downloaded virus
 

ok well im pretty sure i just downloaded a virus, it changed my background to a blue screen saying spyware detected, install antivirus, and then i all of a sudden had an antivirus installed on my desktop. so i tried to go to controll panel>add or remove programs and it wont let me

any idea what to do? im backing up all my music and files i need on flash drives right now i might reformat....

ok now the command bar at the bottom just disapeared....and no more desktop icons

well i had a norton cd laying around that still could be installed on one more computer and just put the cd in but nothing popped up and with no bar at the bottom of the screen i cant try to open it

ok here is what happened to me

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...0073938AAXkgPM

....ok well i cant download anything

Normally a Norton CD is also bootable. You should be able to shut down with the CD in your drive and do a scan on start up. However, depending upon how old that CD is, the virus or trojan may not be part of it's definitions. Other option is to try a online scan at Symantec, assuming you can get there. However that may take hours and hours, depending upon the amount of data you have on your hard drive.

youre best bet will prob be a reformat. As long as you back everything up. Make sure you dont back up the virus :lol:.

What antivirus were you running when this happened?

Sounds like you got hit with the Antivirus 2008 bug... I made reference to it in this thread a few weeks ago:

Check out the second part of post #5 in this thread:

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ge...-heads-up.html

If that's what you have, you can try to remove it manually, or pick up a license of this:

http://antivirus2008.remover-pro.com...FQllsgodtj66qQ

I opted for the license because you really need to know what you're doing to remove it manually.

deffinatly antivirus2008 but it won't let me install uninstall or open an ISP

who makes viruses? Is it angry nerds that are gettign back at society? Or is it the anti virus software companies? I always wondered that.

ok i got firefox to open.....and installing that remover you posted onto my flash drive on a different computer

stop looking at porn

It's angry nerds who have too much time on their hands. With this Antvirus 2008 bs, they are also trying to get you to pay for a bogus license and extort money.

Someone needs to take a baseball bat to their nut sack. Problem is, no one can ever find them because most of the time they are from different countries. I think this virus originated in China, or somewhere over there. :mad:

It's such a pain in the arse to get rid of. I sympathize with anyone who got infected by it.

yeah Og get on your J O B :lol:

I had this awhile ago. I'll find my notes tonight. I was able to get rid of it by going through the registry and finding all of it's evil virus spawn. It only took about 30 min to get rid of from start to finish.

I had that virus a couple of months ago. I was using Spybot S/D. I paid $50 to download Antispy storm and it got rid of it....I think. I'm not sure WTF is wrong but I cant use the Antispystorm anymore because it tries to open with Notepad. If I try to use Notepad I get some B.S. warning and it automatically shuts down. Any help???:confused: