XP - A Virus named Nethood and Moose about to lose his Manhood!

[Sinbad]

when the noose tightens
it gets stinky

Then someone inserts a pinky?

 

[Mortymoose]

But AVG is kek, use Avast Free.

Been using AVG Full for 10 PC's for the last 6 years, no problems...

Moose, Moose, Moose
Playing with XP registry fast and loose
Your old Goose is gonna stick your gonads in a noose.

Oi! Get back on pension old man, this here thread is for youngsters, that know XP, not Cobalt and the likes thereof! Blerrie Poets!

Then someone inserts a pinky?

.... and there goes the thread....... :wtf: How did you know my flashdrive was pink?

 

[Rickster]

Been using AVG Full for 10 PC's for the last 6 years, no problems...

Thats what I said then I installed Avast and it found a boatload of viruses.

 

[MickeyD]

Oi! Get back on pension old man, this here thread is for youngsters, that know XP, not Cobalt and the likes thereof! Blerrie Poets!

I still have a PC running XP here... daily... 24/7.

 

[FartyMarty]

Have you tried a system restore to go back a few steps?

 

[Mortymoose]

Ok! I backed up the drive onto a USB 1TB, not a mirror, but all the DB and documents, put that in a safe place, The ENglish HO will not allow me to deconstruct her machine, so we shall wait with abated breath for the next two weeks to pass....

I thank you all for your wise contribution,

For what it's worth, I would have plugged the IDE into another stable machine, scanned the crap outta the virus and put it back, but hell hath no furry like a scorned English HO!

 

[Venomous]

@Moose

DL on another PC:
Malware bytes, its offline updates
Adwcleaner
TDSSKiller (free tool from kaspersky)
Burn all this to CD.

Step 1
Pray nothing will go wrong and backing up to USB won't work.
Unless you maybe clone the drive using acronis or some such (acronis runs from CD so effectively the C drive is not running the show while it clones. Its a dummy drive)

Step 2
Delete all restore points
Step 3 turn off creation of restore points
Yes, you must be brave!

Step 4
Use CD to install and update Malwarebytes
Then run the program
You might have to update the PC to SP3 if it is not yet.
Step 4
Run adwcleaner
Step 5
Run TDSSkiller.

Once all is clear restart PC for another time.
Then turn on restore points, and maybe create a new one. (some really nasties hide there and keep reinfecting on restart. So if there is no restore point it can't hide)

All should be well then. And pastel should work as before.

Note I did not read other responses, so my apologies if anyone else has said same/similar.

Alternatively go without a printer until new PC arrives.

And please install a decent AV on the new PC.
Run a lan cable to it at least once a month to allow windows and AV to update.