Internet Security 2012

I just (accidentally) acquired a computer virus... while looking at porn.

(I feel like that only happens to like, computer illiterate 50-year-olds who spend 3 hours a day looking at porn and jackin it.)

So now I'm doing some intense full computer scan, that has been running for an hour and is only 5% done. Fun times.





Anyway........ the virus is called Internet Security 2012.

 

ooo you're not gonna get rid of that with any old virus scan. I've have it a few times, you can get it from just about any website. It's Malware and you can't get rid of it with an antivirus, you need to run an antimalware.

After you've had the virus for a while, it starts to shut down your ability to access anything and everything in your computer, so download a program like www.malwarebytes.com , which is a malware removal program. Restart your computer in safemode if you're having problems with running it. It took me about 5 hours to run it, but it doesn't hurt to also run your regular anti-virus simultaneously.

 

i hope i can jack it for 3 hours when i'm 50

 

Better start practicing now!

 

total bummer LOL....Listen to this while it downloads


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F-5kpyD4cE"]Billy Idol - Plastic Jesus - YouTube

 

No accident about it, you clicked "yes" to something that allowed it to be installed. Could be something as innocuous as clicking on a banner ad.

You have the infamous Fake Anti-Virus malware, very stubborn to remove and you aren't going to have much luck removing it without booting into safe mode or better yet off a cd or usb drive.

Here's a few tips
Don't run as administrator, setup a non-admin user profile.
Turn on UAC (User Account Control) so that any changes have to be allowed by admin.

Get Virtual PC or similar program and use that for your porn browsing. That way if something does go amiss, you just reboot the VM and tell it to discard all changes.

As already mentioned, get Malwarebytes anti-malware, it's one of the best around.


By the way I'm a 50 year old who enjoys a little porn now and then, but obviously more computer literate than you my friend. Haven't had a problem with any virus or malware in years.

 

If it's the virus that I'm thinking of (that goes by many names), she got a pop up saying that she has certain infected files on her computer and wanted her to click yes to remove them, because the virus pop up looks almost exactly like any regular anti-virus program, but if you click anywhere within the pop up the virus installs. The best thing to do is to click alt+f4 automatically when that pops up, do a system restore to yesterday (or within an hour if you have a bunch of new shit on your computer) and run malwarebytes and your antivirus software in the background.

It doesn't matter if she sets it so that you have to allow admit, I have my computer set up that way and the virus will install regardless.

 

Get rid of it with Malwarebytes. It's free and works very well.

In the future, stick to a reputable porn site. I don't see how a person could need to visit anyplace else other than one of the big porno tube sites, which pretty much have everything.

 

Google how to fix this. Your virus protector won't be able to on it's own. (Not even Malwarebytes)

My sister just got this on the family computer a few days ago.

But Malwarebytes is the best first step. And if you do use system restore often enough -- that might do it (but then run Malwarebytes afterwards)

Don't listen to this:

Anti-malware/anti-virus programs can interfere with each other. You should avoid having two installed at once, and you should always turn off one if using the other.

You should always uninstall Malwarebytes after using it if you have another protection program you prefer for daily use.

 

Malwarebytes has successfully gotten rid of every virus I've ever had.

 

Malwarebytes DOES in fact fix this virus, I've had it multiple times on more than one if my households computers and malwarebytes works everytime.

If she's real techy and can get to it in time, she could possibly be able to delete it from her registry by hand, but the virus shuts down your computer slowly and soon enough she will not be able to open up any programs, files, folders or access the internet.

Otherwise, running malwarebytes under safemode without networking for a few hours will catch the virus and quarantine it. If her computer is too far off that she cannot download malwarebytes, she can run her computer in safemode with networking, download malwarebytes, and restart in safemode without networking and run it. Otherwise, she may have to download malwarebytes onto a hard drive, restart her computer in safemode without networking and open the file and begin running it with haste, before the virus has a chance to boot up within her system.

Malwarebytes may be slow and take hours, but it is thorough and will catch the malware lurking in her system.

 

Didn't on my family computer. It came back.

 

It comes back, it you can get it from plenty of websites, but once you delete it with malwarebytes, it's gone until you get it again.

I've gotten it multiple times on my laptop from different sites, including facebook, addictinggames, and my ex-boyfriend watching porn and searching for cheats and walkthroughs for his ps3 games.

 

No; that's not what I said. I didn't have the Internet plugged in. It came back on restart.

I had to run Malwarebytes again, it found the same number of infected files. I then googled it; ran a program specifically designed for the virus and reset my HOSTS file; then I ran roguekill, CCleaner again, and deleted all temp files just in case.

 

Are you sure you fully ran the program and deleted it from quarantine?

I'm not saying that I'm a huge advocate for specifically malwarebytes, you're going to need an antimalware program, but I've installed and cured that same virus (under different names) on 5 computers in my home, my ex-boyfriends computer, two computers where my mom used to work, a teachers computer and two friends computers and had a 100% success rate.


But I guess whatever works for you, at least you got rid of it

 

There are tricks to getting rid of these. Malwarebytes for sure but you need to do some prep work or likely the "virus" won't even let you install malwarebytes in the first place. Check the Malwarebytes site for instructions about this particular "Internet Security 2012" and follow their instructions exactly.

 

Uhmm. if the little window pops up then the virus/malware IS ALREADY FUCKING INSTALLED AND RESIDENT IN MEMORY!

If you click on the pop-up it takes you too a website where for $50
you can "purchase" the full program and it will "fix" the problem.
Doing a system restore doesn't work either because the program injects itself into the most recent restore points, so you can restore the system, but the virus will just re-appear shortly afterward.

Then you or somebody else is ALLOWING it or you don't have UAC enabled, ya know the fucking little nag dialogue box asking for admin approval before any changes are made.


The only sure-fire way to remove this bitch is;
1) use another system to download Malwarebytes onto a usb stick/drive/whatever

2) boot off the Windows Cd or other boot device, booting and trying to push buttons fast is lame and won't work. Often these are rootkit viri which means it corrupts the boot sector and loads before you even get to the windows splash screen. It will also instantly reinstall itself if deleted while still resident in memory and recopy the install file to a NEW location on the hard drive, very often the restore points because they are hidden and not directly accessible to most users. (that is why it came right back, Duck)I have run process analyzers while doing this and after 15-30 seconds the process restarts from a new filename/location.

3)run malwarebytes from the usb device, run it at least twice, trust me.

4) reboot system, run malware bytes again then a full system scan with your preferred ant-virus program.

5) delete ALL the restore points...

And you want us to take your advice????
:rofl:

 

Yeah, as I said the virus shuts down your system from the inside out until it eventually shuts down your system32 or whatever it's called. That's why it's also good to keep a copy of malwarebytes on a usb drive, if you don't follow the instructions on the website regarding the virus.

 

God I'm so dumb I was going to download Malwarebytes, then next to it it said avast was the top chosen free anti-virus software.. so I downloaded that instead. Ugh this is annoying as fuck.

No... I didn't.

I didn't call you computer illiterate just because you are 50? I don't even know you.

 

Dude, has everyone in the entire world had this virus? lmao.


This is the first time I ever had a virus on my computer..... ever. and I've been using the internet for um, 12 years.