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Re: Virus Help? New Virus!
This sounds like a boot virus. This one has definitely gotten into your autoexec.bat file and screwed around with it. has it caused any real damage yet? you obviously still have internet, but it's also messing with your registery, which is really bad. Have you attempted getting something like Norton or AVG? Perhaps those can get it. you might end up having to flash your BIOS if it gets too bad.
A few tips for when you do in fact get your computer working again: Get a working anti-virus program (like Norton, AVG, or McAfee-AVG is pretty good) and keep it updated all the time, get Spybot: seek and destroy. Disable remote access on your computer (also disable any and all Telnet services) Filter what sites you go to, if you do see any symptoms on viruses DON'T WAIT to solve the problem. Immediately close the internet, unplug it from your wall and run a full system scan on your computer. Also, when pop-ups do appear, do not click on them at all, not even the little "x" in the corner, instead press ctrl+alt+delete (maybe strl+shift+esc depending on your OS), find the program, right click on it and press "find process", then close/kill the process TREE. Clicking on it in any way shows the system sending you the virus that you're there (it's like a ping, and then it'll send you more and maybe even a virus itself). Don't go to any un-verified sites and unregistered sites.
As for the virus itself you seem to be having alot of trouble with it. This one is too complex for me to handle and i can tell that if it get's any worse then you'll end up having to do a windows reinstall and possibly even flash the bios completely just to get rid of it (if it's in the bios then reinstalling windows won't do anything for it). Follow the first response you have and see if you can't get it that way, try more sources, get some help any way you can, but if it gets to the point that it's messing with how your computer PHYSICALLY operates (heating up unexpectedly, won't cut on, etc.), then it has gone too far and has physically damaged your computer. This one has gotten pretty far already and its next step could be overloading your ram and processor, causing it to overheat, possibly melt your computer's equipment, and cause serious damage to your computer. Watch it closely, inspect it every time you get on it, but see first of all if you can counter-attack it as an individual virus as the first response showed, but i'm warning you, don't take too much time on this, the more time you give it the more damage it can make for you.
God Bless and In Him,
Eric
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