ThermoNukePanda Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So I'm generally pretty good with stuff, but I'm stumped. Here goes. I was downloading things, and like an idiot I gave myself a virus. Now AVG Free was able to detect the file and quarantine it, but the problem is I know it's still on my PC. 1) The windows security center alert is always on. I can NOT turn back on Windows Security (firewalls, blah blah). Everytime I click the button it just errors and says The Windows Security Center service can't be started. 2) because of this also, I cannot download any Windows Updates. It says I have to turn the service on or restart my PC. Again, can't do anything. So yeah, that's where I'm at for the moment. System Restore also won't roll back at all because it keeps saying anti-virus is preventing it even if I try to uninstall it. It's borked. Any suggestions? I really don't want to format my PC. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 If it's quarantined, it should know the name of the virus/malware. Should even link to their database that'd have more information about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Thats the problem. it doesn't tell me anything that I can fine out really unless I'm missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Ok, I THINK I have it fixed, the firewall is back on and I can download updates. Uninstalled AVG again, removed it completely from registry, rebooted and I found a super old system restore on DVD I made last year. So I didn't really lose any files which is good, but I have to download a shitload of updates and stuff. I hope I fixed the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 So Ive been at this for a few hours now. I have the firewall and MS Security Essentials back no problem, but AVG is now borked lol I absolutely cannot install it, it's still there when I uninstall and reboot. I see the file folders in explorer, but can't general delete them because it says they're in use. I ctrl+atl+delete into task manager to look at the processes and applications and I see absolutely nothing AVG. Wow..... I'm a tard today or something I swear. This is bugging the hell out of me and delaying my stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark95 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Could use this to remove any files that windows will not delete:http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/ My guess is that it would still have registry entries too.... ccleaner will take care of those.http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Feel free to message me on steam if you need help sorting the mess out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Options > History > Event History Log Check there and see if the name of the virus was entered. I've done a tiny bit of research and this seems to be fairly common with OS' that are no longer supported by Microsoft. Vista, XP, and lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Vista is already on the unsupported list? Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeKnuckle Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Windows 98SE - Support ended on 11 Jul 2006 Windows 2000 - Support ended on 13 July 2010 Windows ME - Support ended on 11 Jul 2006 Windows XP - Support ended on 30 Sep 2004 Windows XP SP1 - Support ended on 10 Oct 2006 Windows XP SP1a - Support ended on 10 Oct 2006 Windows XP SP2 - Support ended on 13 Jul 2010 Windows Vista (no SPs installed) - Support ended on 13 Apr 2010 Windows Vista (SP1) - Support ended on 12 July 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Crazy stuff. Ole XP had the best run then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBadExample Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 If it's the exe that's giving you the virus reading, run it through this to make sure it's ACTUALLY a virus. AVG loves to give false positives on rundll which leads to a lot of witchhunts, and a lot of people fucking their PCs up. What is your computer doing to indicate a virus anyway? https://www.virustotal.com/en/ http://virusscan.jotti.org/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 No, it was definitely a virus. Totally trying to open Firefox and redirect and I could tell it was no kosher. I FINALLY got everything cleaned up. CCleaner worked great Sky, thanks. I also had to use AVG's support site to find seperate uninstall programs for AVG to go around the installation stuff, because everytime I tried to install a NEW version, the fresh installer only let me try to "repair" the installation. Long story short, back to normal. tl:dr - Don't download shit that you shouldn't be and drunkenly click an .exe file to install "codecs", and seems pretty legit even after scanning the fuck out of them, that supposedly aren't there when your media player (that is always up to date) didn't recognize the codecs for the movie. Wow, I was a tard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Combined community codec pack or cccp. Only codec pack you'll ever need. Well, for viewing. Or VLC media player will open just about anything natively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThermoNukePanda Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yeah, I have CCCP, Kevin hooked me up with that info. Again, I was drinking and wanted to download something. Clicked on an .exe that was "labeled" out of frustration lol. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dateranoth Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Lol. Been there, done that. Happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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