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    Rootkits

    Got a PC on the bench from a local customer. Should have been a simple virus removal but then I got the impression it was a rootkit. Every rootkit scanner I have tried cannot find it. All virus scans are clean. All adware scans are clean. Still when surfing I get the same pop up inviting me to download a "dodgy" anti virus program.

    FFS
    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

    #2
    Probably 3rd party add-on to IE, try disabling those.

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      #3
      Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
      Got a PC on the bench from a local customer. Should have been a simple virus removal but then I got the impression it was a rootkit. Every rootkit scanner I have tried cannot find it. All virus scans are clean. All adware scans are clean. Still when surfing I get the same pop up inviting me to download a "dodgy" anti virus program.

      FFS
      Why do I get the repeating impression you haven't got the first clue as to what you are doing?

      Welcome to Bodge It and Scarper Ltd

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        #4
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        Probably 3rd party add-on to IE, try disabling those.
        Yip, that was one of the first things I did.
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          Why do I get the repeating impression you haven't got the first clue as to what you are doing?

          Welcome to Bodge It and Scarper Ltd
          Not really sure. Seeing as you have no clue to the gamut of scans and approaches I have used you are not making an informed decision, rather an ill informed decision while not being in charge of the facts. I have a 100% success rate in removing malware where others have said the machine is a lost cause.

          I do hope at work you make informed decisions rather than just wobbling around aimlessly scraping code samples from google and trying to gerry rig something together against a deadline.

          Tosspot.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #6
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            Got a PC on the bench from a local customer. Should have been a simple virus removal but then I got the impression it was a rootkit. Every rootkit scanner I have tried cannot find it. All virus scans are clean. All adware scans are clean. Still when surfing I get the same pop up inviting me to download a "dodgy" anti virus program.

            FFS
            Install Linux, you know it makes sense

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              #7
              Originally posted by Addanc View Post
              Install Linux, you know it makes sense
              Ah, an informed decision. Nice one
              Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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                #8
                Had a dose of this ages ago. Avast sorted it out in the end with one of those boot time scans. I do them on a regular basis now (i.e. about once a week).
                How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                  Had a dose of this ages ago. Avast sorted it out in the end with one of those boot time scans. I do them on a regular basis now (i.e. about once a week).
                  Phone up some bloke from the local Free Ads. They all advertise a 100% success rate.
                  What happens in General, stays in General.
                  You know what they say about assumptions!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                    Had a dose of this ages ago. Avast sorted it out in the end with one of those boot time scans. I do them on a regular basis now (i.e. about once a week).
                    Thanks HAB, will look into that one.
                    Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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