Hey /adv/
So todays a shitty day for me... i feel like an idiot but it appears I've got some sort of malware from trying to download an unsafe torrent. I was depsperate and made a stupid mistake...
So im hoping for some advice because at this point im think i kight as well take my pc somewhere like geek squad.
Here's the gist; i cant start it up in safe mode... it just doesnt allow this to happen. I think my computer was made to access msconfig and disable safemode as an option somehow... forgive me if thats a silly consideration, im not super tech savvy obviously. Anyways... this is really fuckin me up coz i need my pc and im not aure what to do... i mean, is it too risky to hust start it up and try to system restore or whatever? Of course some details are needed in order to evaluate and get an idea of what we're talking about here...
I tried getting my torrent. As soon as i started to feel suspicious, because it had me downlosding through springfiles, i started takung things down and deletung the files. Now i feel dumb coz right then and there i shoukd have done a system restore poitn and taken things mire seriously... anyways i notice a fake antivirus thing, some adobe programs and firefix all newly installed so i remove all of them.... heres where msconfig and cmd prompt started flashing... and i panic... my computer is quickly taken over and i have no option but to manually shut down.
One of the things i removed (although it seems to have alrdy affected me) is a remote control type program. I forget what it was called but it was along the lines of cml or something i hinestly cant rememver but when i googled it i found it to be some sort if agreement to give remote access. This freaked me out. Idk what to do... i really hope someone can give me advice =-= thanks in advance
what you get for being a thief
>>17359250
How technically competent are you?
If you can system restore that is an ok option but doesn't eliminate the risk of still being infected, If you do this i would disconnect from the internet before you boot to windows.. unplug your network cable or turn off wireless.
If you can boot to your cdrom donwload the kaspersky rescue cd, google it the instructions are easy to follow.
Safest option..
Do you have your windows dvd? or are you able to create a windows usb?
copy off your files and then reinstall.
>>17359250
>Take out HDD
>Go to nearest lake
>Throw in lake
>Reinstall OS on a new HDD