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New Win32 virus - please help!
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Name: Bron
Date: November 4, 2006 at 05:51:58 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help!OS: Windows XP HomeCPU/Ram: celeron1.7GHz/256MBModel/Manufacturer: Toshiba Satellite 1410 |
Comment: Hi, I have just installed McAffe on my computer and when i restarted, McAffe popped up with a notice saying that the file 'Mcdetect.exe is infected by the New Win32 virus and cannot be cleaned'. After I got rid of this it popped up with the same notice but about matlab.exe.. i think it is going through all my programmes. I cannot open pretty much all of my programmes (except Office) - when I do, it comes up with a notice saying 'Windows cannot access the specifie devie, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to acess the item.' Please help me! I don't know how to get rid of this, short of formating my computer. NB: it also won't allow me to run the HijackThis file to generate a log. Many many many thanks,
Bron.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Tweaks
Date: November 4, 2006 at 06:14:09 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)If you disable system restore and reboot to safe mode then run your anti-virus program "I hope my Suggestions Helped"
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Response Number 4
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Name: Bron
Date: November 4, 2006 at 06:34:21 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)I cannot access the internet from my computer anymore as my wireless network card is one of the programmes that i cannot run. I am currently using a friends computer to access the internet. Is there a way I can get around this? Cheers,
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Response Number 5
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Name: Bron
Date: November 4, 2006 at 06:38:56 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)It also won't allow me to access System Restore - the same error message appears. *ARG!*
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Response Number 6
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Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: November 4, 2006 at 06:41:46 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)right click on my comp/propertys/system restore and put a check into disable system restore
Then reboot and repeatally tap the F8 key while booting up then once in safe mode scan with your AV " Please Post back to let us know if we helped "
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Response Number 7
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Name: Bron
Date: November 4, 2006 at 08:30:02 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)When I right click on my comp/properties it comes up with the error message 'Windows cannot access the specifie devie, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to acess the item.'
I have also tried to access system restore through the start menu but the same error message appears.
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Response Number 8
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Name: Tweaks
Date: November 4, 2006 at 08:41:17 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)Are you logged on as the administrator? can you reboot to safe mode? "I hope my Suggestions Helped"
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Response Number 9
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Name: Bron
Date: November 5, 2006 at 07:18:29 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)Thank you. I have been able to run an online virus scanner in safe mode and it has found the virus W32.virut.A (about 1300 instances of it). I am trying to re-install McAffe, but don't know if it will work... (Thank you, all the advice was very helpful).
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Response Number 11
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Name: Tweaks
Date: November 5, 2006 at 12:14:52 Pacific
Subject: New Win32 virus - please help! |
Reply: (edit)Try this Dr.Web as Murr suggests in safe mode but if you are able to temporarily turn off System Restore
If a virus, worm, or Trojan infects a computer, System Restore may back up the virus, worm, or Trojan on the computer "I hope my Suggestions Helped"
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