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sharpshooter1286
11-30-2003, 03:56 PM
i clicked it by accident, i would never do it on purpose cuz its happened b4 but i clicked on a link in someones aim profile. it reads "I cant believe i found a picture of (screen name) here! (<--- link) HAHAHA" i ran ad aware, deleted some tracking cookies and something called "alexant". ive been combing through program files and such, but i can't find it anywhere. does anyone know how i can delete this virus? (ad aware does not work, have run many many scans) or how i can find it among all the different files? it is def the only virus on the computer right now, as i just got the computer re-formatted and the only things i have on it are steam, aim, and the only website i have been to is here, AO. I tried deleting AIM and reinstalling it but that also failed. any ideas? :confused:
sharpshooter1286
11-30-2003, 04:16 PM
yes, i did a virus scan with norton (only 2001 version, updating soon) and ad-aware

also im not sure what kind of os i have, maybe msdos?:confused:
Xyxyll
11-30-2003, 04:24 PM
Search around on google. There are usually message boards with solutions to the aim profile viruses. That's how I found the solution for a friend of mine.
SpongeBobSquarePants
11-30-2003, 05:33 PM
It got me to about 5 minutes ago. I'm gonna try and do a system restore to see if that helps.
SpongeBobSquarePants
11-30-2003, 05:41 PM
System Restore doesn't fix's this problem
Jeremizzle
11-30-2003, 06:15 PM
If you can find the name of the file, push ctrl+Alt+delete and click on the executable file and click end task and that may get rid of it.
SpongeBobSquarePants
11-30-2003, 07:20 PM
Just delete it from your profile. Worked fine for me, and I have restarted my comp and aim a couple times to make sure it didn't come back and it didn't. Oh, and I did ctrl alt del and closed some exe that was running.
KornKamp02
11-30-2003, 07:48 PM
Hmm, what are the AIM viruses and what do they do? :confused:
sharpshooter1286
11-30-2003, 10:21 PM
spongebob, do u remember what the exe was called, i just restarted aim and it didnt come back, then i restarted the computer and it was in there again.
SpongeBobSquarePants
11-30-2003, 10:32 PM
I don't know excatly but it was random letters and a number 2. Like bfhgp2p something funky like that. I'm almost positive it had p2p at the end.
sharpshooter1286
11-30-2003, 10:42 PM
does syntplpr sound familiar?
SpongeBobSquarePants
11-30-2003, 10:44 PM
Originally posted by sharpshooter1286
does syntplpr sound familiar?

That may very well be it, is it running when you press control alt delete?
sharpshooter1286
11-30-2003, 10:50 PM
thats odd, its not it. and im running windows ME, not XP
sharpshooter1286
12-01-2003, 06:41 PM
FIXED IT
i like tictacs
12-04-2003, 07:50 PM
what was it?
ExtremeODD
12-04-2003, 08:33 PM
hey want a link to fix, this gives EXACTALLY how to fix, i used it and gotrid of the .exe and everything http://digitalmatter.net/index.php
PyRo
12-05-2003, 02:44 AM
I thought the picture was just another variation of realphx. My sister got it on her computer, she got rid of it by clicking on the link and finding a remove option.