mapper Posted January 10, 2009 ID:46502 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Good morning,Running a Dell Tower with XP home.Spyguard has taken over the machine.Cannot delete it, cannot slow it down. Installed Malwarebytes but does not open. Tried fix given to Warman in an earlier post but Malwarebytes got hung up during installation. Tried to uninstall Malwarebytes and then re-install but no use.I need to find away to get into the machine and get this program shut down long enough to run Malwarebytes.Any help would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noknojon Posted January 14, 2009 ID:47737 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Have you tried to delete your version of Malwarebytes then reinstall it by starting in safe mode with networking and then updating it -Then restart in normal mode and try again - The infection may be blocking your current version - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egermeier Posted January 15, 2009 ID:47766 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have a similar situation. I think this one "has your number". I managed to get malwarebytes installed (safe mode), but the program won't launch. I have had to rename the installer before, but this new behavior won't let the -program- launch. After installed I tried to rename the executable... no luck. I then uninstalled and installed to a non-default folder... no luck. I never even saw it "flash" in the task manager.The first poster and I may be the first to mention it in the forums. It must be fresh. I hate being at the front end of an issue... I had hoped to find a solution here. I will update here if I find anything useful as I try to kill it manually.Malwarebytes has been excellent so far, I just hope you can master this latest variant. It really seems to know and defeat our beloved tool. Anyone else?? Did I miss a post that addresses this one? Apologies in advance if I did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egermeier Posted January 15, 2009 ID:47784 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Follow-up:Success! The newer version (exe) did launch with an alternate name! I'm not sure if changes I made may have caused the change in behavior or if the new version was somehow different. Besides, I think I am in the forum for an old product by mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihatespider Posted February 20, 2009 ID:58123 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have the same problem . I try to rename the .exe file and install the programe to my laptop. transfer it to the infected desktop with a flash drive. Install the programe. Like what the people said here. I don't have luck, the programme still doesn't work. Then I tried to open the whole rename file from the flash drive. Then it work. Hoping that you know what I mean here. good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
showsome Posted March 5, 2009 ID:61578 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Mine have the same problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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