I've borrowed my nephew's laptop and managed to destroy it, Ooooop's, can you help?

angelaloveschocolate

mluton wrote: »

Just do a system restore prior to the point of using it .

Thanks mluton, I tried that as I thought that would have done the trick, but the restore crashed three times in a row. So I guess the virus must have effected that too. Thanks for posting.

WOW, malwarebytes found 20 objects so far.... well worth running this, Thanks again pals

debitcardmayhem

angelaloveschocolate wrote: »

Ok, now running the mbam and next the TDSS rootkit, great!

No Gunjack you cant quote me on you're a genius, but you can quote me on this........

Thanks Gunjack, not only for solving my problem, but also for solving the problems I did'nt know I had. You're a double genius!

How's that for *rse licking? Hahaha

Gosh, I am going to have to get an appointment to talk to GJ now, you really do not know what it will do to his ego :rotfl::rotfl:
Good luck with your probs angela

waddler_8

I wouldn't use system restore - It's far better to use dedicated malware removal tools.

System restore is a snapshot of the system state, which can include malware files and settings - windows doesn't differentiate between good & bad.

In fact when you are satisfied the system is clean, you need to flush system restore & delete the existing restore points by turning it off, rebooting and turning it back on again.

GunJack

angela, can I use that extended quote in my signature block ??

oh, and mighty fine a-licking


G-J - exiting stage left before head swells too much to get out the door :rotfl:


...but before I go (only joking), once you've cleaned your pc, turn off system restore to delete all old (possibly still infected) points, then create a new (hopefully clean) one

angelaloveschocolate

Thanks debitcardmayhem and waddler-8. I hoping to give this laptop back to my nephew again tomorrow, with luck he wont even know what happened.x

GunJack

jeez waddler, you're quick on the draw tonight great minds and all that

waddler_8

GunJack wrote: »

...great minds and all that

With you being a double genius too! :rotfl:

GunJack

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Gosh, I am going to have to get an appointment to talk to GJ now, you really do not know what it will do to his ego :rotfl::rotfl:

nahhh.... I'll always talk to you mate

GunJack

waddler_8 wrote: »

With you being a double genius too! :rotfl:

perhaps we could start the MSE Techie Double Genius Club, by invite only to keep the riff-raff out

debitcardmayhem

GunJack wrote: »

perhaps we could start the MSE Techie Double Genius Club, by invite only to keep the riff-raff out

Black balled before I sign up :cool: