Hello,
I just recently got hit with a pretty virus, or so I believe. Immediately after Norton picked up the virus, I ran Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It detected a few viruses that affected the registry key and asked me to restart the computer to remove it.
However, after the restart, instead of the blue welcome screen, I saw a log in screen of that which was just like the Windows 98's. I entered my password and waited for explorer to start up. I then noticed that all I could see was my desktop background and my mouse cursor.
I restarted the computer in safe mode, disabled system restore, and ran MBAM and SUPERAntiSpyware as well. They detected a total of about 20 viruses. I deleted them as prompted and restarted the computer.
Yet again, I was back to the desktop background with no icons or taskbar. I brought up the task manager in attempts to run an exe file, but DEP kept blocking everything.
I went back into safe mode and disabled DEP. I restarted the computer regularly, and I could see the blue welcome screen. Thinking that the problem had been fixed, I logged on. Just to doublecheck, I decided to rerun MBAM. Immediately, I got a prompt from Norton that the MBAM.exe is a threat, and it automatically deleted the source. When I tried to reinstall it, the same thing happened. From then on, whatever this virus is started deleting my useful .exe files such as my ATF-Registry Cleaner. When I attempted to go to anti-malware websites, the browser (IE and Firefox) shut down. After about 30 prompts of virus threats from Norton, I gave up and am currently using safe mode to get what I need.
I've installed and run MBAM (most likely not up to date) in safe mode and deleted the registry problems. I ran it again few more times, and my computer appeared to be clean. So, I restarted normally and still got the same problem. What should I do?
Here are a few things that may help:
Specs
- Windows XP Professional
-Version 2002
-SP2
-2.0 GHz
-.99GB RAM
A dll file that keeps appearing under C:/Avenger, after being removed
-phxmsi.dll (U.s. Robots shutdown helper?)
-I never recall installing Avenger
I cannot get access to the internet using my cpu except at risk of getting more infections (I do have other pcs I could use).
Please help me out. I have 3 years worth of college data on my harddrive...Thank you.
I just recently got hit with a pretty virus, or so I believe. Immediately after Norton picked up the virus, I ran Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It detected a few viruses that affected the registry key and asked me to restart the computer to remove it.
However, after the restart, instead of the blue welcome screen, I saw a log in screen of that which was just like the Windows 98's. I entered my password and waited for explorer to start up. I then noticed that all I could see was my desktop background and my mouse cursor.
I restarted the computer in safe mode, disabled system restore, and ran MBAM and SUPERAntiSpyware as well. They detected a total of about 20 viruses. I deleted them as prompted and restarted the computer.
Yet again, I was back to the desktop background with no icons or taskbar. I brought up the task manager in attempts to run an exe file, but DEP kept blocking everything.
I went back into safe mode and disabled DEP. I restarted the computer regularly, and I could see the blue welcome screen. Thinking that the problem had been fixed, I logged on. Just to doublecheck, I decided to rerun MBAM. Immediately, I got a prompt from Norton that the MBAM.exe is a threat, and it automatically deleted the source. When I tried to reinstall it, the same thing happened. From then on, whatever this virus is started deleting my useful .exe files such as my ATF-Registry Cleaner. When I attempted to go to anti-malware websites, the browser (IE and Firefox) shut down. After about 30 prompts of virus threats from Norton, I gave up and am currently using safe mode to get what I need.
I've installed and run MBAM (most likely not up to date) in safe mode and deleted the registry problems. I ran it again few more times, and my computer appeared to be clean. So, I restarted normally and still got the same problem. What should I do?
Here are a few things that may help:
Specs
- Windows XP Professional
-Version 2002
-SP2
-2.0 GHz
-.99GB RAM
A dll file that keeps appearing under C:/Avenger, after being removed
-phxmsi.dll (U.s. Robots shutdown helper?)
-I never recall installing Avenger
I cannot get access to the internet using my cpu except at risk of getting more infections (I do have other pcs I could use).
Please help me out. I have 3 years worth of college data on my harddrive...Thank you.



























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