FriedPC

Hello,

Well today my brother and his wife were using my computer and when I got on the first thing I was met with was this little problem. A black rectangular box in the middle of my desktop with red lettering stating:

YOUR SYSTEM IS INFECTED!

The program that suddenly showed up on my hard drive is called Advanced Virus Remover. The desktop background has been changed to a plain blue background and the task manager has been blocked by the so called "administrator" even though I am logged into the default admin account.

For an anti-virus on my system I currently use Avast Home Edition but it seems to have been unsuccessful at removing the entire virus and it just keeps coming back. I have not personally had a virus like this in some years now. I want to find a method that is going to COMPLETELY eliminate everything that has been placed onto my PC 100%.

I do have a complete backup of my system made. When I first installed windows XP on my machine I made a complete backup witch I can use if all else fails to completely wipe out this situation. However since I did a complete recovery to my system about a week ago just before I got internet hooked up to it again I really do not want to do everything all over yet again.

Any recommendations to completely rid myself of this garbage is much appreciated.

FriedPC

I appears as if I have removed it completely, but I am always a bit worried whenever something like this happens even it seems to be gone. Any pointers would still be helpful.

forhockey

Hi FriedPC,

We can take a closer look to see if anything still remains on your system..

If you still require assistance and are not seeking help elsewhere, then please carry out my instructions here

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