Hi there,
Im here because of a malware infection i just got on my pc. I am kind of experienced with old malware/spyware e.t.c but this is something completely different. Ive never seen anything like it before - maybe because its been a long time that ive been free off viruses and mal-spyware.
Anyway it goes like this, (My description of the problem might not be 100% accurate because i am currently away from the infected pc due to network problems but i am sure you will understand what its about.)
I was browsing through some pages and playing online poker at the same time(i believe that has nothing to do with the infection but stated anyway) and i also unzipped a file i downloaded from a not so formal website and executed an .exe file which was a self extracting archive which instead of including a program i was looking for it had an adults movie in...... Minutes after the extraction i got 3 shortcuts to adult websites on my desktop and started getting error messages that said "application cannot be executed! The file is infected" Then i got an icon popping up antivirus warnings e.t.c . I also tried to access task manager which i couldnt due to an error saying that the task manager was disabled by the administrator.
The malware seems to not letting me run any .exe's as i tried every single anti malware and spyware tool i had like Malwarebytes antimalware, Spyware doctor and so on.
When i restarted i got a blue background with a black box in the middle saying
"YOUR SYSTEM IS INFECTED - System has been stopped due to a serious malfunction. Spyware activity has been detected. It is recommended to use spyware removal tool to prevent data loss. Do not use the computer before all spyware removed."
Then i had no internet connectivity even from any other laptop or pc on my network.
I tried to go into safe mode but a blue screen appears just before windows load into safe mode and the pc restarts both in safe mode with networking and without.
The only program i managed to run was spybot which found several infections including virtumondo which i have seen before. I removed all of the infections but the problem still remains.
After i restarted again for spybot to complete the removal i also started getting error about the Windows logon UI and WMI.
I googled everything and was searching for answers for almost 4 hours now without getting to a source i can really get something from and also getting an overload of information and thats why i came to you as i can see you helped some similar cases to mine.
Thank you in advance for your help which is much appreciated.
Forgot to say, i didnt have any kind of antivirus running on my system as i recently had a clean installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Only Nvidia firewall was running