Major problem on PC....

londonman81

I have a problem with my PC where the following sequence of events happens:

1. Power up

2. Gets to Windows splash screen as normal.

3. Then a colourful red/white message comes up which looks like its part of the screen background saying:

'Spyware detected!' along with filepaths to 'Vituamonde' and 'PrivacyRemover.M64'

This message looks like a fake.

4. Then I get to the Welcome screen where I select the username I want to log-on as but then when I select the username it doesn't go any further i. it stays stuck on the Welcome screen so I can't even get to the desktop...

I have tried the following@

1. Booted up in safe-mode and run anti-spyware and AVG anti-virus which detected a load of stuff - but whenI rebooted I still had the same problem. Not only that but when I now try to boot-up into Safe mode I get the same problem there too now i.e can't get past Welcome screen!

Can someone please tell me when I can do in a situation where I can't get even to the desktop?? I cannot download anything onto machine even...so I think I'm stuck!

Should I re-format the drive? There's no real information that I would lose....

Thanks!

elvch01

If there's nothing important to lose, you might be quicker formatting & reinstalling from scratch

digp

That seems sensible.

However, before you do that, grab: MBAM and having updated it, run that. See what it clears up. It is free for on demand scanning and cleaning.

What anti-virus are you running?

Donnie

Try the AntiVir Rescue System.

londonman81

digp wrote: »

That seems sensible.

However, before you do that, grab: MBAM and having updated it, run that. See what it clears up. It is free for on demand scanning and cleaning.

What anti-virus are you running?

I can't run anything - that's the problem...i can't even get to the desktop to run any applications....

Infact - can i even re-format without getting to the desktop?

nitr02007

Donnie wrote: »

Try the AntiVir Rescue System.

of course you'd want to setup your AntiVir Rescue System CD BEFORE you get locked out of your system. hehe.

londonman81

Would a 'repair install' help me at all?? Will it eilminate any viruses if I re-load XP?

nitr02007

At this stage it wouldn't hurt to try it. Good luck.

Browntoa

repair won't work infection will still be there, try this

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

try logging on from the sfae mode administrator user profile

or remove hard disk from infected PC , place in good pc and scan

Donnies idea is the best starting point though

londonman81

Browntoa wrote: »

repair won't work infection will still be there, try this

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

try logging on from the sfae mode administrator user profile

or remove hard disk from infected PC , place in good pc and scan

Donnies idea is the best starting point though

even safe mode doesnt work now....

Browntoa

well scan in good PC , or AVIRA CD

but as you say , no data to lose , re-install windowns in about 20 minutes