System Security Virus and possibly others

MoOgLeD · 08-10-2009, 07:49 PM

Last night I was trying to download live drama through torrents, I guess I clicked a bad link because I suddenly had a virus attack.

It was due to a virus called Advanced Virus Removal. I got rid of it, and everything seemed to be fine. Then, a little later, I had a lot of errors from svchost.exe having to shut down. I restarted my comp a few times, and they seemed to go away, so I surfed the web a little more, and went to bed.

It's probably noteworthy to add that I BSOD'd quite a few times right after getting rid of Advanced Virus Removal, and svchost.exe
I didn't note it at that time since my computer has a history if BSOD'ing for no apparent reason.

Today when I checked my computer, it was fine for a bit, then, as I was gaming, my computer froze. I restarted my computer to find another virus called the System Security Virus. --It might help to add that I had a toolbar icon saying downloading updates when I turned my computer on, but I thought it was the Windows Automatic Updater, so I paid it no attention--

I googled to find ways to solve the problem, including MalwareBytes, and manually ending the processes, but when I try to open the task manager, it automatically closes, and when i tried to run msconfig to delete the startup entries, nothing popped up. Then, I tried to run my computer in safe mode, which ended in a loop where it would load up to this point, where it would then end up restarting.

Help guys Thanks in advance

--This is copypasted from my thread in another tech site, but I didn't get any responses after two days, so I"m posting this here. I hope you guys can help--

My computer's been unplugged, with the USB wireless taken out, to prevent further viruses being downloaded.

**TheBruce1** · 08-11-2009, 07:47 AM

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MoOgLeD Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 33 OS: XP	System Security Virus and possibly others Last night I was trying to download live drama through torrents, I guess I clicked a bad link because I suddenly had a virus attack. It was due to a virus called Advanced Virus Removal. I got rid of it, and everything seemed to be fine. Then, a little later, I had a lot of errors from svchost.exe having to shut down. I restarted my comp a few times, and they seemed to go away, so I surfed the web a little more, and went to bed. It's probably noteworthy to add that I BSOD'd quite a few times right after getting rid of Advanced Virus Removal, and svchost.exe I didn't note it at that time since my computer has a history if BSOD'ing for no apparent reason. Today when I checked my computer, it was fine for a bit, then, as I was gaming, my computer froze. I restarted my computer to find another virus called the System Security Virus. --It might help to add that I had a toolbar icon saying downloading updates when I turned my computer on, but I thought it was the Windows Automatic Updater, so I paid it no attention-- I googled to find ways to solve the problem, including MalwareBytes, and manually ending the processes, but when I try to open the task manager, it automatically closes, and when i tried to run msconfig to delete the startup entries, nothing popped up. Then, I tried to run my computer in safe mode, which ended in a loop where it would load up to this point, where it would then end up restarting. Help guys Thanks in advance --This is copypasted from my thread in another tech site, but I didn't get any responses after two days, so I"m posting this here. I hope you guys can help-- My computer's been unplugged, with the USB wireless taken out, to prevent further viruses being downloaded.