Have "Security Tool" Virus

zyrxy · 11-01-2009, 12:55 AM

Hey I think I have that "Security Tool" virus, it pops up sometimes, and my computer been doing strange things, like when I click links it takes me somewher else and stuff. So I downloaded "Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" and updated and ran it but as soon as I click "Scan" and it scans for 1 second it closes and I can never open the program again, so I went to download "HijackThis" and as soon as I click scan and save log file it closes and I cant get back in it, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with different .exe names but I could never get it to load again after the initial scan. So what can I do to remove this?

Droogie · 11-01-2009, 12:58 AM

boot into safe mode, then run malwarebytes again.

zyrxy · 11-01-2009, 01:33 AM

that didnt work, but my friend finally got home and turns out he had same problem, we all downloaded something together which probably gave it to us, i dont know. But http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/comb...o-use-combofix this fixed it for me, found some rootkit or something, but thanks.

**johnb35** · 11-01-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by zyrxy

that didnt work, but my friend finally got home and turns out he had same problem, we all downloaded something together which probably gave it to us, i dont know. But http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/comb...o-use-combofix this fixed it for me, found some rootkit or something, but thanks.

Please scan using malwarebytes now and follow up with a hijackthis log.

11-01-2009, 12:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
zyrxy New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Have "Security Tool" Virus Hey I think I have that "Security Tool" virus, it pops up sometimes, and my computer been doing strange things, like when I click links it takes me somewher else and stuff. So I downloaded "Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware" and updated and ran it but as soon as I click "Scan" and it scans for 1 second it closes and I can never open the program again, so I went to download "HijackThis" and as soon as I click scan and save log file it closes and I cant get back in it, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with different .exe names but I could never get it to load again after the initial scan. So what can I do to remove this?

11-01-2009, 12:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Droogie Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 19 Posts: 3,673	boot into safe mode, then run malwarebytes again. __________________ formerly tknick90 [Asus P5N-D] [Q6700] [9800 GTX] [4GB DDR2 800] [Antec 900] [Windows 7 Professional]

11-01-2009, 01:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
zyrxy New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	that didnt work, but my friend finally got home and turns out he had same problem, we all downloaded something together which probably gave it to us, i dont know. But http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/comb...o-use-combofix this fixed it for me, found some rootkit or something, but thanks. Last edited by zyrxy; 11-01-2009 at 01:37 AM.

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