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medicinecloset · #21 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sabasi

OK found an old linux ubuntu 7.0 and it booted but just hangs. So is it possible to flash the bios and take out the infected hard drive? I really do not want to spend $200 to build a new system, rather spend $200 on seeds. If I ever find this little 12 year old punk who thought this scam up, I would do damage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not to mention all the poor people who gave them $50 to "Protect" their PC! Not to mention it didn't even work. Going to look up bios flash stuff.

OK sabasi get rid of that Kernel and get into 10 or better. Let me know if ya have it or not and if ya dont I can send you a free copy one way or the other. 7.0 is way old and i'm not sure if open source even still backs that version/Kernel anymore. Another thing are you by chance on AMD 64 bit Processor Based Socket? Intel 64 is fine but 64bit amds are tricky but I also have a Kernel fix for that so let me know. I'd be happy to help in any way I can.
Med
P.S. Dont Flash The BIOS Yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do wait before you do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many a board has been corrupted in flashing so we dont wanna do that till it is absolutely the last fix option and even then you chance screwing up your primary and secondary IDEs.

sabasi · #22 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by medicinecloset

OK sabasi get rid of that Kernel and get into 10 or better. Let me know if ya have it or not and if ya dont I can send you a free copy one way or the other. 7.0 is way old and i'm not sure if open source even still backs that version/Kernel anymore. Another thing are you by chance on AMD 64 bit Processor Based Socket? Intel 64 is fine but 64bit amds are tricky but I also have a Kernel fix for that so let me know. I'd be happy to help in any way I can.
Med
P.S. Dont Flash The BIOS Yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do wait before you do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many a board has been corrupted in flashing so we dont wanna do that till it is absolutely the last fix option and even then you chance screwing up your primary and secondary IDEs.

I have a celeron 1.6G with an award bios. I don't have a newer copy of the linux. Too scared at the moment to even hook it up as a slave in the other machine. Was running macaffee. At this point I just want to sue the bastards for the money to replace my motherboard, cpu and hard drive. THIS is the WORST scam I have EVER seen or heard of. People are spending small fortunes to fix their pc's and Best Buy is raking in a fortune off of it. If only I would have tried all this when it FIRST happened, but it burrowed itself into the bios and here I sit. This has literaly brought me to tears.

gramma watt · #23 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 11:02 PM

I had something similar..it was antivirus xp pro or something like that..had a blue screen of death..and a big black box telling my computer was infected..and was shutting down in 60 seconds. which it did. My machine went haywire...
I got it out by getting a flash drive and downloading onto it:(at the library)
1. Combofix...this is what got it..
2.malwarebytes anti malware
3.google pack with spyware doctor (free with google pack)

Booted in to safe mode(not bios) and ran all three programs
finally able to boot up in regular mode..ran em again..problem solved

sabasi · #24 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 10:32 AM

Whew! Just got done putting new puter together! Alll night long lol Most of the time has been reinstalling software...yawn yawn So I got new Asus M3A78-EM motherboard with a nice lil AMD Athlon II 3.0G CPU and a fast Seagate 500g 3.0Gps access speed. Ahhhhhhh So for the moment, I am gonna download all the cool lil proggies that everyone suggested and maybe later, if I can get the courage up, putting my HD back in that is infected as a slave and see if I can't get SOME of my stuff off of it. So $220 later and I'm back in the game!! Thanks much guys!!!!!!!!!

lordj · #25 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 11:21 AM

Or, you could just buy a Mac and never have to hassle with this crap.

sabasi · #26 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by lordj

Or, you could just buy a Mac and never have to hassle with this crap.

LOL Me and Macs just really DON'T get along, but you are right on that one lol I have never had one and probably never will. At my last job, that's all they used and it drove me NUTS!! I was FORCED to get along with the damn things! Still hate them!!

Lumix · #27 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sabasi

LOL Me and Macs just really DON'T get along, but you are right on that one lol I have never had one and probably never will. At my last job, that's all they used and it drove me NUTS!! I was FORCED to get along with the damn things! Still hate them!!

I swear if you get a Mac it want's you to marry it and never turn it off!

I hate Mac just or that reason how long the suckers takes to boot up or turn off.

sabasi · #28 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumix

I swear if you get a Mac it want's you to marry it and never turn it off!

I hate Mac just or that reason how long the suckers takes to boot up or turn off.

See? That too P's me off lmao

sabasi · #29 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 04:50 PM

Ok, I have my resume and reference letters on the hard drive that has police pro on it. I need to get to them but am too scared to hook it up into new puter. I just need a quick fail safe way to do this so it doesn't ruin my good bios. Can someone walk me through that process please? It's just been awhile, thanks much in advance!!!

Sprocket · #30 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 06:34 PM

your best bet is to download the latest Knoppix or Ubuntu Live CD/DVD and load the computer into either, then you can safely browse for the files and scan them, then copy them from the slave HDD to your new one. make sure your anti-virus and anti-malware/spyware is set to load in windows at start up.
it will work.

sabasi · #31 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprocket

your best bet is to download the latest Knoppix or Ubuntu Live CD/DVD and load the computer into either, then you can safely browse for the files and scan them, then copy them from the slave HDD to your new one. make sure your anti-virus and anti-malware/spyware is set to load in windows at start up.
it will work.

OK...deep breath....i can do this! Just still scared cuz i had mcaffee running when this first happened and it didnt catch it. Still a lil skeered arg! What is a surefire proggy for malaware and spyware these days then?

Sprocket · #32 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:01 PM

dont worry. linux can read windows, but windows cannot read linux, so a virus for a windows based system is ineffective on a linux box.

Sprocket · #33 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sabasi

OK...deep breath....i can do this! Just still scared cuz i had mcaffee running when this first happened and it didnt catch it. Still a lil skeered arg! What is a surefire proggy for malaware and spyware these days then?

you definitely need to install Spybot Search and Destroy you can get it here.
for malware protection go here.

sabasi · #34 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprocket

you definitely need to install Spybot Search and Destroy you can get it here.
for malware protection go here.

WOW! Thanks so much for the help! I am in limbo as far as looking for a job without my other hard drive, not that there are many jobs out there anyways lol I am gonna go get those right now, thanks for walking me through this, you are kind!

Sprocket · #35 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:11 PM

we must help each other out. if we dont, who will?

sabasi · #36 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:30 PM

OK so far spybot is installed and did a scan. whew had a few in the suprisingly-NOT! On to the next link you showed me lol brb

sabasi · #37 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 07:38 PM

OK cyberdefender wants money to remove 9 things found but im broke...bah but the other one is up and running at least. windows police pro said i had infections too tho. Am i still safe if I dont pay for it?

Sprocket · #38 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:08 PM

what? dammit. i'm sorry, be back in a few

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i am so srry. go here..

sabasi · #39 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:53 PM

OK that one worked better, said one file could not be scanned tho. Now how do I get that other one off? oh nv lol got it off whew now what was I gonna do? Oh ya, get that linux burned and hope for the best!!!

sabasi · #40 (**permalink**) 10-26-2009, 09:57 PM

Wish that ugly mug wasnt on the top of my lil thread lmao