Virus deleting my anti virus programs

17 years ago

Well I am glad I came on this site, it looks like a really cool help site. Anyway my problem is that I have downloaded a virus that deletes any exe file that tries to scan it. My Avast virus software is gone, Search and Destroy gone, Malwarebytes, and HyjackThis!. I even did an online scan and it deleted my firefox.exe file. Also I tried a system restore and it was unable to restore. Not sure what to do now. Any help?

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
17 years ago
go to this forum, register, then start a thread in this linked area. Tell what has happened and what you have tried thus far, the team will help you.
HijackThis Logs

they will give step by step instructions for you to follow it will take time so please be patient.
zep516
17 years ago
That sounds like Virut virus lets hope not though.....

Unfortunately, the virus infects every .exe and .scr (actually an executable) file on your system, and when you scan with a virus scanner, it will normally delete it as uncleanable. Eventually you end up loosing more and more files. The only viable alternative is to format the system. You will need to backup your important files before a format and reinstall, but you can not backup any .exe or .scr files, because they are infected.

Good luck...