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Oakshaft  
Posted: Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 19:27
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So this dumbass virus installed itself on my computer calling it security shield (f*cking scam) and I can get rid of it, every time I try to go on the internet it f*cks me in the ass with a virus warning and wont allow me to use the internet, if im playing a game its pulls me out of it and says there is a warning, and this isnt once or twice this is like 1 every 2 minutes and I cant deal with it so I shut off my computer, and am now using my laptop, so how do I get rid of this stupid thing?

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sivispacem  
Posted: Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:28
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As it will potentially blocking you from searching the term, try this

1) Boot your system in safe mode with networking. This should prevent it running at start-up.
2) Download (you should still have either wireless or wired internet access) MalwareByte's Anti-Malware (here) and run it. That should pick up the infection and allow you to remove it.
3) Update your existing anti-virus software (if its half-decent like Avast!, Kapersky or MSE) or replace it if its something crap.
4) Reboot in normal mode and malware should be gone.

If not-

5) Reboot in safe mode with networking.
6) Download RKill (here)
7) Run
8) Run MalwareByte's Anti-Malware and your existing anti-virus software.
9) Reboot in normal and malware should be gone

If you can't access the internet at all still

1a) Go into Internet Options/Connections/LAN Settings and then untick "use a proxy server for your LAN".
1b) Try again.
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Oakshaft  
Posted: Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 20:54
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Ok, and none of that malware byte stuff is a scam or anything? and I have AVG
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Wolf68k  
Posted: Thursday, Jun 14 2012, 21:30
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AVG sucks (personal opinion) and MalwareBYtes is safe.
I will suggest this as well; disable System Restore just in case it was able to hide itself in there by being "part of the system." It's better to lose all of your restore points than to clean it out and have this thing sneak back in.

Speaking of it sneaking in again; get Spybot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster.
SpywareBlaster is nothing more than a way to help block your system from being able to go to some bad websites.
Spybot is a scanner and remover like MalwareBytes but also includes it's own immunize system like SpywareBlaster but goes deeper by adding bad urls to the host file which really helps to keep things out.

Both are free.
SpywareBlaster: http://filehippo.com/download_spywareblaster/
Spybot: http://filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/ I personally prefer v1.6, I'm not a fan of v2 which is still beta http://filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/5168/

Also CCleaner can help clean out anything that MalwareBytes or Spybot might have missed in the registry. Not a guaranty, only might, but it will help clean out the registry in general which is a good thing.
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Oakshaft  
Posted: Friday, Jun 15 2012, 00:23
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I tried what both of you said (combonation of the 2) and now its works fine, although for some reason Battlefield 3 got un-installed, but no worries about that
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Posted: Saturday, Jun 23 2012, 23:12
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QUOTE (Oakshaft @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 00:23)
for some reason Battlefield 3 got un-installed, but no worries about that

If you had a pirate copy then it was likely that it contained some malicious programs which could be why it was deleted.
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