Got my first serious windows virus in years.

Freiwillige · 02-03-11, 01:19 PM

First off let me say that i fully condone beating and torture of Virus creators and hackers...publicly where applicable!

I have done so many formats and installs that I thought I had a fort knox built on my latest version of windows Vista.

The warnings worked but allas it was too late and the machine auto rebooted to nothing. A black screen with a blinking curser. Tryed to boot into safe mode via F8 ......nothing.

I downloaded a Red Baron 3d add on freeware pack off a site I know I probably shouldn't have. Clicked the installer and the anti virus went nuts. I shut it all down and now oblivion.

Now I am sitting here with my anti virus boot disk hoping the boot sector can be saved and seething at this invisible villain who put me here.
God just once let me get my hands on him!

Moral of the story trust your guts and don't let simming greed over ride your judgment, If a site looks scary the file is probably tainted. My Bad

Rant over!

HunterICX · 02-03-11, 01:25 PM

What AV where you using? My Avast or previous installed Norton went nuts before I even could click a file that was infected and slammed it into quarantine before it did damage.

as for beating and torturing these hackers and creators of viruses....I approve

HunterICX

Freiwillige · 02-03-11, 01:53 PM

AVG anti virus.

AVGWarhawk · 02-03-11, 01:56 PM

I use Avast as well. My theory is hackers will go after the most widely used antivirus (Norton/AVG) because the hacker will get to the most computers doing this. So he or she spends their time looking for the weak spot in Norton but antivirus like Avast is ignored because the users are much fewer. Just a theory of mine.

ETR3(SS) · 02-03-11, 02:07 PM

I use a combo of Avira free and Malwarebytes. Every file I download I right click on it and run a scan of the file with both these programs. I haven't had a problem in a long time.

Freiwillige · 02-03-11, 03:12 PM

Yea I could have and should have scanned the file first

lesson learned.

Now I am having the issue that since it is a laptop and didnt come with a vista dvd I have to download and burn a recovery disk on my girls pc.

Here is keeping my fingers crossed.

And yes virus creators need testicular mutilation with rusty implements.

02-03-11, 01:19 PM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Got my first serious windows virus in years. First off let me say that i fully condone beating and torture of Virus creators and hackers...publicly where applicable! I have done so many formats and installs that I thought I had a fort knox built on my latest version of windows Vista. The warnings worked but allas it was too late and the machine auto rebooted to nothing. A black screen with a blinking curser. Tryed to boot into safe mode via F8 ......nothing. I downloaded a Red Baron 3d add on freeware pack off a site I know I probably shouldn't have. Clicked the installer and the anti virus went nuts. I shut it all down and now oblivion. Now I am sitting here with my anti virus boot disk hoping the boot sector can be saved and seething at this invisible villain who put me here. God just once let me get my hands on him! Moral of the story trust your guts and don't let simming greed over ride your judgment, If a site looks scary the file is probably tainted. My Bad Rant over!

02-03-11, 01:25 PM	#2
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	What AV where you using? My Avast or previous installed Norton went nuts before I even could click a file that was infected and slammed it into quarantine before it did damage. as for beating and torturing these hackers and creators of viruses....I approve HunterICX __________________

02-03-11, 01:56 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I use Avast as well. My theory is hackers will go after the most widely used antivirus (Norton/AVG) because the hacker will get to the most computers doing this. So he or she spends their time looking for the weak spot in Norton but antivirus like Avast is ignored because the users are much fewer. Just a theory of mine. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-03-11, 02:07 PM	#5
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	I use a combo of Avira free and Malwarebytes. Every file I download I right click on it and run a scan of the file with both these programs. I haven't had a problem in a long time. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

02-03-11, 01:53 PM	#3
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	AVG anti virus.

02-03-11, 03:12 PM	#6
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yea I could have and should have scanned the file first lesson learned. Now I am having the issue that since it is a laptop and didnt come with a vista dvd I have to download and burn a recovery disk on my girls pc. Here is keeping my fingers crossed. And yes virus creators need testicular mutilation with rusty implements.