doing my head in

suzublu · 28th January 2011, 10:37

Computer,s been playing up lately.I keep getting Windows 32 generic host needs to close,popping up,& then all the blue bits on screen go white.then Avira tells me it has stopped a virus attack,& this keeps beeping with block after block.got it up tp 122 blocks last night.done 2 system restores & even a complete reboot.As the title,foing my head in! Help anyone?

baconbuttyman · 28th January 2011, 16:16

Ronnie. it sounds to me like a virus,Avira isnt upto the job i am afraid, without starting the old free versus commercial AV debate, but there is no way that free stuff can replace commercial software, Tesco's home brand is good, made by panda.

suzublu · 28th January 2011, 16:32

Cheers Mick,thought as much!Think i need to invest in new anti virus.

v-man · 28th January 2011, 16:46

My feeling would be a rootkit or rogue/fake antivirus infection.

Would try Kaspersky tdsskiller and malwarebytes anti-malware, both are free for non-commercial use.

If free antivirus products did the same job as paid products then Avast, AVG, etc would not have a business.

GregL77 · 29th January 2011, 09:48

I agree a good antivirus is essential but are good at prevention rather than cure, to clean the system at the moment (assuming it is a virus) try a 'live' linux CD, you can boot straight from the CD into a user friendly GUI and scan your hard drive for problems - modern viruses tend to attach themselves to important OS files that can't be removed while Windows is up and running. Try a CD from here - there free:

http://www.livecdlist.com/purpose/windows-antivirus

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 11:57

tbh Ronnie i am off to buy one of these today, the 3 pc for £24 is a bargain

suzublu · 29th January 2011, 16:12

What a day!Thanks to everyone for the advice.Late last night,i managed to download Kaspersky 2011, so this morning,installed & ran the cleaner. 11 hours later, & all is now well.Turned out there were Trojan droppers attached to all windows files,& these were letting loads of viruses imto the system.Anyway,Kaspersky cleaned everything,so back to normal.

Once again,thanks for the advice & help.Ronnie

suzublu · 29th January 2011, 16:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by baconbuttyman

tbh Ronnie i am off to buy one of these today, the 3 pc for £24 is a bargain

Wish i,d seen that earlier Mick, £34 from Kaspersky!

For 1 pc!!!!!

baconbuttyman · 29th January 2011, 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzublu

Wish i,d seen that earlier Mick, £34 from Kaspersky!

For 1 pc!!!!!

ugh, always check out pc world, they always have good offers.
also let this stand as testament to all those avg/avast/avira FREE users, they arent as good as commercial software

RovingDennis · 29th January 2011, 22:04

Had some top paid for a.v. programs in the past and got rid of them all. Replaced with FREE "microsoft essentials" and had no problems for over 6 months. What's more it does not eat up memory. You don't know it's running.

28th January 2011, 10:37	#1
suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,920 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	doing my head in Computer,s been playing up lately.I keep getting Windows 32 generic host needs to close,popping up,& then all the blue bits on screen go white.then Avira tells me it has stopped a virus attack,& this keeps beeping with block after block.got it up tp 122 blocks last night.done 2 system restores & even a complete reboot.As the title,foing my head in! Help anyone?

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suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,920 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	What a day!Thanks to everyone for the advice.Late last night,i managed to download Kaspersky 2011, so this morning,installed & ran the cleaner. 11 hours later, & all is now well.Turned out there were Trojan droppers attached to all windows files,& these were letting loads of viruses imto the system.Anyway,Kaspersky cleaned everything,so back to normal.Once again,thanks for the advice & help.Ronnie

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28th January 2011, 16:16	#2
baconbuttyman Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,724 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Ronnie. it sounds to me like a virus,Avira isnt upto the job i am afraid, without starting the old free versus commercial AV debate, but there is no way that free stuff can replace commercial software, Tesco's home brand is good, made by panda.

28th January 2011, 16:32	#3
suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,920 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	Cheers Mick,thought as much!Think i need to invest in new anti virus.

29th January 2011, 09:48	#5
GregL77 Newbie Rover 75 Connoisseur SE British racing Green Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: West Huntspill, Somerset Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree a good antivirus is essential but are good at prevention rather than cure, to clean the system at the moment (assuming it is a virus) try a 'live' linux CD, you can boot straight from the CD into a user friendly GUI and scan your hard drive for problems - modern viruses tend to attach themselves to important OS files that can't be removed while Windows is up and running. Try a CD from here - there free: http://www.livecdlist.com/purpose/windows-antivirus

29th January 2011, 11:57	#6
baconbuttyman Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,724 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	tbh Ronnie i am off to buy one of these today, the 3 pc for £24 is a bargain