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Fikor

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Can't delete Rootkits
« on: July 22, 2010, 03:35:36 PM »
I found some Rootkits on my pc and when i want to delete them or move them to the chest it says:
Error:The system cannot find the file specified (2) I'm using avast free anti-virus

Offline mkis

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2010, 04:09:31 PM »
click the link and download gmer from the following url

http://www2.gmer.net/download.php   (set to download automatically)

once downloaded, run the gmer scan to check for any hidden processes

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2010, 04:23:27 PM »
sens avast detects them but won't be able to either delete or send to the chest, I suggest a boot scan with avast and from there send the infections to the chest instead then deleting them.

http://www.schmahl.net/avastbootscan.php

if that won't work go with the post above, or you could give malwarebytes a shot and see if that could solve it to.

http://filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/

good luck
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Fikor

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2010, 10:52:00 PM »
click the link and download gmer from the following url

http://www2.gmer.net/download.php   (set to download automatically)

once downloaded, run the gmer scan to check for any hidden processes

reply post results here

that scan is taking way to long.....45 minutes scaning and still didn't finish. I'm gonna try the boot scan

I already tried it Malwarebytes before and it does nothing. Btw how does the bootscan work? I've never ran it before...I can delete the rootkits before the system start's up?
« Last Edit: July 22, 2010, 11:30:52 PM by Fikor »

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 01:17:05 AM »
here are directions for avast bootscan (as above)

avast bootscan
http://www.schmahl.net/avastbootscan.php    
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Fikor

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2010, 03:08:39 PM »
The bootscan didn't find the rootkits....
I deleted everything manually from the virus chest

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2010, 03:49:11 PM »
if the infections where in the chest from the first place you could have keep them there because it won't do any harm to your computer in the chest. And then rescan them a few days later if it still comes up as malware you could delete them.
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Fikor

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Re: Can't delete Rootkits
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2010, 05:23:31 PM »
It looks like the rootkits were in the chest all along. I deleted everythig in it,ran a full scan and there was no threat found :D