Virus question

[CryptFiend]

So recently I've on vaction to come back home to find my little brother had downloaded 3F2P games and a ton of other shit and in the process has "downloaded??" a rootkit or something. I'm wondering if I should just restore my laptop or just remove the virus manually

[wombinator04]

Can you do anything on your computer? If you can, download malwarebytes, update the database and do a full system scan. Also, download Hitman Pro, and scan with that.

Those will clean up most Infections.

[vesseblah]

Depends on what virus you have. Some rootkits are such a pain in the ass to remove that restoring the laptop is easier.

[CryptFiend]

I just tried Malware and got "Windows cannot access the specified device,path,or file.You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" I had it open started the scan and it crashed.

[OhpUldum]

I just tried Malware and got "Windows cannot access the specified device,path,or file.You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" I had it open started the scan and it crashed.

Try entering Windows through Safe Mode and running the scan then. Depending on the rootkit you might find Kaspersky's TDSS Killer handy. It searches for a specific type of rootkit but ya never know. Also I have found Avast Anti Viruses boot time scan to be very handy in dealing with root kits.

And since it hasn't been mentioned make sure you look at the sticky thread at the top of the computer forum which tells you how to do a virus / keylogger removal from your computer. Steps are the same for removing rootkits.

Should MalwareBytes' Anti Malware still not open rename the .exe file and try to install / run it again.