[Mere Survival]

Any ideas or avenues appreciated.

[Perdogg]

back up you files, including operation system, wipe your machine, reinstall everything.

[OL Hickory]

this worked for me....

download.com
get free trial NOD32 then run scan

this should find and isolate your virus
good luck!

[OL Hickory]

this worked for me....

download.com
get free trial NOD32 then run scan

this should find and isolate your virus
good luck!

[piytar]

Go to www.majorgeek.com and follow their instructions. You’ll end up running “hijackthis” and hack your registry. Go slow and follow the directions exactly or you’ll kill your computer. If you do, though, you will kill the viruses.

[mmanager]

mark

[tsmith130]

Looks like it's a virus in the router/modem. See if this helps at all.

(Bleeping Computer)

[DollyCali]

BTTT

I have no suggestions but wish you luck - how terrible these cyber terrorists are. They should be shot~

[Vendome]

Are you Serious?

It’s Chuck Norris, you can’t beat him

[mountainlion]

Download.com has lots of free software and may have an article on how to get rid of it. I run Avira free anti virus and have AVG free loaded that I run manually once a week. Microsoft has MRT (Microsoft malicious software removable tool) I run once a month and it works when the others do not. Norton was just as bad as a virus and they did not pay the rebate. You might try a search for the specific virus and get some instructions.

[NeverForgetBataan]

To get rid of a virus in Windows it’s better to be OUTSIDE the windows environment.

Google “Kaspersky Rescue Disk”. When you find it, download the ISO image file and burn it to a CD. This will create a bootable CD that has the Kaspersky Anti Virus program running in Linux.

Make sure before you boot, that the computer is connected to the internet by a WIRED connection. The rescue disk will not set up wireless.

Now update the virus signature files. After that your ready to scan. Set the scan for “take action after scan finishes”. This thing has worked for me several times. Scan before you go to bed. It can be real slow.

V live long and prosper.

[Darksheare]

It’s Chuck Norris!
Your machine is lost, the only thing you can do now is run!
Next thing you know, there’ll be an infestation of roosting Ninjas in your kitchen.
/ just kidding.

There’s some good advice on this thread.
Also grab some spyware killer like Lavasoft’s Ad Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy.
PC World also has articles about good bug killers.

[uptoolate]

Launch Internet Explorer. In Internet Explorer go to: Tools->Internet Options->Connections tab.
Click Lan Settings button and uncheck the checkbox labeled Use a proxy server for your LAN. Click OK.

[ßuddaßudd]

My wife just got this infection on our main pc. She got it via a ‘twilight’ link
NOD32 did not catch it.

[Bigh4u2]

Try searching for and downloading a program called ‘Fixwareout’.

I’ve used it quite a few times on ‘stubborn’ viruses and seems to work real well.

You have to run it in ‘Safe mode’ in Windows.

Fixwareout opens a ‘command’ window and runs from there.

Once you are done, it will reboot and the virus should be gone.

[ShadowAce]

[Bronzy]

My husband’s computer got the AV bug Saturday. He took it to a friend who got him back on line. However, we haven’t turned his computer back on yet. This thread may will help us figure out what to do next.

[Fred Hayek]

If it is similar to PC Antispyware, it’s nasty. If you have an uninfected computer, go find a trial copy of MalwareBytes. Transfer it to the infected computer with a flash drive. Install and run MalwareBytes in the Safe Mode, and do the full scan. It may take 2 to 3 hours.
In my case the PC Antispyware damaged my internet protection software (Panda Internet Security 2009), to the point where a “repair re-install” did not work. I had to do a complete uninstall and reinstall, download updates.

[usconservative]

I thought I had killed a virus. It was a Chuck Norris Trojan that infected the router

This would be a first. Never seen a virus that infected a router. Changed hosts. file settings and browser settings yes, but not a router. That's just not possible because the router's iOs runs in Firmware. It can't be re-written with a virus.

Same with a video card by the way...

[usconservative]

Print And Follow These Instructions To The Letter to remove the "Anti-Virus" virus.

[Uri’el-2012]

Get Root !