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Virus Busting PING.EXE - Page 2

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ThaZenith
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3116 Posts
December 10 2011 02:45 GMT
#21
I had that exact same thing before, seeing the PING.exe popping up in my processes was making me mad. I believe I forced a safe mode and then scanned/cleaned my computer, but it was a few months ago so I can't remember exactly.
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
December 10 2011 06:21 GMT
#22
Funny that this blog popped up. I just left school to visit my girlfriends house and, surprise, her dad got this virus. Now I'm being the nice boyfriend and fixing it... These pretend security viruses are just lulsy, and they are getting better and more difficult to remove.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 10 2011 20:40 GMT
#23
Just an update... I got the same virus AGAIN this morning. Apparently the virus also disabled Windows Firewall in a way that couldn't be repaired, and re-installing it would be too complex.

Did a reformat, which ironically took less time than all those anti-virus scanning. Now re-installing a ton of shit, which is a pain in the ass. But at least I can safely take new precautions.
Logic is Overrated
Swede
Profile Joined June 2010
New Zealand853 Posts
December 10 2011 22:17 GMT
#24
On December 11 2011 05:40 Newbistic wrote:
Just an update... I got the same virus AGAIN this morning. Apparently the virus also disabled Windows Firewall in a way that couldn't be repaired, and re-installing it would be too complex.

Did a reformat, which ironically took less time than all those anti-virus scanning. Now re-installing a ton of shit, which is a pain in the ass. But at least I can safely take new precautions.


You should make a Windows XP bootable pendrive. If I ever end up with a virus that is difficult to beat in my actual Windows I can just boot to the pendrive and delete it there. SO much easier than trying to do it from the infected Windows installation.
Deception-35
Profile Joined February 2011
United States113 Posts
December 16 2011 20:23 GMT
#25
same thing is happening to my computer but i have no idea what to do and i dont have my windows vista disk anymore so i cant reinstall my windows.
vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
December 16 2011 20:34 GMT
#26
You can safe-mode boot and delete or do it in command-line before Windows loads. All you really need is HijackThis and Windows Security Essentials.
Marines > everything
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
December 16 2011 21:34 GMT
#27
^^You can't, really. Unless you know of a way to repair windows firewall after this virus breaks it. When I was working on a computer that had it, I searched a lot about ways to fix it and came up totally dry.

Seems like you get this thing through your browser, so just make sure you have DEP on for your browser, as well as the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit on forcing extra security measures for whatever browsers you have installed.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 16 2011 21:59 GMT
#28
On December 17 2011 05:23 Deception-35 wrote:
same thing is happening to my computer but i have no idea what to do and i dont have my windows vista disk anymore so i cant reinstall my windows.


If you bought your computer whole, you probably have a recovery partition somewhere on your computer. Look in the manual that came with your computer to see how to restore your computer to factory condition.

Be sure to back up all important files before you use recovery though. Once you've recovered you can google online, there should be a way to create your own Vista DVD directly from your C drive. I created an XP disc a long time ago for an XP laptop I had.
Logic is Overrated
GeneralZap
Profile Joined January 2008
United States172 Posts
December 17 2011 07:57 GMT
#29
Now I'm scared paranoid. Funnily enough I think I got the virus from a Chinese IP. *Prays to God and hopes it was not you hacking my computer and now your asking how to perfect the virus(*es)...

I hope I can take some of these steps and get rid of this.

I've tried McAffee, Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D, Trend-Micro's botkiller or whatever, TLDRSS (or whatever the name is), and manual searches and manual deletions of files/registries I knew to be malicious. VERY annoying virus!


Death has lost its sting.
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
December 17 2011 09:09 GMT
#30
You got me, I sent the virus as part of my new career in cyber crime.

+ Show Spoiler +
I actually live in the States
Logic is Overrated
jmamike
Profile Joined December 2011
1 Post
December 26 2011 06:29 GMT
#31
I suffered from the same problem. I also had Avg installed but it didn't work. This blog: how to remove ping.exe virus introduced avast antivirus instead.
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
December 26 2011 09:45 GMT
#32
megaman.exe reference? 5/5
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
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