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douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
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<div class="IPBDescription">(virus?)</div>so i think i have a virus. im using AVG free edition, but i cant scan for anything because anytime i open avg it closes. it doesnt crash, it closes. anytime avg is on the screen or in the task bar, it automatically closes after about 2 seconds. even the uninstall and install things close after 2 seconds.

i know its closing because when i uninstalled and reinstalled, i would click 'continue' really quick to get to the part where it was installing, and it would still try and close, but instead of closing it would pop up with "are you sure you want to cancel?"

i got it uninstalled and reinstalled by quickly clicking through, but the problem is still there. i cant even go to the avg website, or firefox will close. this is the second time im writing this by the way because that very thing happened.

i dont know if this problem occurs with other virusscans, i know my spybot and adaware work fine but they dont find anything.
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    You do have a virus, I would try using one of the free online virus scanners. Spybot and Adaware aren't virus scanners, so they won't help. Also, try running AVG with your computer in safemode.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    tried the safemode, did the same thing. what are some good free online virusscanners?
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1630966:date=Jun 3 2007, 01:02 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ Jun 3 2007, 01:02 PM) [snapback]1630966[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    tried the safemode, did the same thing. what are some good free online virusscanners?
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    <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=free+online+virus+scan&btnG=Google+Search" target="_blank">Google?</a>
    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    i know how to find what is out there, im asking for reccomdations on ones that are good
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    Trend Micros HouseCall is pretty good online one.

    <a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/" target="_blank">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/</a>
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    when i go to that site my browser shuts down, same problem with the avg site.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1630971:date=Jun 3 2007, 12:10 PM:name=CoolCookieCooks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CoolCookieCooks @ Jun 3 2007, 12:10 PM) [snapback]1630971[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Trend Micros HouseCall is pretty good online one.

    <a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/" target="_blank">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/</a>
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    Yeah, it detected an annoying piece of spyware i've got that nothing else seems to be able to pick up. Only thing is, it takes 8 hours to scan my hard drives. Last time I tried it firefox crashed after 6 hours and I don't have the patience to try again...

    Can anyone recommend any downloadable spyware/virus checkers that are good? I'm using a trial of NOD32 right now but even that can't pick up whatever it is i've got.
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1630973:date=Jun 3 2007, 01:21 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ Jun 3 2007, 01:21 PM) [snapback]1630973[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    when i go to that site my browser shuts down, same problem with the avg site.
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    Open up taskmanager and start ending every application that looks suspicious, then try opening AVG each time until you end the correct program.

    Im surprised that it still didn't work under safe-mode...
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    i dont think viruses show up in the task manager, do they?
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1630988:date=Jun 3 2007, 03:05 PM:name=6john)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(6john @ Jun 3 2007, 03:05 PM) [snapback]1630988[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    i dont think viruses show up in the task manager, do they?
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    This one is pretty clearly running a trojan program or something of the sort, so it's likely it would show up in the manager.

    Have you downloaded/installed anything strange lately?

    Did you try google searching for the symptoms? There is probably some program made specifically to remove this virus.
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  • RedfordRedford Monorailcatfjord Join Date: 2002-04-28 Member: 528Members, NS1 Playtester
    <a href="http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22" target="_blank">Spybot Malwear Help Forum</a> should be able to assist you - assuming you can open the web page.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Go get a free virus scanner called <a href="http://www.avast.com/" target="_blank">Avast</a>, when you install it, it will ask if you want to do a boot time scan. Answer yes. This will do a virus scan before Windows has even loaded, meaning whatever trojan/virus it is can not stop it from running. Hopefully you can get it downloaded, let me know!
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1630971:date=Jun 3 2007, 11:10 AM:name=CoolCookieCooks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CoolCookieCooks @ Jun 3 2007, 11:10 AM) [snapback]1630971[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Trend Micros HouseCall is pretty good online one.

    <a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/" target="_blank">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/</a>
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    Damn, it caught some stuff but when I tried cleaning it out FireFox shut down. Time to try some avast.
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  • ShzarShzar Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21098Members, Constellation
    I had this exact same problem a few years ago, and I would simply add my support to Xyth's advice. I was able to clean my computer by opening my taskmanager and shutting down a suspicious process that only popped up when I tried to virus scan.
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