(Spyware) Vista Antivirus 2012

[Nukey]

When it first seemed significant, I was posting a facebook update. I was called away to help with Christmas decorations, I was gone for literally a minute when I came back to my computer restarting itself. I didn't think much of it until I saw this "Vista Antivirus 2012" thing, Judging by the name (and function) I quickly knew it was a virus. So I did the usual virus delete routine, restart, safemode, then finally deleting the file. As I was looking up info on the now discarded virus, it started up again.......how?! It started saying it couldn't find task manager. I have to get on to the internet through HTML file extension. Something I noticed before this unfortunate event befell me, Bl wouldn't start right. It would take forever to write 1 out of 1000 files, can anyone help me? I can't access any processes without using a file they can open....to open them...

[Ad Bot]

[K3k0m@n]

"Vista Antivirus 2012"

Fail, its not even 2012 (yet)

[LeetZero]

Fail, its not even 2012 (yet)

[LeetZero]

On a second note, this fits on Off-Topic.

On a third note, http://www.google.com/search?client=aff-maxthon-newtab&channel=t2&q=vista%20antivirus%202012

Good luck.

[Kill All]

1. Shutdown your computer as soon as you recognize the virus. Force a shutdown if necessary with the power button.
2. Start it up and keep hitting the F8 key while it is restarting until you get the boot menu. Choose Safe Mode with Networking.
3. Find System Restore from the Safe Mode Popup that appears. Start the System Restore wizard and choose to restore to the checkpoint it recommends.
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[aludane]

1. Shutdown your computer as soon as you recognize the virus. Force a shutdown if necessary with the power button.
2. Start it up and keep hitting the F8 key while it is restarting until you get the boot menu. Choose Safe Mode with Networking.
3. Find System Restore from the Safe Mode Popup that appears. Start the System Restore wizard and choose to restore to the checkpoint it recommends.
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If it hasn't disabled/infected Safemode/restore of course.

[Ethan]

If you want to delete it manually, you will have to go through pretty much all folders. Some might be in oddly named Program File folders, like $120381249104 or whatever.
Then, you may want to go through the Windows folder as well as some virii choose to hide there.
Virii like to rebuild themselves, and will hide rebuilding files through the entire computer.
This is another advantage to having complete knowledge of your folders and having all your important stuff in folders that you know are good, so if you get a virus like this, you can spot the odd folder out.
You can delete it manually fairly easily, but it's time consuming.
Last but not least, check the registry for anything pertaining to the program.

Or, just Google it and download a tool that will get rid of it, hopefully.

[Sami2ss]

It's still there when you restore, it keeps copying itself over. I had to restore to factory settings, I had one called XP Antivirus 2012. It wasn't even me, it was my sister who got the virus.

[Neon]

My one-shot killer is safemode + MalwareBytes. If you can't access the internet, put it on a flash drive. If you have any issues with registry damage after I can help with that too.

(PS, I've had this one too. I nearly had to factory reset.)

[Freeze]

Have you downloaded anything/been to any dodgy sites recently?

[ShadowsfeaR]

Have you downloaded anything/been to any dodgy sites recently?

His free HD pron

[Trogtor]

Delete system 32 like everyone else does duhhh

[Oasis]

I found some maleware on my granddad's laptop a month or two ago. Simply found it early, ended the process on the task manager before it could shut down the task manager, looked at recently changed files, deleted the ones that were definitely the maleware. No trouble since.

[Ethan]

I found some maleware on my granddad's laptop a month or two ago. Simply found it early, ended the process on the task manager before it could shut down the task manager, looked at recently changed files, deleted the ones that were definitely the maleware. No trouble since.

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[Col. Burton]

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Start this up in safe mode (with networking) and do a full scan.

When you are done with the full scan, it shouldn't be there anymore.
If you start your computer up again, and it is still there in normal mode, go back into safe mode, run a full scan again, then run this.