Antivirus XP 2008 – Rogue AntiVirus
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I discovered a new rogue on Saturday over at a clients house (Barb S.).
This looks a lot like Windows Defender doesn't it? Anyway, Barb had Trend Micro 2006 (which was working and updated) however Trend was completely unaware that there were applications like this running +40 pieces of malware hiding in System32.
Removal:
First I removed Trend (since it wasn't doing anything anyway), next I installed Spyware Doctor with Antivirus (the new version 6) and did a full scan. One hour later we have 54 threats that were completely removed after a reboot.
Barbs computer still had a lot of system modifications made by the malware…these had to go! Combofix is just amazing tool for undoing the changes the malware has made. Here are just a few examples of what Combofix can fix:
-broken tcp/ip stacks
-unable to modify the desktop
-unable to load the registry editor
-unable to right click on my computer
-no access to the control panel
-no start—run menu
When you run combofix remember to disable your anti-malware until combofix has finished.
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Hi all Ok
I just got antivirus 2008 on my computer so I ran combofix and it found it got rid of parts of it but said it found a rootkit and had to reboot. So it rebooted over and over again. After that I booted up off a bart dist and amnualy removed the files. The i had to repair install my os now it randomly locks up my computer and i still think it had xp antivirus 2008. What can i do to get rid of it??? Any help is needed.