Computer virus help can someone help me ?virus is msngr.exe?

Question

i have a virus with the file of msngr.exe and i cant get rid of it. I delete it anitvirused it and it still lives! Help!

Answer 1

temporarily turn off you RESTORE and set recycle bin to ZERO

get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,
install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode
with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need.


ANTI VIRAL

AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/


FIREWALL

ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

SPYWARE

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,


1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.

2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.
some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.

3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)

4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.

5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)

6. Change username/password of access unit front end

7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.

8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)


one last tip
control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger

right clik on it
stop the service
then disable it
save changes



now reboot
scan once more time
and then turn on your system RESTORE and RECYCLEBIN

Answer 2

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Answer 3

don't turn off system restore until you get rid of it, it could be a hidden file some where and everytime you shutdown it re loads from a hidden file - try www.geekstogo.com or www.majorgeeks.com they are forums go to the malware forum and they will help you delete it and give you advice on how to not let it get back on your pc.
You could try "panda activescan" first. this is a good online virus killer. good luck.

Answer 4

Did some research on this one.....and congratulations, you may have gotten yourself one of many different Trojanhorse programs! Anti-virus programs have a hard time finding these beasts! You need a anti-spyware program to tackle these guys. Go to Download.com, and download Ad-aware and Spybot: Search and Destroy. Once loaded, let them scan your computer, and see what they can find. Worst case situation, copy all of the stuff you want to keep on to a thumbdrive, or a external harddrive, ten have your harddrive wiped clean, and do a fresh install of your operating system. Good luck.

Answer 5

Anytime you are trying to kill these type of things - turn off system restore. Try running Norton's (Symantec's) free on line virus scan or you could use Trend Micros's Housecall as well.

When you are clean - you can turn restore back on.

Answer 6

type in the Yahoo search bar: msngr.exe
You will get info. on that file.