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What do you bring to the battle field when a friend gives you a call, and says my computers horrible infected?

I i bring the following:
Avira's + Doctor Webs live cd's
Combofix
Dialafix
Hijackthis
MBAM
SAS portable
A2 command line scanner
Hitman


Usually gets the job done.
What about you?

 

Darik's Boot And Nuke

 

Windows install CD/DVD. Almost always faster and definitely always a safer option.

 

Learn nothing doing a format - reinstall but sometimes that is an only option.
MBAM
Freefixer
Winpatrol
SAS Portable
Hijackthis
Hosts Expert
Icesword (XP only)
Dial-A-Fix (XP only)
Flash Disinfector
CCleaner
HMP
RKIll
Avira Live CD
Norton Removal Tool
Avg Remover
Combofix
Doggedness

 

MBAM, A2, LSPfix, Dialafix, Process manager, HIjackthis, Gmer, Some form of boot scanner, some AV Cd Avira or kaspersky, CCleaner.

 

Tell them tough luck unless cash or beer is involved.

 

Can anybody provide a link to any cd/ boot cd which has many of dese softwares installed...so that we can directly run dem from cd and clean d infected pc... ?

 

More ideas at https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=225107

 

UBCD4Win

 

A tip if dealing with exe killing rogues.

Have a copy of Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) from system32 and rename it to opera.exe or firefox.exe and it should run as most exe killing rogues need to allow your browser to work in order to access their rip off payment page.

 

My sig has a link to AVG's Rescue CD along with a tutorial on how to boot it from a USB drive and screenshots.

 

I switch off my cell phone after their first call, because they always make fun of me.

 

I will cut that call and go to sleep .

im tired of cleaning pcs for free

 

for a good luch and if they put gas in my car i will go

 

Does anyone use AVZ anymore?

 

lol a friend has just given me a ring, and is coming over with a laptop he thinks is infected.
Its fun cleaning infected systems, because we always have a pizza and watch a movie as the antivirus scans are doing their thing.
Its a good way to catch up with friends and relatives,
plus they think of you as a malware cleaning superhero,lol.

MBAM+the latest defs.
Superantispyware _ latest defs downloaded manually
autorun eater
combofix
hijachthis
gmer
rootrepeal
firefox (if its not installed)
USB disk security
Panda usb vaccine
tweakUI
plus various apps. like a free firewall, Process Monitor, avg/avast/avira installation setup files, and many other utilities.

 

they make fun of you...why?

 

valium

 

Lebowsky yes and yes pizzaa and pepsi

 

Ah yesterday was fun, PC was completely cleaned off malware traces in a couple of hours, good as new with a little Tuneup Utilities house-cleaning.
Pizza and some beer, im so easy,lol.

 

CCleaner
TCP/Winsock repair utility
MalwareBytes
SuperAntiSpyware
Spybot S&D
MSE
ComboFix
Symantec UnhookExec.inf (fast way to reset Windows shell/open/command settings)
FixWin (fast way to reset functions that some malware blocks, like regedit, start==>run, taskman, desktop, other shell settings)

 

what the heck just format the pc if friends dont mind

 

I was waiting for this

 

Avast

waiting on 2 products to be completed. Blade Defender and Trend Titanium

 

Because many many times you end up volunteering yourself for next week or two or three....
They forgot to tell you about some camera they have, you go on a driver hunt, they lost their install disks. They forgot to tell you about some scanner. They forgot to tell you that they used Thunderbird for e-mail and you didn't instinctively back that up. They can't find their install of MS Office...because a friend lent the CD to them. Their PC came with XP home, but along the way they upgraded to XP Pro..and they can't find the CD they used for that (because they borrowed that from work) The lost their Quickbooks license and/or CD.

Office PCs..yeah usually data is kept on a server, all software and licensing is available. But home PCs.... years and years of doing this, wiping and reinstalling usually ends up sucking waaaaay too much of your time up.

With the tools available today, cleaning malware/rogues is quite easy and thorough.