SystemToolWoes83
2010-11-24, 03:00
I just recently got System Tool virus. It is, I think, a version of scareware that basically locks you out of everything. I have tried several tutorials to try to fix it.
Things I have tried:
1) I have tried to download new anti-virus programs and I can't open them
2) I have tried to download new anti-virus programs on a cd and open them on the PC and can't do that either
3) I have tried using the "F8" method and that does not work to allow me to switch to booting up in "safe mode"
4) I have tried using the "F2" method to switch the order of booting specifications (so I could boot a cd with anti-virus programs) before the actual hard drive takes over, that doesn't work
5) I have tried to bring in anti-virus programs via a thumb drive and that doesn't work
6) I have tried the Run>>>msconfig to manually change the boot settings to "safe mode" and that doesn't work
Basically, everything I do, gets a "such and such is infected and cannot open" type message in the bottom toolbar icon of the System Tool, which is the image of a dial padlock.
I have a hunch that this is the 2011 version, because SO many of the tutorials I've found simply do not work. It's like the creator of this nasty virus read all of these ways to troubleshoot and updated his/her virus to take it to the next level, lol, total system lockout.
Does ANYONE have ANY ideas about how to rid a PC of this nasty virus? I have Window XP. I would very much appreciate any input. Thanks again!
BC
Things I have tried:
1) I have tried to download new anti-virus programs and I can't open them
2) I have tried to download new anti-virus programs on a cd and open them on the PC and can't do that either
3) I have tried using the "F8" method and that does not work to allow me to switch to booting up in "safe mode"
4) I have tried using the "F2" method to switch the order of booting specifications (so I could boot a cd with anti-virus programs) before the actual hard drive takes over, that doesn't work
5) I have tried to bring in anti-virus programs via a thumb drive and that doesn't work
6) I have tried the Run>>>msconfig to manually change the boot settings to "safe mode" and that doesn't work
Basically, everything I do, gets a "such and such is infected and cannot open" type message in the bottom toolbar icon of the System Tool, which is the image of a dial padlock.
I have a hunch that this is the 2011 version, because SO many of the tutorials I've found simply do not work. It's like the creator of this nasty virus read all of these ways to troubleshoot and updated his/her virus to take it to the next level, lol, total system lockout.
Does ANYONE have ANY ideas about how to rid a PC of this nasty virus? I have Window XP. I would very much appreciate any input. Thanks again!
BC