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    Asus G1S has a virus that can't be deleted, what to do??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ilikeicehockey, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. ilikeicehockey

    ilikeicehockey Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys.

    Got a problem here. I have the newest Kaspersky anti-virus (7.0) and upon startup it detects that there are 4 viruses on my computer. If deletes them automatically and I think everything's fine. But then when I reboot or just turn it on again, Kaspersky does the same thing and deletes the virus. Is there any way for me to remove it permanently and stop it from spreading?
    I have enclosed a picture of the virus for your viewing pleasure.

    thanks,
     

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  2. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    REFORMAT!!!!. It like to see them survive that. And if they do, Wrap a block of steel in magnetic wire, hook it up to a car battery, and set it next the the Laptop.

    On A serious note: Try booting into safe mode and seeing if it can take car of the virus
     
    Patrick, Dec 13, 2007
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  3. Nrbelex

    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Scan in safe mode. If that doesn't get rid of them, use the recovery partition/disks to restore the OS and everything to the stock settings.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Dec 14, 2007
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  4. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    use a bootcd like Hiren's with the latest defs. Since it's dos/command based it'll clean everything that is infected.

    seriously, why on this forum though?
     
    D3X, Dec 14, 2007
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  5. rulebreaker

    rulebreaker Notebook Consultant

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    Start in safemode and try deleting it manually
     
    rulebreaker, Dec 14, 2007
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Right, so:

    safe mode, remove with scanner
    otherwise: safe mode manually
    otherwise: reformat

    This is the algorithm you should follow :)
     
    E.B.E., Dec 14, 2007
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  7. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    Well not exactly :)

    safe mode, remove with scanner
    otherwise: safe mode manually
    use a Boot Disk/USB or Boot CD with a dos/command based scanner rather than a Windows scanner
    otherwise: reformat

    I would recommend using an alternative scanner before reformating.
     
    D3X, Dec 14, 2007
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  8. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    You can also try using Avast anti-virus. When you first install Avast, it will prompt you to perform a "boot-time" scan, which is pretty much like the Boot Disk option, except less work. I've seen Avast's boot-time scan clean off viruses that nothing else would touch.
     
    Eleison, Dec 14, 2007
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