caveman23213
Reply #28 Friday, November 11, 2005 10:10 AM
Reply #28 Friday, November 11, 2005 10:10 AM
yea, my mom couldnt live without aol. 
but my system is finally back to normal!! Last night the system shut down and said there was a serious error, so i booted into safe mode and ran AVAST, spysweeper, and adaware. This morning i booted the computer up and i got a window saying windows had recovered from a serious error due to a driver. im so thankful that this is over. i pray is nothing like this happens again.
but my system is finally back to normal!! Last night the system shut down and said there was a serious error, so i booted into safe mode and ran AVAST, spysweeper, and adaware. This morning i booted the computer up and i got a window saying windows had recovered from a serious error due to a driver. im so thankful that this is over. i pray is nothing like this happens again.
DaRkFuSsIoOn
Reply #29 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:57 PM
Reply #29 Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:57 PM
Try with this antivirus...F-secure...download the trial version, it's work very very gooood for me....and the f-secure remove any troyan, any virus...i'ts great.
http://www.f-secure.com/
http://www.f-secure.com/
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Reply #21 Monday, November 7, 2005 4:06 PM