Help, I got a virus
No, not teh bad aids. Anyone ever run into a nasty little thing called spyware protect 2009? it's completely buggered my home pc (i'm at work right now). the options seem to be: download another anti-virus remover (which the fucking virus/worm/trojan always seems to stop mid-download), or remove about 200 files one-by-one (presumably in safe mode, although the virus apparently stops some pcs from starting in safe mode. it's a persistent fucker).
any suggestions, tech-wise b3tards?
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 3:03, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

try
db.iobit.com/license-free/win7-special-offer.php

it's an anti spyware/malware used to get rid of exactly this type of thing. Following this link also gets you a free year's subscription.

If this doesn't work, try getting in safe mode. Back up your files (don't delete anything), then go for a clean install (formatting every drive possible - externals should be OK)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 4:32, Reply)

thanks
i'll give it a shot!
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 4:50, Reply)

i would also recommend
trying a system restore, and once the virus is removed, using ccleaner to clean up the HD and the registry to remove any traces
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 11:53, Reply)

most of the advice seems to be along the lines of
1. stop sysguard.exe process
2. delete sysguard.exe file
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 9:57, Reply)

that's all well
in principle,

but these things usually leave some other kind of trace behind as well, which starts up again five minutes later
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 11:54, Reply)

thanks
i just decided to bite the bullet, back things up and reformatted. the fucking virus wasn't letting me download anything. hell, i couldn't even get close to an anti-virus website without the browser crashing.
ta for the suggestions. now that my system's clean, time to get better anti-virus protection.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 22:10, Reply)