Firstly, hey guys! I can tell just by looking through the forums that A LOT of people have been hit by this annoying little virus and I would have just used someone else's instructions but I thought it would be better to make my own topic because everyone's computer is different.. I hope that's ok!!
Ok so,
This morning I was just surfing and then randomly EVERYTHING starting going slowly. Didn't really think much of it (because my computer isn't too flash) until I saw the signs.
Basically the system security 09 thingy popped up and things started going downhill fast! Kept giving me warnings, fake scans and all that crap. The biggest problem was, I couldn't access system restore but i COULD get into other things-such as msn.
Then all of a sudden it restarted and once I logged back in and saw the background had changed, I knew I was in some serious trouble. Once I restarted, I QUICKLY ctrl+alt+deleted and removed the process that was associated with it and then I was able to get into things!
Now, I clicked the icon that was on the desktop and found the location, and DELETED all of the folders associated with it and then ran CCleaner. Now here's where I think I made things worse!
I accidentally clicked 'remove from list' instead of uninstall with system security!!! Everything seemed screwed up still so i restarted again. This time, Windows said it had just gone through a huge change and that I should send the logs to them etc etc. Whatever. But now, ALL exe's wouldnt open. So i restarted again. AND THIS TIME, as soon as I logged back in, a few warnings came up saying "randomwindowsthing.exe" couldnt open.
I tried installing mbam but it wouldn't install, it would just come up with 'choose the program you would like to open the file with' crap. I also tried downloading from another computer and changing the name, and THEN installing it on my comp but it would do the same thing. Same thing happened when I tried doing it in safe mode.
Another HUGE problem is, it didn't allow me into system restore but IT DID allow me into msn the first time. After I reset, I tried logging into msn on a different computer and it didn't work.. Could this be that my password was changed by the virus or someone on a remote computer or something?? I mean, at least I didn't give credit card info away, but it's still annoying to think that ANYTHING i log into is going to get bleeped up and hacked!
I've been searching for basically the entire day and I can't find a solution to PERMANENTLY get rid of this virus and allow exe files to work again!
Please help
+edit,
should mention that I'm using XP.
+edit2
these are the things that come up when I log in:
- "C:\WINDOWS\system32\msrvrl.exe
Application not found"
- "Could not load or run 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msrvrl.exe' spcified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry"
- "C:WINDOWS\system32\msfqp.exe
Application not found"
-"Could not load or run 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msfqp.exe' spcified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry"
Ok so,
This morning I was just surfing and then randomly EVERYTHING starting going slowly. Didn't really think much of it (because my computer isn't too flash) until I saw the signs.
Basically the system security 09 thingy popped up and things started going downhill fast! Kept giving me warnings, fake scans and all that crap. The biggest problem was, I couldn't access system restore but i COULD get into other things-such as msn.
Then all of a sudden it restarted and once I logged back in and saw the background had changed, I knew I was in some serious trouble. Once I restarted, I QUICKLY ctrl+alt+deleted and removed the process that was associated with it and then I was able to get into things!
Now, I clicked the icon that was on the desktop and found the location, and DELETED all of the folders associated with it and then ran CCleaner. Now here's where I think I made things worse!
I accidentally clicked 'remove from list' instead of uninstall with system security!!! Everything seemed screwed up still so i restarted again. This time, Windows said it had just gone through a huge change and that I should send the logs to them etc etc. Whatever. But now, ALL exe's wouldnt open. So i restarted again. AND THIS TIME, as soon as I logged back in, a few warnings came up saying "randomwindowsthing.exe" couldnt open.
I tried installing mbam but it wouldn't install, it would just come up with 'choose the program you would like to open the file with' crap. I also tried downloading from another computer and changing the name, and THEN installing it on my comp but it would do the same thing. Same thing happened when I tried doing it in safe mode.
Another HUGE problem is, it didn't allow me into system restore but IT DID allow me into msn the first time. After I reset, I tried logging into msn on a different computer and it didn't work.. Could this be that my password was changed by the virus or someone on a remote computer or something?? I mean, at least I didn't give credit card info away, but it's still annoying to think that ANYTHING i log into is going to get bleeped up and hacked!
I've been searching for basically the entire day and I can't find a solution to PERMANENTLY get rid of this virus and allow exe files to work again!
Please help
+edit,
should mention that I'm using XP.
+edit2
these are the things that come up when I log in:
- "C:\WINDOWS\system32\msrvrl.exe
Application not found"
- "Could not load or run 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msrvrl.exe' spcified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry"
- "C:WINDOWS\system32\msfqp.exe
Application not found"
-"Could not load or run 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\msfqp.exe' spcified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry"
