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Ouch. Good luck man. I would also try using this http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd It has worked pretty well for me in the past. You burn the ISO to a cd, boot from it, setup a network connection for it to download definition updates, and let it scan.
Well it seems as though you've been snubbed by the comunity. And while I will agree this may not be the correct subreddit for your question I'm going to go ahead and answer it as honestly as I can because I still think it's a valid questions and for the life of me I can't think of where else you'd ask it.
TL;DR Wrong sub, I don't care, here's your answer
- Create a PDF
It's a well used format, they look pretty and seems more professional to me than just sending out a word document or a powerpoint. There's lots of programs that can convert .docx, .doc, .ppt and many others to PDF, find one you like.
- Remove a Virus
Blows my mind how few people know how to do this AVG Rescue CD is a good start. It runs outside of your OS partition so you avoid the virus messing with it while scanning and pesky file permissions
- Properly save a local copy of a website
Internet down the day before the paper is due? Website down? No problem. But if you just try to save the source, you get weirdly formatted text vomit. A couple quick google search will get you where you need to be.
- Set-up auto-backing folders
Either to a secondary local folder or a cloud server. I'm pretty sure DropBox is still free for a small amount of storage and there's tons of programs to do auto-backup
- Write basic database queries/populate a database
This one's a bit more hands on. Database queries are almost like programing but far less complex, easier to learn and doesn't involve ground-up programming knowledge. You can setup a local database interface using a program called WAMP and there's tons of resources for learning SQL. I'd stick with MySQL as the interface is a bit easier to understand as it's more like a website.
I'd like to list more, but I'm kind of at a loss. Hope I gave you at least a little guidence
If safe mode doesn't work, use another computer to burn a copy of the AVG Boot Disc. Plug in Ethernet for networking, and boot up your computer from the CD/DVD.
This will do an Offline Virus/Malware Scan and rip out the offending programs whether Windows likes it or not.
There's a few other tools like this if you search for Anti Virus Boot Disc.
If you have another computer running Avast Antivirus, it can make an Avast Boot Disc for you.
AVG Rescue CD isn't exactly a Linux distro, but it is virus/malware scanning software built with Linux. I can't recall what data recovery features it has but maybe it will work for you.
True, but could be a tool in your bag for future use if you had a USB thumb drive with win VM ready to roll. Remember yuo gotta reinstall all your apps too, and backup data (a simple reinstall might not do it, might require a clean install depending on the virus).
Alternatively, AVG has a live CD, as does BitDefender and Kapersky (already mentioned in this thread).
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/
you need to set up a rescue mode boot cd, many antivirus programs support this, some for free without requiring their software to be installed. based on experience, my favorite is kaspersky rescue disk with avg rescue disc as a close 2nd. setting them up can be a bit of a chore depending on whether you want to run from a disc or a usb, if you need help let us know and we'll see what we can do.
edit: this does sound like a pretty serious infection so you need to be prepared to accept that your system is dead and needs to be wiped clean and reinstalled
Avast is a great program, I'm a reseller for them simply because I support good software, however it's not an end all be all to PC protection. Download Kapersky's TDSS Killer, it's an excellent utility that is specifically for removing rootkits. Also download and install malwarebytes antimalware I keep Avast and Malwarebytes on all my machines and I rarely have issues. If you want to go one step further burn a copy of AVG Rescue Disk and run a scan with it.
There are multiple variants of the FBI Moneypak malware. Malwarebytes will definitely detect and remove it, but some variants of Moneypak won't let you boot up even in safe mode. I've seen some infected boxes that won't run unless the computer is connected to the network somehow. Try safe mode or disconnecting the ethernet cable and booting up.
The lazy solution: Download and burn a rescue disc from another computer. Pop the disc in the infected machine, update and scan. I know for sure that the AVG rescue disk will remove all variants of Moneypak.
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd-download
Download the ISO and burn that. Just boot your computer from the CD and tell it to scan. It will automatically offer to update first.
If you want to be certain that it's a hard drive failure, you could try making a rescue disc with the SMART (or smartctl) tool, such as the AVG Rescue CD.
AVG actually makes a bootable disc that can do some pretty good scans, I don't generally use it as I can get rid of most stuff inside of Windows but you might want to check it out - it might even be doable on your phone depending on your connection :)
You could try this:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
but I will say that more often than not, Java exploits are the culprit (especially when dealing with Fake Anti Virus variety viruses). Make sure you always keep your java up-to-date and I recommend clearing the cache and turning off the cache.
http://windows7themes.net/delete-java-cache-files-disable-java-cache.html
A lot of times at work the system is completely fine after going into the java cache on a users computer and deleting the viruses jar file.
AVG has a free Recovery CD (iso) you can use to scan for virus and stuff. I've used it a few times with good results.
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
Assuming you can get to the link and download from another source.
Try the following in safemode 1. HitmanPro 2. ESET Online Scanner
If neither work, you'll need to get a USB drive to install a bootable antivirus program. See http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd-download or https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB114 (if you have another computer available).
I would say trying checking your chrome extensions and see if there is anything in there. Also check control panel then uninstall programs. If there is nothing in there I suggest you try AVG Rescue boot disk:
If this were me, I would first back up all important files, then see if a antivirus rescue cd would work. Avg and bit defender both have them, AVG Bitdefender
These work best if the PC is hard wired to the internet, they need to update on start.
Actually, I lied a little. If this were me I would back everything and re-install the OS, but you can try the above and see if they work.
Try the Kaspersky disk linked above. I have no idea why you can't get into mini-XP. The info I can find on that error points to incompatible drivers as one possibility.
Edit: Other options would be Dr Web, AVG Rescue CD and more.
Do you see conime.exe in the task manager? Have you tried booting into safe mode and looking into system32, maybe the file is visible that way. If not, you could boot into a Linux live CD/USB and look again via its file manager. If it's visible in Linux, upload it to virustotal.com and move the file to another place (you may want to keep a copy for further analysis).
For a really thorough virus scan I would recommend running an antivirus rescue cd. If malware uses hijacked windows functions to hide the file while windows is running, this could be the solution. There are rescue disks from a lot of AV companies, I would recommend Avira, Kaspersky or AVG.
Dang. Well, try this. AVG makes a free rescue CD that you can boot in to an run a scan with. You can download YUMI for free to create a bootable USB drive.
On the working PC:
Download the AVG Rescue CD from here
Download YUMI from here
Use YUMI to bake the bootable USB and try to boot the laptop from it.
That should work a bit better.
Looks like it belongs to Canadian domain squatter with the alias of "John Duncan"
If you're PC is redirecting there I'd suggest downloading and burning the free AVG anti-rescue tool and booting to it - good luck.
Try running the Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper or some other bootable like Kaspersky Rescue Disk or AVG Rescue CD
Super Antispyware offers a great package for removing crap (don't get thrown off by a name that sounds like spam. This one is awesome) It also has a .com version you can run from safemode that works great. http://www.superantispyware.com/
I also use the AVG rescue CD for removing viruses and it works extremely well also. http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd
If you have access to another computer, download the AVG or kaspersky rescue cd. You can burn it to a disc and boot your computer from the disc to scan and remove viruses. If you have a windows install cd, you can use it to revert to a restore point. If you don't have any cd's then you can use the YUMI tool to run the tools from a usb key instead.
you can also try the Kaspersky and AVG rescue discs, which you download the ISOs for free. If you don't want to burn a cd then you can use a tool such as the multi-boot usb tool which will let you run them from a USB key. That particular virus can also mess with your registry, so you may need to replace the registry keys for .exe and possible .bat and .com file associations.
edit: You can recognize this problem by windows asking what program to use when you click on a program. This can temporarily by bypassed by using the right-click > 'run as administrator' or by running the exe from the command prompt