ESET 4.0 hijacked

[brooke.waits]

Something got in and hijacked my ESET security suite and basically took over my entire computer. Almost all of my drivers are disabled and it has control of pretty much every file. I used hijack to find the files, and I notice the registry changes. It wont even let me run a virus scan in safe mode. I was looking at the registry and although normally I wouldn't go near it, I am just erasing the changes that were given to the keys. Then I will try to run a virus scan again. What else can I do to make sure everything is out? I have the scan logs as well, I just wasn't sure where to put them. Thanks

[brooke.waits]

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Originally Posted by brooke.waits

Something got in and hijacked my ESET security suite and basically took over my entire computer. Almost all of my drivers are disabled and it has control of pretty much every file. I used hijack to find the files, and I notice the registry changes. It wont even let me run a virus scan in safe mode. I was looking at the registry and although normally I wouldn't go near it, I am just erasing the changes that were given to the keys. Then I will try to run a virus scan again. What else can I do to make sure everything is out? I have the scan logs as well, I just wasn't sure where to put them. Thanks

Oh, and I am running Vista x64 home premium on an HPa6720f and I thought I had virus protection from ESET, but you can see how that went.

Well if it's as bad as you say then I would completely wipe the machine and
re-install. I think that would be the fastest and safest way you would then
know you are starting with a clean machine.

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Joan Archer
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"brooke.waits" <brooke.waits.467nc3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
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> Something got in and hijacked my ESET security suite and basically took
> over my entire computer. Almost all of my drivers are disabled and it
> has control of pretty much every file. I used hijack to find the files,
> and I notice the registry changes. It wont even let me run a virus scan
> in safe mode. I was looking at the registry and although normally I
> wouldn't go near it, I am just erasing the changes that were given to
> the keys. Then I will try to run a virus scan again. What else can I do
> to make sure everything is out? I have the scan logs as well, I just
> wasn't sure where to put them. Thanks
>
>
> --
> brooke.waits
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

[brooke.waits]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joan Archer

Well if it's as bad as you say then I would completely wipe the machine and
re-install. I think that would be the fastest and safest way you would then
know you are starting with a clean machine.

--
Joan Archer
Joan's Place | I love to cross-stitch

"brooke.waits" wrote in
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> Something got in and hijacked my ESET security suite and basically took
> over my entire computer. Almost all of my drivers are disabled and it
> has control of pretty much every file. I used hijack to find the files,
> and I notice the registry changes. It wont even let me run a virus scan
> in safe mode. I was looking at the registry and although normally I
> wouldn't go near it, I am just erasing the changes that were given to
> the keys. Then I will try to run a virus scan again. What else can I do
> to make sure everything is out? I have the scan logs as well, I just
> wasn't sure where to put them. Thanks
>
>
> --
> brooke.waits
>

I tried doing that already, but since it disabled all of my drivers the menu at the start says I don't have any drivers installed.

Huh? Do you know what it means to completely wipe the machine? Reformat and do a
clean install

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"brooke.waits" <brooke.waits.469nk3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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> Joan Archer;1647639 Wrote:
>> Well if it's as bad as you say then I would completely wipe the machine
>> and
>> re-install. I think that would be the fastest and safest way you would
>> then
>> know you are starting with a clean machine.
>>
>> --
>> Joan Archer
>> 'Joan's Place | I love to cross-stitch'
>> (http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher)
>>
>> "brooke.waits" wrote in
>> message news:brooke.waits.467nc3@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>> >
>> > Something got in and hijacked my ESET security suite and basically
>> took
>> > over my entire computer. Almost all of my drivers are disabled and
>> it
>> > has control of pretty much every file. I used hijack to find the
>> files,
>> > and I notice the registry changes. It wont even let me run a virus
>> scan
>> > in safe mode. I was looking at the registry and although normally I
>> > wouldn't go near it, I am just erasing the changes that were given
>> to
>> > the keys. Then I will try to run a virus scan again. What else can I
>> do
>> > to make sure everything is out? I have the scan logs as well, I just
>> > wasn't sure where to put them. Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > brooke.waits
>> >
>
> I tried doing that already, but since it disabled all of my drivers the
> menu at the start says I don't have any drivers installed.
>
>
> --
> brooke.waits
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>