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  1. #1
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    Problems with virus, idk what

    So last night I dl a torrent and it wouldnt open without installing some crap, yes Im an idiot and after years of dealing with torrents and other dl I should know better, I installed it. It didnt seem like it did anything but next thing I know I got what sounded like a clorox commercial coming out of my speakers. I quickly, ctrl alt del, to see if anything is running that shouldnt be. Nothing, I uninstall the program that came with the torrent. Shutdown.
    Today my computer wouldnt boot, it would get to the user, psswrd screen and not load. I had to F12 and start C drive, but that had problems also.
    Ive ran Ccleaner, my computer wont let me defrag c drive, or run a drive scan with Mcaffee. When I try to drive scan, I get a blue screen with some instructions, but I cant even crt alt del, restart. I have to cut the power. So short of taking it to someone, what can I do.

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    Tap F8 on startup and get to the safe mode selection screen. Start safe mode (with networking, if possible. If you use wireless or something, just start it in safe mode). Once you're into the OS, download and run two things:

    1) Combofix

    2) Malware Bytes

    Update and run them both. Run Combofix first. It'll give you some warning messages, just click past them and let it scan. Once it's done, reboot, go back into safe mode, and run Malware Bytes. Once done and everything is clean, restart and boot normally. See if everything is fine. If it is, run one more scan to make sure. If it's not, post back.

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    If it's a virus, that's all you have to do.

    One very important side note tho.

    The link Cephius gave is not the optimal link. While it does actually point to the real CF, the page itself is not official in any way. It has links to actual spyware as well. When you run CF, it actively warns you not to download CF from there.

    Your best place to find it is: A guide and tutorial on using ComboFix or if you just want a DL link, http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

    If it's not, which if it's making actual noises I'd be worried, please do your best to see what the Blue screen says. Is it memory related, registry related, hard drive related? I suppose that if it BSODs on a drive scan you have some bad sectors that something like SpinRite will help you with more than AV. Please let us know what the deal is.

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    I tried combofix but it wont run, I went to the guide to using combofix site, and cant get past the put it on your desktop, gonna try in regular mode after this post.

    The blue screen says, If problems continue disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as catching or shadowing, start in safe mode in needed.
    Tech info
    Stop: 0 x00000050 (0xFFFFFFFF, 0x00000000, 0x804DDB57, 0x00000000)

    Beginning dump of physical memory
    memory dump complete

    I cant get out of this screen only way is to remove power to cpu

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    Try changing the name of Combofix to combo-1 or something like that. Some viruses won't let you run known applications that'll kill it.

    And yeah use Kriz's link if you can, I never read the warnings :/

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    Lol I changed the name to -1, it worked so far it looks good, gonna wait till tomorrow and rerun the programs just to be sure, You guys think I can do it in regular mode or just go back to safemode.

    Thanks alot for the help guys, I was already thinking I would have to get a new computer a year early. I usually get a new one every 2 years.

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    Don't forget to turn off system restore while cleaning your hd. After you've done all the cleaning, turn it back on.