How to combat this virus?

[Andrew1990]

Ok, so I guess I got a virus about an hour ago and it keeps shutting the system down randomly. When I try to reformat, it gets kind of slow loading the files and then the machine turns off.

I then disconnected the drive and only left my data drive in it and am installing windows XP on an IDE drive.


I was wondering how would I go about cleaning the infected drive?

 

[Sam25]

Umm...you could try scanning the system in safe mode with Malwarebytes or Superantispyware?

 

[Andrew1990]

Originally posted by: Sam25
Umm...you could try scanning the system in safe mode with Malwarebytes or Superantispyware?

Ok, will do as soon as Windows is done.

 

[Eureka]

Are you sure its a virus? Its possible that a dying hard drive could show the same symptoms of a bad virus attack.

 

[JackMDS]

There are Bootable CDs with Virus scanners. Get one boot form the CD Drive and then clean.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
There are Bootable CDs with Virus scanners. Get one boot form the CD Drive and then clean.

Time for building :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[M0RPH]

Did you try System Restore?

 

[Blain]

Many malware attacks also infect the system restores also. :shocked:
It's best to turn off system restore, clean up, then turn system restore back on.

 

[BW86]

Your computer is slowing down and shutting off when trying to reformat? Almost sounds like bad hardware to me.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Andrew1990
Ok, so I guess I got a virus about an hour ago and it keeps shutting the system down randomly. When I try to reformat, it gets kind of slow loading the files and then the machine turns off.

I then disconnected the drive and only left my data drive in it and am installing windows XP on an IDE drive.


I was wondering how would I go about cleaning the infected drive?

Are you reformatting from within the infected windows install? Use a windows, dos, or linux bootup disc. If you already are, then it's not the virus that's the problem, it's a dieing hard drive or power supply.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Did you click on a JohnCU link?

 

[corkyg]

Reformat with a bootable CD such as UBCD or a floppy disk. Any virus or lalware on that drive will be obliterated in the process. However, if you have a failing drive, there's no point in doing that. Run a Drive Fitness Test (also bootable).

 

[Andrew1990]

Well I installed linux on a spare drive and just formatted the infected drive. Everything works now.

That was the first virus I got in a year and a half.

 

[Tarrant64]

Too late now, but I've had luck hooking the drive up as a secondary one on another system and running the spyware/malwarey/antivirus scans on it.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Rockinacoustic
Did you click on a JohnCU link?

there was no virus.