I was unfortunate enough two days ago to have my PC infected with undoubtedly the worst bit of malicious software I have seen.
It is called "Windows XP Recovery" and completely blocks access to your own system. It tell you all folders are empty and every few seconds you get critical error messages. A dialogue box appears and pretends to run a scan of your system and reports multiple errors and then takes you to a website to buy their software.
This malware is an absolute bastard to get rid of and it took me most of yesterday to get access back to my PC. It disables safe mode startup, and when you try to run an antivirus or anti malware program, as soon as it hits one of the files connected with the malware it restarts the PC.
The worst thing is that now that I have control of my system back virtually every setting on my PC has been screwed up and changed.
It will take me days if not weeks to get back to normal.
And the worst thing is that this f.....g program also disables and screws up System Restore.
If you are unlucky enough to get this infection PLEASE get rid of it as soon as you can.
My PC is well protected with firewall and antvirus but still it got through. I have no idea how I contracted it.
Chris S.
It is called "Windows XP Recovery" and completely blocks access to your own system. It tell you all folders are empty and every few seconds you get critical error messages. A dialogue box appears and pretends to run a scan of your system and reports multiple errors and then takes you to a website to buy their software.
This malware is an absolute bastard to get rid of and it took me most of yesterday to get access back to my PC. It disables safe mode startup, and when you try to run an antivirus or anti malware program, as soon as it hits one of the files connected with the malware it restarts the PC.
The worst thing is that now that I have control of my system back virtually every setting on my PC has been screwed up and changed.
It will take me days if not weeks to get back to normal.
And the worst thing is that this f.....g program also disables and screws up System Restore.
If you are unlucky enough to get this infection PLEASE get rid of it as soon as you can.
My PC is well protected with firewall and antvirus but still it got through. I have no idea how I contracted it.
Chris S.
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