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I had a virus, did a clean reinstall and still seems to have some trojans per Security Essentia

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04-05-2012 , 04:23 PM

Houserocker

grinder

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 498

My computer got a virus that made the whole desktop disappear.

I did a new install of the OS (Windows 7) and used the Windows.old folder to restore my programs.

Now, Microsoft Security Essentials keeps finding trojans (Trojan

OS/Alureon.E)

Please help.

Thanks.

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04-05-2012 , 04:36 PM

Freakin

bacon wannabe

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,152

You restored trojans.

Completely wipe your drive and install Windows from scratch. Import only documents, and virus/malware scan them before you do.

It's probably also a good idea to wipe MBR, since I believe modern viruses are actively targeting it now.

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04-06-2012 , 04:39 PM

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,607

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Originally Posted by Freakin

Oh wow. I'm mildly surprised you don´t tell OP to throw away his computer and buy a new one.

Download TDSSKiller by Kaspersky from here and save it to your desktop
Doubleclick TDSSKiller.exe to run the tool
Click the Start Scan button
After the scan has finished, click the Close button
Click the Report button and copy/paste the contents of it into your next reply
The report can also be found in the root of your Windows drive (most likely C:\).

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04-06-2012 , 06:33 PM

Freakin

bacon wannabe

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,152

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Originally Posted by Gabethebabe

Oh wow. I'm mildly surprised you don´t tell OP to throw away his computer and buy a new one.

Download TDSSKiller by Kaspersky from here and save it to your desktop
Doubleclick TDSSKiller.exe to run the tool
Click the Start Scan button
After the scan has finished, click the Close button
Click the Report button and copy/paste the contents of it into your next reply
The report can also be found in the root of your Windows drive (most likely C:\).

I considered suggesting a drillbit through the platters...

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04-06-2012 , 07:22 PM

microstakesrave

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,719

Yeah dude - you can't do that. Gotta do a clean install. Wipe out the partition and put a fresh copy of windows 7 on that beast.

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04-11-2012 , 03:04 AM

Gabethebabe

Malware Jedi

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27,607

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Originally Posted by microstakesrave

Yeah dude - you can't do that. Gotta do a clean install. Wipe out the partition and put a fresh copy of windows 7 on that beast.

How about you leave this matter to those that actually know how to handle this?

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04-11-2012 , 03:14 AM

DiegoArmando

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,737

I used this forum for help. They seem to know the score there and will help you get rid of what you have.

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04-11-2012 , 03:38 AM

Freakin

bacon wannabe

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 17,152

I'd use this as an excuse to pick up a 120gb SSD for ~$125 and install a clean copy of Windows on it. Backup and format the old drive and use it for storage

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