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What Virus Did I Get Hit By?

by biz4bucks
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I have bee hit by the same virus around 4 times in the past few months and I would like to know if it is common and if there is a permanent fix?

The Desktop has multiplying windows (15 to 20) that trail from the center of the screen down to the lower right hand side, and then a screen comes up that starts scanning for errors in 4 areas and says they need to be fixed. It wipes out my desktop icons but my hard drive remains full when I get to check it in a back door way, once I was able to get almost back to normal when I was able to do a system restore but this last time restore would not work. I got whatever this virus or malware is through a downloaded pdf -- I was able to reproduce the crash after the restore by opening the same pdf again and trying to print it.

Thank You in Advance

AL
  • Profile picture of the author professorrosado
    Anti-virus software always running on your PC.
    Trojan sounds like to me.
    Do not open that pdf and delete it.

    Try Malawarebytes right away before you can't intervene.
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  • Profile picture of the author rockstrong
    Time to get a new antivirus..
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  • Profile picture of the author patey88
    It sounds like systemfix. I picked it up last month when I clicked on a link for some website, and it took me a couple of days to clean it up. I followed the instructions here:

    Code:
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-system-fix
    I had to do a LOT of troubleshooting to get through these steps successfully, but eventually I got clean.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Here's a little secret about system restore.
      If you have a virus or trojan or anything like that on your computer when it creates a restore point, it will save the bad guy also.
      Then if you clean up your computer and restore it, if the virus was present at the restore point you will re infect your computer again.
      If you know the source of the virus (ebook) delete it.
      Then try to do a restore from before you downloaded it.
      If that works turn off system restore, that will erase all the restore points and the virus if it is present there. Then you can turn on system restore again and start with a fresh and hopefully clean restore point.
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  • Profile picture of the author kokopelli
    If you're on Windoze, get a new Antivirus program - MS Security Essentials is good, and free.

    Even better, take the plunge and move to Linux, and never worry about these issues again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dames Jean
    I use avast antivirus (free) and have yet to get infected. It does a wonderful job letting you know if there is a potential risk with a file or website before it's too late.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Dames Jean View Post

      I use avast antivirus (free) and have yet to get infected. It does a wonderful job letting you know if there is a potential risk with a file or website before it's too late.
      Before I converted to a Linux O.S. I used the free version of Avast.
      In the 5 years I used it I never, ever, downloaded a virus.
      Great anti-virus software in my book.
      (But running Ubuntu is better)
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