Cant get rid of Malware or Virus off

[gregers05]

Alright guys,

I ready through some of the sticky on getting rid of malware, but to no avail.

I have downloaded numerous malware removal programs (malware bytes) being one of them. I use Microsoft security essentials for AV.

Basically i get pop ups all over the places no matter what internet browser I use, every time I click on a link or text box on the browser, it takes me to some other page. Or I will randomly get a Phishing warning page that is red with white text, at which point I have to close and reopen browser.

None of the malware programs have worked, I have tried to go through and remove programs that I dont recongize on my computer, and I have removed and re-installed my browsers.

I am at the point where I am just going to do a fresh install of windows.

What are my options besides doing this?

Thanks!

 

[Robert17]

You could edit the registry manually. That would take all day but would save you a fresh install. If you edit improperly you'll need to do a fresh install anyway.

 

[Automata]

With as much time as you've put into fixing the problem, you could have formatted the system by now. I wouldn't bother spending more time on it.

 

[Janus67]

If you want you can try out Tron --

https://www.reddit.com/r/usefulscripts/comments/2moky7

It's gotten very positive feedback from what I've read. I haven't had a need to try it (fortunately). It basically a script that aggregates a lot of different removal tools.

 

[BobbyBubblehead]

With as much time as you've put into fixing the problem, you could have formatted the system by now. I wouldn't bother spending more time on it.

Yeap ^^^ do that.

I love chasing them down for sport... but once you've got compromised system files and upon deletion they are set to respawn. Its kind of gets tricky/annoying.

Not flying blind with your pants down is better than cure. take a little time to secure your browsers with pop up blockers and realtime protection before surfing the gutters

 

[ToiletDuck]

I'm in the same boat. Came home for thanks giving and my father's laptop is plagued by a WildWest Coupons which is even advertising here in some people's signatures. He bout malwarebytes which doesn't do anything. In fact I don't think I've ever seen a single malware program ever just fix a computer like they all state they will. I've run three different full system scans with different software and yet I still get extra tabs popping up each time I click on something or not. I'm going to try the TRON above. Thanks for that link.

 

[ToiletDuck]

PS my dad only has a dell system recovery disk. From what I remember they don't actually do fresh installs they just scan for what files are missing and replace them, not actually replacing them all.

 

[Lvcoyote]

Those recovery disks usually give the option to restore the system to it's original state, which means a wipe and reinstall.

 

[TheCheat]

Alright guys,

I ready through some of the sticky on getting rid of malware, but to no avail.

I have downloaded numerous malware removal programs (malware bytes) being one of them. I use Microsoft security essentials for AV.

Basically i get pop ups all over the places no matter what internet browser I use, every time I click on a link or text box on the browser, it takes me to some other page. Or I will randomly get a Phishing warning page that is red with white text, at which point I have to close and reopen browser.

None of the malware programs have worked, I have tried to go through and remove programs that I dont recongize on my computer, and I have removed and re-installed my browsers.

I am at the point where I am just going to do a fresh install of windows.

What are my options besides doing this?

Thanks!

A little late to the game, but here is my method that works pretty well. Its not perfect, but I don't have to do a re-install very often.

This combo of scans generally works pretty well:

ADWcleaner
Malwarebytes
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
TDSSkiller
Malwarebytes Anti-rootkit utility
Combofix (only if experiencing issues still, also, do not run on a windows 8 box - it'll break the install)

In a few instances, you'll need to run hitman pro to get rid of things like snap.do or variations of it.

Also, remove/turn off malicious startup entries from the registry by using something called Autoruns (a microsoft tool- also a little more extensive than just making changes from msconfig).

Next you'll want to reset IE -> control panel > Internet Options > Advanced tab > Reset > Select delete personal settings and reset *reboot*

For chrome and Firefox, check to make sure no add ons/extensions were installed by the malicious software.

I also generally run a sfc /scannow to make sure all OS files are intact.

If you're experiencing issues still.... time for a back up and resinstall.

Feel free to PM me with questions

-TC

 

[mimart7]

Imaging a disk is far better than doing a fresh install every time you have a problem. It takes far less time. At this point in time any malware removal would gut the os, so a fresh install is in order. Going forward you can use something like Clonezill for imaging and restores. http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php