"I might be infected" "What do I do now"?

Shinkirou

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I see threads fairly frequently (maybe not here) about people who believe they are infected but have no idea what to do, so I'm creating this thread with Reality's help for people to be able to have a reference point to go to if they ever believe they are infected.

Step 1
Update your Antivirus software and run a scan. Most people never consider this option and jump right into "panic mode" if they believe they have an infection of some kind. In most cases a simple scan with an AV can knock out almost any problem.

Step 2
Still think you have an infection? Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, update the program and run a Full Scan. Remove anything it finds.

Step 3
If you believe the virus is FUD, because the scans have both came up clean but you are having issues like a cursor moving on it's own or passwords getting changed, download ATF-Cleaner and use it to clean out your temp folder. FUD viruses tend to drop themselves in the temp file, which isn't always the case though.

Step 4
As a last resort, if you have a detectable virus that you cannot remove or a FUD virus follow these instructions and post the required logs in the Virus Removal section. A trained helper will check your logs and help you remove any viruses that you may have.
 

Reality

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We'll need some pictures in this eventually.
 

Shinkirou

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Maybe when people start actually paying attention to these sections. >.>
It should be ok for now.
 

Reality

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Yeah, if someone comes in and sees this maybe they'll consider posting.

Can't believe you say HiJack This Log Analyzer Forum though.

Change.
 

Reality

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You don't even know what happened ._.

I told him about the thread over msn
 

Reality

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hence me curling up in the feedle position
 

Solidify

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Shinkirou said:
Maybe when people start actually paying attention to these sections. >.>
It should be ok for now.

Perhaps the reason no one is paying attention is due to the lack of images. :thumbsup:
Make your topic physically appealing. That way, when somone stops to read, they don't just skim through it and think 'next'. Give them something to look at and at the same time, a reason to post.
 

cybernoob

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I got infected before and I had to reformat computer becae as so bad, I would delete the virus and it remorphed into another and downloaded all viruses again :/
 

.Judgement

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Lol OP is will only remove about 35% of infections at most.
Add something about registry modifcation, process tracing, common startup locations (appdata, temp etc) forcing a process kill, and more.
 

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.Judgement said:
Lol OP is will only remove about 35% of infections at most.
Add something about registry modifcation, process tracing, common startup locations (appdata, temp etc) forcing a process kill, and more.

You do realise, Shinkirou is one of the most trained Malware Removalist's on Hackforums.
 

.Judgement

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In that case that's a sad statement.
 

Mc. Donalds

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Wow, you're stupid....

He knows his stuff, just because he hasn't provided detailed tutorials it doesn't mean he can't do it...

Maybe ask for him some good tutorials and he may post them. But using tools without proper supervision is highly dangerous.

I'm in HJT.