That little bastage... I wanna kill him

[clamum]

That many trojans/spyware? I'd just reformat, probably would end up being faster and you don't have to worry about not catching everything.

 

[K1052]

1. Plant transsexual bestiality S&M pr0n on his computer
2. Tip off the parents
3. ...
4. Profit

 

[Ladies Man]

roll back windows to yesterday

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Your brother has an odd, odd sense of humor.

 

[SViper]

Yet another reason why I'm glad I disabled autorun on all of my PCs.

I would totally kick his ass for doing that. What if you had some important documents on your PC and you couldn't boot into windows to get the files back?

 

[Aikouka]

If you had Vista with UAC turned on, the software couldn't have installed itself like that .

Whenever I see a PC with major problems like that, I use my Windows Ultimate Boot Disc and run the virus/malware scanners from that. If you don't load the OS, your chances of cleaning everything are much, much better.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: SViper
Yet another reason why I'm glad I disabled autorun on all of my PCs.

I would totally kick his ass for doing that. What if you had some important documents on your PC and you couldn't boot into windows to get the files back?

How exactly do we do that?

nvm

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
If you had Vista with UAC turned on, the software couldn't have installed itself like that .

Whenever I see a PC with major problems like that, I use my Windows Ultimate Boot Disc and run the virus/malware scanners from that. If you don't load the OS, your chances of cleaning everything are much, much better.

definitely use a boot disc like that. Everyone should have one in their cd inventory, as they can be a lifesaver and prevent hours of frustration.

 

[j00fek]

pwnt

 

[ScottFern]

That would piss me off like no other. You need to arrange for some sweet sweet revenge.

 

[Codewiz]

You could also have some rootkits installed......

 

[nsafreak]

Don't bother trying to remove trojans when you have 93 some odd trojans that made their way onto your system. You'll never get them all and it will continue to be an issue. Just reformat and give your brother a beating when he gets home.

 

[dquan97]

I'd kill him too! (after I reformat and bill him $50/hr for it)

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Sounds like your brother's computer needs a sledgehammer taken to it and then set on fire.
Then take the sledgehammer to your brother.

that's sounds good. oh, and from now on, disable auto-start. i'd rather be safe and take the small effort of opening my computer and double clicking on the setup, then have to reformat like you do now.

Yep ... & be sure to virus/spyware scan any user-made disk BEFORE installing regardless of who made it.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: K1052
1. Plant transsexual bestiality S&M pr0n on his computer
2. Tip off the parents
3. ...
4. Profit

:thumbsup:

 

[maziwanka]

hhahaha. your brother kicked the shit out of you

 

[Gunslinger08]

Just reformat. Even if you get rid of the ones you know about, there are at least several which slipped through the cracks.

 

[nageov3t]

wipe your brother's hard drive with something like killdisk.

just leave it running so he finds it when he gets home from work/school... make a backup of his important stuff, but don't tell him about it for a few weeks

 

[alien42]

why didnt you kick the living shit out of him immediately?

 

[AMCRambler]

NOD32 for starters. Should nail most of the viruses/spyware. Had a couple of nasty ah heck .dll's on my girlfriend's computer over the weekend that I couldn't get with NOD32 since they were registered and would load at startup. I had to yank the drive put it in my computer and scan it there with out it's OS loaded up. Then after putting it back in found some more dll spyware/adware crap running at startup. Tracked down the dll files and booted into DOS and deleted them from there(why I always still format my drives to Fat32, dos readable/writeable).
Lastly, you can check the registry keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run for any executable paths put there to run at startup. Most likely this is how it keeps re-copying all it's files on your pc. Either that or it's in the startup folder under your profile or the All Users profile.
As you can guess I've become pretty good at killing spyware and viruses without having to reload the OS. Seems like every time I let my friend use my computer he manages to get some type of crap on there.

 

[Platypus]

why the fuck are you even considering cleaning this?

you have been compromised, flatten and reinstall.

btw your brother sounds like a punk bitch if that story is even true.

 

[Kaervak]

He was doing you a favor, brothers don't let brothers run windows.

Seriously though, just reformat. It's possible to remove all the garbage that got installed, but I'd be suspect of the security from then on.

 

[lokiju]

<Nelson> haha! <Nelson>

 

[Ns1]

i think you need to goatse his office

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
NOD32 for starters. Should nail most of the viruses/spyware. Had a couple of nasty ah heck .dll's on my girlfriend's computer over the weekend that I couldn't get with NOD32 since they were registered and would load at startup. I had to yank the drive put it in my computer and scan it there with out it's OS loaded up. Then after putting it back in found some more dll spyware/adware crap running at startup. Tracked down the dll files and booted into DOS and deleted them from there(why I always still format my drives to Fat32, dos readable/writeable).
Lastly, you can check the registry keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run for any executable paths put there to run at startup. Most likely this is how it keeps re-copying all it's files on your pc. Either that or it's in the startup folder under your profile or the All Users profile.
As you can guess I've become pretty good at killing spyware and viruses without having to reload the OS. Seems like every time I let my friend use my computer he manages to get some type of crap on there.

Or you could just use Knoppix.