Need help with a virus

[lord varen]

My computer was recently infected with a virus. Not sure how I got it but sadly I did.

Basically what happens is it high jacks hyper links.

A lot of hyperlinks will have a green half circle and an arrow pointing diagonally up to the right.

If I hover over it it shows a random add.

I have ran emsisoft emergency kit, as well as malwarebytes trying to remove this but they both haven't been able to remove it.

IF anyone can help I would be most appreciative

 

[Remixex]

try to see which files are the infected ones, which antivirus do you have?
If the virus is too nasty you might have to nuke your PC so be prepared if you need to backup

 

[9ballfreak]

My computer was recently effected with a virus. Not sure how I got it but sadly I did.

Basically what happens is it high jacks hyper links.

A lot of hyperlinks will have a green half circle and an arrow pointing diagonally up to the right.

If I hover over it it shows a random add.

I have ran emsisoft emergency kit, as well as malwarebytes trying to remove this but they both haven't been able to remove it.

IF anyone can help I would be most appreciative

Malwarebytes.org free version run it in safe mode and check the box for rootkits in settings

 

[kapitalistas]

you wanna do fresh Windows install(backup the data ,picture,video etc.) for time consuming.been there done that.

 

[9ballfreak]

People QUIT giving bad advice there is no need to reinstall windows

 

[lord varen]

Alright I am going to try the safe mode Idea real quick see if that works.

If I have to nuke my hard drive how do I do so?

 

[Remixex]

People QUIT giving bad advice there is no need to reinstall windows

Oh hell yes there are some REALLY nasty viruses out there especially if the user uses torrents. Sometimes is better to just nuke the damn worm out of your PC before it infects something else

 

[9ballfreak]

its an adware virus he probably accidentally installed it along with a program installer without even realizing it . So many programs these day have them its rediculous you have to be really careful anymore to read everything when installing anything.

 

[Remixex]

What's your browser?

 

[9ballfreak]

Alright I am going to try the safe mode Idea real quick see if that works.

If I have to nuke my hard drive how do I do so?

If that dont work have a look at this http/malwaretips.com/blogs/interyield-virus-removal/
I am betting that your green circle

 

[lord varen]

Using google Chrome.

Nightowl those are the circles I am getting.

There is nothing on my install program list to remove.

Ran malwarebytes with rootkits in safe mode nothing found.

 

[lord varen]

Also when hovering over the links it will say at the bottom Add by provider instead of what it shows with interyield

 

[9ballfreak]

Also when hovering over the links it will say at the bottom Add by provider instead of what it shows with interyield

Check your browser extentions and default search engine check msconfig and see if theres anything odd in your startup programs

 

[lord varen]

I didn't notice anything odd anywhere.

Uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled it.

Seems to be gone for now.

That feeling when you wasted over an hour for such a simple solution. T_T

 

[9ballfreak]

lol it was prolly a browser extention if that solved it

 

[lord varen]

Is it possible to hide a browser extension? Because all I had on it was google docs, and a few other google ones. Anyway its gone now, been browsing for a decent amount of time and nothing is here so -crosses fingers-

 

[eatmypie]

You need to run roguekiller and ccleaner to clean up the leftovers or else the pup can be resurrected from registry even though you deleted chrome completely. Use Rogue killer to freeze it http/www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/ and Ccleaner https/www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download to clean up the leftovers from the pup so it doesn't resurrect itself from still being in your registry.

 

[lord varen]

You need to run roguekiller and ccleaner to clean up the leftovers or else the pup can be resurrected from registry even though you deleted chrome completely. Use Rogue killer to freeze it http/www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/ and Ccleaner https/www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download to clean up the leftovers from the pup so it doesn't resurrect itself from still being in your registry.

You are correct it popped back up when i turned my pc back on. Thanks I will run these asap hopefully that gets it

 

[eatmypie]

Just let me know if it solves it, I'm guessing it will if not I can tell you how to do some manual work to remove it with a few other tools.

 

[lord varen]

Just let me know if it solves it, I'm guessing it will if not I can tell you how to do some manual work to remove it with a few other tools.

Yeah nothing has worked. If anything it's worse now.

Ran rogue killer
Ran CC cleaner
Malwarebytes