Computer Virus Help
 

Hey guys

Somehow a Trojan virus has infected my home PC, and I can't seem to get rid of it. I run McAfee Anti-Virus and Adaware, both of which keep finding things and cleaning or quarantining them, but I still get a host of infection messages after that. So many pop ups come up indicating options to clean the virus, etc., but I am unsure what's legit and what's not. I've never had such a severe virus problem on a computer before. I'm frustrated and kind of at a loss what to do.

Any assistance you can offer would be appreciated.

Can McAfee identify the virus?

I would recommend one of the online virus scans to identify the virus and then look on line for a method of disinfecting.

Try the Kaspersky Online Scanner

http://www.kaspersky.com/

It might point you in the right direction.

Ewido Security Suite
AdAware SE
Spybot Search & Destroy
SpywareBlaster

Whatever name it comes up with, Google search for removal instructions. Some are very complicated.

WSU -
sounds like your comp got hijacked. go to this site and follow the directions they'll help you out...they did for me and now I'm up and running fine.

hxxp://forum.tweakxp.com/forum/Forum29-1.aspx

Same type of thing here:

hxxp://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

Nuke the hard drive from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Thanks for the input, guys.

lol

I like that the post directly after that one is the "thank for the input, guys" so maybe we'll hear a news story today about a hard drive nuking from space ;)

SI