Antimalware doctor virus

aruna · Dec 14, 2010

I've got it. Right now I'm running a full scan (I've got Microsoft antivirus) but I'm not sure it will work. Pop-ups occuring all the time telling me I've got a virus but that IS the virus! It's maddening. Some of the pop-ups won't even close.

Any advice?

ETA I've googled it and tried some of the stuff advised but it either didn't work or was too complicated. Do I need to install specific software to remove it?

alleycat · Dec 14, 2010

Do you know how to use Task Manager or Process Explorer to kill a process?

Are you familiar with editing your registry manually?

This might also help: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antimalware-doctor

firedrake · Dec 14, 2010

aruna said:
I've got it. Right now I'm running a full scan (I've got Microsoft antivirus) but I'm not sure it will work. Pop-ups occuring all the time telling me I've got a virus but that IS the virus! It's maddening. Some of the pop-ups won't even close.

Any advice?

ETA I've googled it and tried some of the stuff advised but it either didn't work or was too complicated. Do I need to install specific software to remove it?

I had one of those hit my office pc about a year ago.
Our IT guy downloaded Malwarebytes and that nailed it.

It's a right fecking pain in the arse, that virus.

Good luck.

alleycat · Dec 14, 2010

firedrake said:
I had one of those hit my office pc about a year ago.
Our IT guy downloaded Malwarebytes and that nailed it.

Instructions to download MWB is included in the link I posted.

alleycat · Dec 14, 2010

If all else fails, take the problem to these guys:

http://www.malwareremoval.com/

They are very good and they work for free. Just be sure to do exactly what they tell you to do, in the order they tell you. You will probably want to get the latest copy of HiJackThis and run it first, and then make a copy of the log file it generates.

Wayne K · Dec 14, 2010

I had one a few days ago and Malwarbytes got it. It got through Microsoft Security Essentials, so I switched to Kaspersky

veinglory · Dec 14, 2010

I had one of those last week. Two programs can get it, Malwarebytes with all the updates (free) and Windows defender with all the updates (free if you have a valid copy of Windows).

alleycat · Dec 14, 2010

Wayne K said:
I had one a few days ago and Malwarbytes got it. It got through Microsoft Security Essentials, so I switched to Kaspersky

I've been using Kaspersky for three years now with little problem. I do change the update schedule so it runs its updates late at night. I do the same with scheduled scanning.

BradCarsten · Dec 14, 2010

aaaah the good ol' windows days lol- before I quit financing microsoft, I was literally running 4 anti-malware programs simultaneously.
you could try some of those for yourself- as far as I remember the ones I used were:
spybot search and destroy
avast
cant remember the others, but if I do Ill come back and add them...

aruna · Dec 14, 2010

alleycat said:
Do you know how to use Task Manager or Process Explorer to kill a process?

Are you familiar with editing your registry manually?

This might also help: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antimalware-doctor

I tried the Task Manager first of all but it wasn't listed under the Processes -- at least, not under a name I could recognise.
Ont of the websites I read recomended PC Tools Spyware Doctor but I wanted to check with you guys first before I downloaded anything.
Thanks for all the tips. I'll telll you how I get on.

aruna · Dec 14, 2010

OK Malwarebytes is running. Fingers crossed!

Izz · Dec 15, 2010

Malwarebytes is teh awesum!

Stijn Hommes · Dec 15, 2010

Aruna, get back to the sites you googled to begin with. Their removal instructions might be too complicated, but they generally explain what likely names the processes you want to kill might have. I had one such virus recently and although it killed my computer anyway, I was able to shut down the process because I could recognize it as one based on a bunch random numbers. Just make sure you don't delete a crucial process like I did.

aruna · Dec 15, 2010

Izz said:
Malwarebytes is teh awesum!

Awesome indeed! It's gone! Thanks everyone!

Antimalware doctor virus

aruna

On a wing and a prayer

alleycat

Still around

firedrake

practical experience, FTW

alleycat

Still around

alleycat

Still around

Wayne K

veinglory

volitare nequeo

alleycat

Still around

BradCarsten

practical experience, FTW

aruna

On a wing and a prayer

aruna

On a wing and a prayer

Izz

Doing the Space Operatic

Stijn Hommes

Know what you write...

aruna

On a wing and a prayer