Virus Disabled System Restore & Windows Security
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From: FromTheRafters on 25 May 2010 18:05 "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:4bfc113f.3947296(a)EDCBIC... > Doug R wrote: >>Some months back I was infected by some virus but running Malwarebytes >>and other anti virus programs cleaned it up > > MBAM isn't known to be antiviral, won't even detect; IroK, Toady, > Krilie, > Weed, Rustybug, all written and distributed by someone claiming to be > a > 'malware researcher' for the company. At least until the super secret > circumstances of his separation transpired. It claims detection for *some* viruses and worms though.
From: David H. Lipman on 26 May 2010 16:55 From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> | "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message | news:4bfc113f.3947296(a)EDCBIC... >> Doug R wrote: >>>Some months back I was infected by some virus but running Malwarebytes >>>and other anti virus programs cleaned it up >> MBAM isn't known to be antiviral, won't even detect; IroK, Toady, >> Krilie, >> Weed, Rustybug, all written and distributed by someone claiming to be >> a >> 'malware researcher' for the company. At least until the super secret >> circumstances of his separation transpired. | It claims detection for *some* viruses and worms though. Yes but will not "clean" a virus infected file. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: FromTheRafters on 26 May 2010 16:57 "Doug R" <scootersite(a)NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message news:j11ov594ajhhb2qa8635ms3o5d8n9cd59u(a)4ax.com... > Hello All, > Some months back I was infected by some virus but running Malwarebytes > and other anti virus programs cleaned it up......or so I thought. I > just realized that it disabled System Restore and Windows Security > Service Center. When I try to turn on Security Center I get an error > message saying it can't be started and when I go to system restore I > get a "System Restore has been turned off by system admin". I can't > use System Restore at all now. I run Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and > System Restore is a tool that I need. Does anyone have any ideas how I > can get these features working again. > Thank you. No configuration hints (including registry hacks) are going to help you until the malware is removed or disabled. If MBAM indeed 'cleaned it up' I suspect it may have a misidentification issue. Have you tried SUPERAntiSpyware?
From: Doug R on 26 May 2010 17:13 What I found was that the virus had added a line to the registry turning Restore off. I deleted that one line and all is good again. Thanks for replying! On Wed, 26 May 2010 16:57:09 -0400, "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote: >"Doug R" <scootersite(a)NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message >news:j11ov594ajhhb2qa8635ms3o5d8n9cd59u(a)4ax.com... >> Hello All, >> Some months back I was infected by some virus but running Malwarebytes >> and other anti virus programs cleaned it up......or so I thought. I >> just realized that it disabled System Restore and Windows Security >> Service Center. When I try to turn on Security Center I get an error >> message saying it can't be started and when I go to system restore I >> get a "System Restore has been turned off by system admin". I can't >> use System Restore at all now. I run Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and >> System Restore is a tool that I need. Does anyone have any ideas how I >> can get these features working again. >> Thank you. > >No configuration hints (including registry hacks) are going to help you >until the malware is removed or disabled. If MBAM indeed 'cleaned it up' >I suspect it may have a misidentification issue. Have you tried >SUPERAntiSpyware? >
From: David H. Lipman on 26 May 2010 17:16
From: "Doug R" <scootersite(a)NOSPAMhotmail.com> | What I found was that the virus had added a line to the registry | turning Restore off. I deleted that one line and all is good again. | Thanks for replying! If you read my post, that was a "local policy". -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |