mot*rf*ng virus

[Dillagii]

Docy, I dont think this is a deadly virus. I got this virus on my work computer and my the Techie folks at my office removed it. They removed this virus from Program files, Registry and msconfig. They said this is a common virus and after you remove it, you should be fine. I dont think this has keyloggers. I am surprised you couldn't google. What error message you getting when you try to google?

[docellis]

I did all of that (removed from msconfig, regedit and program files) Saturday and Sunday.

I don't get an error message - it just never loads. I can leave and come back an hour later and whatever I am trying to google is still hourglassing. Whenever I try to check my webmail it does the same thing. Also I get popup windows every 10 minutes in IE (not so often in firefox).

It is definitely a part of the virus.

[thrill]

I'm currently repartitioning a user's hard drive for the company I work for. He paid $100 bucks for this and now has to get all-new credit cards.

[docellis]

I'm currently repartitioning a user's hard drive for the company I work for. He paid $100 bucks for this and now has to get all-new credit cards.

I'm pretty close to deciding to format my hard drive. Glad I didn't buy it.

[Swatcat27]

My wife infected our laptop with this last Sunday. I dont think it is a malicious virus...just a pain in the butt. All you need to do is remove all folders created by this, do the registry instructions as mentioned on the internet....it permanently puts the message as your desktop & disables the 'display properties'. You will have to edit the registry to get them straight. just for good measure I changed my passwords on my email accounts. I ended up buying a new PC for my wife's terminal downloading disorder.

[docellis]

My wife infected our laptop with this last Sunday. I dont think it is a malicious virus...just a pain in the butt. All you need to do is remove all folders created by this, do the registry instructions as mentioned on the internet....it permanently puts the message as your desktop & disables the 'display properties'. You will have to edit the registry to get them straight. just for good measure I changed my passwords on my email accounts. I ended up buying a new PC for my wife's terminal downloading disorder.

I already did all that.

I removed the bad stuff from the registry.
I removed them from the start up using msconfig.
I removed them from program files.
I fixed the display properties right away, that was the easiest and first thing I fixed.

It still isn't fixed completely.

[New Pagodi]

Maybe try resetting your hosts file and clearing your dns cache.

[docellis]

Maybe try resetting your hosts file and clearing your dns cache.

Tell me how to do that? I'm pretty sure I haven't done that.

[New Pagodi]

Here's how to reset the hosts file. To clear the dns cache just type

ipconfig /flushdns

in a dos prompt window.

[docellis]

Here's how to reset the hosts file. To clear the dns cache just type

ipconfig /flushdns

in a dos prompt window.

Thanks NP. That would be awesome if that helped. I don't really want to re-install everything.