Help with a virus
I'm doing this from my iphone.
My laptop recently got infected by a virus looking thing!
It closes every program I try to open before it starts, saying that the program is infected with win32blaster.worm
There's also this weird antimalware program that just randomly appeared and says that I have 30 infected files!
Help, what do I do?
June 6, 2011
5 Comments • Newest first
Be SURE to run your anti-virus scanner immediately to remove any part of it that's on the hard drive.
These fake anti-virus things aren't usually that easy to remove.
[quote=PhantomChickens]Huh. I've seen this before. This thing isn't actually that dangerous.
Here's what i did.
1. Reboot the computer
2. Press F8 as much as possible until you see a black screen with white letters pop up.
3. Press your arrow keys until you arrive on the option with Safe Mode with Networking
4. Start on the account you got infected on. It should look a little weird, but it's normal.
5. Go to your start menu or wherever you saw that phony icon.
6. Right click properties, find target.
7. When you see the icon, rename it to "Pile of Crap".
8. Drag the icon to the Recycle Bin along with anything associated with it.
9. Empty the bin and restart the computer.
there you go[/quote]
OMG TYSM IT WORKED
Start your computer in Safe Mode by holding the F8 key when you turn it on. After it starts up in Save Mode, run your anti-malware programs. If this doesn't work, you may want someone who knows computers very well to handle it.
[quote=Maxilonius]Have you tried running any of your antivirus programs?[/quote]
It won't let me run them, and when I right click scan, it says no threat detected, even though it's quite obvious I have a virus!
Have you tried running any of your antivirus programs?