jangijatt 1 This guide is about re-gaining control of a malware (that is not detected by anti-malware or antivirus) infected computer [hide]I know many members on cracked.to already know how to do this, some even have knowledge more advanced than this. But I am making this tutorial for many members who don't even have an idea about what to do in such situations. I will be explaining with a recent incident, and I am not saying that this will work 100% for you as different malware have different abilities and protections. However it will give you some idea abut what to do in such situations. Lets start: I was testing new version of a program and it hanged my computer I locked computer for a few minutes and got some control but the task manager was not responding (tried to open several times). I had to force restart the computer with restart button on my cabinet (if you face similar problem and doesn't have a restart button, you can force restart pressing the power button and holding it in pressed state until computer shuts down, after shutdown release the pwr button and press again and release to start like you normally start it) After restarting computer started responding but not 100%. I disabled internet by opening network settings and turning on proxy setting using a fake ip address, it gave me some more control and I opened task manager and removed malware from startup apps and restarted again>> ran Iobit malware remover >>updated database>>scanned system folders and registry After doing all this I still found calendartool [a pup] running in system apps >> opened program location>>ended task>>removed folder located in program files x86>>but 2 files denied access>>manually rightclicked each and selected force delete by iobit malware protection How to find malware: Open task manager buy pressing ctrl+tab+esc [alt+ctrl+del for older windows version], look for running programs that you don't recognize, right click it and select open file location, now if its a system app then it will take you to windows installation drive[usually C:]>>windows>>system32 or wow64 then its a system app so move to next file. If you find a program that is somewhere else like C:/users/{your user name}/appdata...etc then google it by typing " what is {program name} + windows{your windows version}" most of the malware description can be found like this, google search will also tell you its a normal program or a part of another normal program. How to remove after finding: Just google with "how to remove {malware name}" you will find a tutorial for removing the particular malware and in most cases you will find microsoft page for removing it. Mostly microsoft suggests to download a free malware removal program and sometime with instructions for using suggested program if there are no instructions, then simply download the program and run it like any other windows program and follow software instructions, after finishing, Open task manager[for older windows press windows key+rm type msconfig in opened box and hit enter] >> select 'Startup' tab from top>>check if there is something you don't recognize, check for its publisher (microsoft, intel, etc) and disable if you find something fishy, google its name if not sure. restart your computer in safe mode (goggle with your windows version if you don't know how) and run the removal program/tool again in the safe mode. After finishing, restart your computer normally and your computer should be woking fine. This will work in most of the case but if you have a different situation or unable to remove with this tutorial then Remember the key to succeed is being creative and ask google, it will tell you everything Hope this will help many fellow members of cracked.io. If I have missed something or you have a suggestion, feel free to post in the replies At last - Happy Malware Hunting :pepegun: [/hide] If this helped you, a like will be appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel_Alert 26 okey? lol let me see if this rily work by the way thank you xD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
w1ll0 0 This guide is about re-gaining control of a malware (that is not detected by anti-malware or antivirus) infected computer If this helped you, a like will be appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
