Hi People, I need help in getting hold of a mini OS or footprint OS to remove a virus from my father-in-laws laptop. Heis laptop has been infected by some kind of Ransom Malware asking for £100. I have been watching a video on youtube on how to remove by a company called BITEC. I would like to know will Puppy Linux work? His Operating System is Windows XP (I am using Win 7 and my Boot CD wont work on his laptop), RE-INSTALL is not an option. |
Help Removing a Virus.
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freaxgamer 1,604 posts
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It'd probably be best to know exactly what malware it is first. What's the specific ransom message? -
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nickthegun 73,296 posts
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Registered 12 years agoTry the magic fairies that came with your Titan card. -
freaxgamer 1,604 posts
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Registered 12 years ago@nickthegun
1) What has that got to do with the Thread
2) Why the Jealous Comment? -
nickthegun 73,296 posts
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Registered 12 years ago1) Because you are funny
2) Yes. Im jealous of an imaginary graphics card you pretended to own -
freaxgamer 1,604 posts
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Registered 12 years agoImature and Jealous
I ask a simple question, yet no intelligent answers yet. -
nickthegun 73,296 posts
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Registered 12 years agoHats off for persisting with the 'jealous' thing. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWell, that's this thread well and truly derailed. Nice work -
Dirtbox 90,176 posts
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Don't suppose you've tried starting it in Safe Mode and running a fresh copy of a standalone anti-stuff client like SuperAntiSpyware downloaded on another machine? That is my only advice, and almost certainly wrong. But at least I'm trying
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mrpon 34,290 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'm not sure how the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre will help you here. -
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Fake_Blood 8,439 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRe-install is always an option. -
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neilka 21,199 posts
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Registered 13 years agonickthegun wrote:
AND IMATURE NICK
Hats off for persisting with the 'jealous' thing.
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Load_2.0 26,395 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSafe mode, system restore.
Malwarebytes.
done. -
warlockuk 19,417 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWhoa. People still get viruses?!? -
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Load_2.0 26,395 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI got a version of it last week, hilariously it uses the laptop webcam telling you that it you are being recorded by the old bill.
Not what you want when you are hungover and knocking one out to cheerleader shower lesbians 6. -
Load_2.0 26,395 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDirtbox wrote:
The Chinese can have it.
Malwarebytes is proven adware and sends browsing data back to the chinese.
BBC.
Porn
Eurogamer
Porn
Facebook
Porn
Rinse and Repeat. -
mrpon 34,290 posts
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Registered 11 years agoLoad_2.0 wrote:
Literally, no doubt.
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johnson81 392 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWatching that video, Safe mode doesn't work, blue screen's all the time. Needs a boot CD of some sort but Puppy Linux doesn't seem to be able to change the registry. Worth a try to download Puppy Linux and delete the .exe file and see it safe mode works. -
pacrifice 4,360 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHmmmm.
What happened was, I wanted to try Firefox. Bing searched and didn't pay too much attention and clicked the first result.
After installing, foxstart was included and ofcourse, the first result on the bing page was for an ad - "firefox with foxstart".
Ended up uninstalling them both. Did some searches on foxstart and got lead to downloading spyhunter 4 as apparently, foxstart is/can be malware yadda yadda yadda.
So I'm scanning with spyhunter and it detects the foxstart threat but to remove the threat, you have to buy the software for $30.
Uninstalled spyhunter 4 and thought to use other free software.
I've done scans with no threats found with:
Ad aware
Bulldog Internet Security
Windows defender and the last one being,
Malwarebytes
In between trying the above software apps, I installed ccleaner and ticked for all firefox cookies, data, history etc to be deleted. Did a registry fix with it too.
I don't want to try spyhunter again as I've come across some iffy reviews about the program but if all these other software programs report no threats, I don't need to think twice about the spyhunter results that foxstart threat was detected, right? -
Dirtbox 90,176 posts
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No you dick.
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