I recently ran the virus "file contained a virus and was deleted". THANKS

[Cowpipe]

One of the problems with ComboFix is that if you run it uninstructed, let's say an important Windows system file has been infected, if Combofix goes ahead and removes that file (picking up a malicious signature in it, for example) and using very aggressive removal techniques then your system may end up not even loading up.

I've seen ComboFix remove registry entries before that have caused people's computers to not open any programs, to get a little technical let's say the exefile association has been changed, ComboFix picks up on it and just removes the key detecting the path to the malicious file. Bye bye programs, hello angry users cursing ComboFix for all the damage it's done. I've seen it happen a number of times first hand when people have downloaded and double clicked with their eyes closed.

I think many people forget that ComboFix is a specialist tool that needs to be used with extreme caution, I have seen users who have had the above situation happen to them so whilst TwinHeadedEagle may sound quite harsh to many of you, he has an excellent point, and one that should not be underestimated.

 

[StillLearning]

If you go to your "Downloads Folder", that should be available by clicking on Start and opening Documents, and along the left hand side of the screen you should see a button saying "Downloads", if you click that you should find a file called IEFix.zip in there, right click on it and choose "extract", then press Next and Finish when they appear and you should see a file called IEFix.exe appear, that's the one you'll want to open. Hope that helps

Thank you, I did find it.

 

[nissimezra]

And why do you think it is better to run it in safe mode? You feel qualified to tell us how things work, so I would like an explanation why it is better to run MalwareBytes in safe mode?



I do not know why you think you know better that ComboFix authors? Here is what they say:



ComboFix is very powerful and there is no force that will stop it decide to delete or change something. What is one user that has never met with ComboFix going to do if it deletes something that shouldn't be deleted? How is he going to restore this? I saw people that thought they know how to use ComboFix and they destroyed their systems, without being able to repair it. Only fresh install.

Don't run ComboFix on your own. There are plenty of tools that are safer to be used than ComboFix and if you combine several of them, you can eliminate malware.

ill answer this
And why do you think it is better to run it in safe mode?
coz most of the virus won't run on safe mode therefore
it won't prevent removal program from running
easier to remove non running process.

as for combofix, 1 answer: from real world experience not playing doc on forums.

cheers

 

[StillLearning]

AV stands for Anti-Virus software, EG: AVG, Mcafee, Norton, Comodo Antivirus, Avast, ESET to name a few

MBAM (BMAM) stands for MalwareBytes Anti Malware which is a program specialising in removing malicious software from your computer. It's what we recommend people with infections run as it's pretty thorough and much more lightweight (easier, running faster, using less power on your computer than other programs)

I ran this and everything is working fine, even though it detected zero items. Thank you!!!!!!

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

ill answer this
And why do you think it is better to run it in safe mode?
coz most of the virus won't run on safe mode therefore
it won't prevent removal program from running
easier to remove non running process.

as for combofix, 1 answer: from real world experience not playing doc on forums.

cheers

First of all, MalwareBytes has drivers that has bigger permissions than some malware, so in majority of cases MBAM will remove malware easily. Second of all, in Safe Mode, MalwareBytes won't be able to have full capabilities, just like malware, so it shouldn't be run in Safe Mode if it is possible to run in normally. If you know so much, did you hear about MalwareBytes Chameleon?

About ComboFix, don't recommend it here on forums, maybe you think you know something, but there are people that don't know absolutely nothing, so they shouldn't run ComboFix alone. As I've said, there are plenty of other tools capable of removing malware just like ComboFix.