Malware problem

dipsomaniac

grumpycrab wrote: »

I've just suffered a malware attack

out of interest, do you know the source of the attack?

i can't remember having any viruses but maybe had a malware attack in the past. if anything goes wrong i just do a clean install as that is the only way to guarantee that everything gets cleaned. it is a lot easier when all you data is on a server and onedrive, dropbox, google music/photos and nothing except programs on pc. also a great opportunity to have a clear out.

i didn't know about a clean install damaging the drive until op mentioned it. just google it and the experts reckon you would have to do 100,000 installs to wear out ssd drive

pendragon_arther

Also run a scan with a rootkit cleaner. MBAM do one. Plus delete all your restore points and scan again with MBAM and AdwCleaner.

System

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Unfortunately that is not currently an option. We will be buying a home cloud shortly, will be able to back up everything and then do a restore, but have always considered that to be a last resort, have always felt, whether rightly or wrongly, that it damages the disc to a small extent.

Don't get me wrong, we do have most things backed up currently, just ran out of storage so we are reduced to using DVDs at the moment.

Hi

How clean are your backups?

If you have data on DVD's and an external storage device could they not have infections on them?

I think you need to scan everything, otherwise you may be cleaning out something that will just get replaced from backup.

Bullish

If you have access to another computer then I would look at getting a recovery disk from the likes of Kaspersky or Avira and booting from that. This would help get rid of nasties that lurk around and are hidden while Windows is running. Both are free to get.

System

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

have always felt, whether rightly or wrongly, that it damages the disc to a small extent.

Its never done that, ever in the history of hard drives.

Enterprise_1701C

Interesting chat going on here lol

Anyway, I think I have solved the malware issue.

Whilst I have not made it go away, I have found a way to avoid it.

It seems to be on a time trigger, about 19:45 each night, so I have changed the time on my laptop and so far it has not shown it's face tonight. At least that keeps it in check for the time being.

debitcardmayhem

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Interesting chat going on here lol

Anyway, I think I have solved the malware issue.

Whilst I have not made it go away, I have found a way to avoid it.

It seems to be on a time trigger, about 19:45 each night, so I have changed the time on my laptop and so far it has not shown it's face tonight. At least that keeps it in check for the time being.

search for task scheduler , then delete it(the task of course)

Enterprise_1701C

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

search for task scheduler , then delete it(the task of course)

Thank you, spent ages trying to decide where the trigger would be :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Anyway, think I got it, when I clicked on it it triggered the AV too, it resisted a little, even replicated twice, but I have gone back into the task scheduler and it no longer appears to be there so fingers crossed

Heedtheadvice

^^ good suggestion above.

Let's hope that is you fixed......
.......

Enterprise_1701C

I can excuse anything on here if it has solved the problem

The test will be when it is being used tonight.