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getting rid of a trojan
2006-12-23, 10:24 PM #1
Well, I went and did it. I finally got myself a trojan/virus/something on my computer, and whenever I boot up windows one of the first things I see is the windows "syspools.exe has malfunctioned (or whatever it says) and must be shut down" or whatever.

How should I go about destroying this malware? I already ran ad-aware and got rid of a bunch, so it's not that. Ad aware couldn't do it.

There's this Prevx1 Remove Malware program i found by googling syspools.exe, should I try running it?
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-12-23, 10:26 PM #2
Boot in safemode, run virus scanner and such.

o.0
2006-12-23, 10:27 PM #3
..I have no virus scanner. Mind suggesting one?

And how do I start in safe mode? [/n00b]
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-12-23, 10:36 PM #4
Well, all used condoms should go in the trash.
SnailIracing:n(500tpostshpereline)pants
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2006-12-23, 10:51 PM #5
You beat me to it.
Pissed Off?
2006-12-23, 11:11 PM #6
Least you have a nice computer to get a trojan on...
2006-12-23, 11:16 PM #7
Press F8 during start-up (before the windows screen comes on).
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2006-12-23, 11:52 PM #8
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
Least you have a nice computer to get a trojan on...


We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer. We know you have a crappy computer....
SnailIracing:n(500tpostshpereline)pants
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2006-12-24, 12:02 AM #9
Send Achilles after him.
一个大西瓜
2006-12-24, 12:22 AM #10
Start in safe mode, then visit [url=housecall.trendmicro.com]this url[/url] and bam, free virus scanner (better than AVG at that)
D E A T H
2006-12-24, 12:53 AM #11
well we were at my grandparents house...so we put it in a kleenax until we could take it out to the car and then threw it away at a gas station.

Don't know if that helps you or not
2006-12-24, 12:56 AM #12
youll need to choose safe mode with networking to use housecall.

o.0
2006-12-24, 5:35 AM #13
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0504.mspx

Formating is the easiest way and the only way to be sure you got everything.
Sorry for the lousy German
2006-12-24, 7:50 AM #14
Originally posted by Echoman:
Well, all used condoms should go in the trash.

As I always say...

After you explode, you always dispose
"His Will Was Set, And Only Death Would Break It"

"None knows what the new day shall bring him"
2006-12-24, 8:00 AM #15
you should twirl it around and fling it at someone you hate
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2006-12-24, 9:14 AM #16
I always tie it off, put a little hole in the top, and hang it on a tree branch. How festive.
2006-12-24, 9:25 AM #17
Originally posted by Pommy:
Send Achilles after him.


I was gonna say "Invade Troy" but someone beat me to the punch with something similar...
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-12-24, 9:43 AM #18
After I'm done with my trojan I usually flush it down the toilet.
2006-12-24, 9:45 AM #19
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2006-12-24, 10:10 AM #20
This is EXACTLY why the tech forum should have stayed where it was, even if I could have picked a better topic for the thread.

I tried pressing F8, windows just booted like normal. I pressed it on my mobo splash screen, and pressed it again on the second boot-up screen for me, which is where it goes through the boot order.

A format is starting to sound kinda nice, if I can copy all my **** to my backup DVD, and I think I probably could without them being infected.
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-12-24, 10:14 AM #21
Originally posted by JediKirby:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EekrMMOt0NY

Look at the one in the red...

TALK ABOUT HAVING JUNK IN THE TRUNK.
2006-12-24, 11:03 AM #22
I have found a combination of spybot and AVG to be indespensible (?). For ones that these programs cant get rid of just do a websearch for the virus' name and usually someone else has already found a solution.

I share my computer so there is always someone putting something stupid on it.
The tips at the end of shoelaces are called "aglets". Their true purpose is sinister.
2006-12-24, 11:33 AM #23
Originally posted by Rob:
After I'm done with my trojan I usually flush it down the toilet.



Toilet get clogged a lot? :P
Pissed Off?
2006-12-24, 11:41 AM #24
Originally posted by JediKirby:
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Awesome!
My blawgh.
2006-12-24, 8:08 PM #25
I ran Housecall in safe mode just now. Well, I'm not sure if I actually RAN it. I started the scan, and then left the room to let it run. I came back 30 minutes later, and the browser was closed. So I tried running it in IE, same thing.

And I just started up regularly, and the "syspools.exe must be terminated" thing just showed up again.
I had a blog. It sucked.
2006-12-24, 9:36 PM #26
I bought spysweeper, I'm pretty happy with it so far.

I've been going through and just trying anti-virus and anti-spyware tools on my mother's computer and so far this has been the one that has idiot proofed it for her.

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