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Reloading FSX... :(

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So, I was hit with some trojans (virus packs and maybe a couple of root kits, well several), and they couldn't be cleaned out, deleted, cured, etc. So, in went a new 2TB HD and the journey of reloading all my tools and OS's are in progress.

Loaded up FSX (2 times) and found that my trick of renaming the copied old one to something else, loading a new one, renaming them off so the old is the new, didn't work.

I tried running FSX repair to get the older one to work, but the renamed FSX folder was still seen, easily, by the system restore, so that didn't work. The older FSX (copied from older drive) says it has an older DX9 install. But the new FSX runs.

Any idea's before I start copy/pasting zillions of files into the new issue of FSX?


Thanks for any input and help.


Bill
 
Yeah dont waste any more time. By now you could have completely formatted and reinstalled. Whenver I start to run into issues like that, I know a person could rapidly waste many hours on trying to solve something unsolvable. So I simply format and start over. Advice you do not want to hear, this I know, but the truth none the less.
 
Sorry to hear about your infestation. Those trojans and root kits are nasty!!

I have to agree. "Bite-the-bullet"... reformat and reinstall. May even resolve some issues you've grown numb to too.

I dred the time I will have to do that to my development/gaming machine. I have so many programs, sims, and games installed it'd take at least a week to get everything close to what it is now. Maybe... maybe after Windows 8 has been out for a while... maybe...
 
Always a pain! I can imagine how you feel, Bill.

I ran into similar trouble about 14 months ago.

First - I think atorque is right. Second - I can only recommend to purchase and install G Data. Since my restart from scratch I run a perfectly clean machine and don' t see any impact on the performance.

o.k. - it costs money. But if you calculate the time you have to invest building everything up again it is a bargain.

Sounds like a commercial but it' s simply my personal opinion. Combine that with a regular image and you are back in the game with very few clicks and just a neglectable loss of data.

Good luck!
 
I don't run any AV at all. Haven't been infected in over 10 years.

Dunno how y'all get so infected.:p:eek::D
 
WarpD said:
I don't run any AV at all. Haven't been infected in over 10 years.

Dunno how y'all get so infected.:p:eek::D
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Famous last words. :eek:


I was at the Orbiter sim 'planets high resolution' download page, when suddenly all these warnings and popups happened. I wasnt fast enough in getting out of there, and the virus' couldnt be cleaned out.

For a while, from how my computer was behaving, it was like someone was in my system as weird things in the system would popup. My authority was written out and I suddenly couldnt make system changes, etc, etc, etc.


So... I dont know, except that it would be nice if we could drop off these virus writers in North Korea, in US military garb, into a N. Korean army base, parachute drop, at night, so it looks like they were trying to invade N. Korea.

heh heh...

One full week of work lost.
 
My recipe for a well-protected system:

1. Have entire C: drive backed up. (Acronis True Image)
2. Have entire FSX drive backed up. (Acronis True Image)
3. Have entire Projects drive backed up (probably the most important back-up representing years of work).
4. When I perform a virgin install of FSX I immediately make a copy of the folders and place them into a new folder called 'Default FSX folders' for back-up and reference purposes. I then move the my main customized FSX folders (aircraft, gauges, scenery, etc.) into the "virgin version" of FSX. Maybe 6 folders... takes a just a minute or two.
5. For protection I use Microsoft Essentials and the payware version of MalwareBytes. Haven't had an issue in years no matter where I venture in the Wild, Wild Web!

Clutch
 
Orbiter website ?? Curious. I was suspcious of this website, Time ago I began having troubles with the advertising wildily poping up even in the google search page, almost collapsed my navigator,and had to clean the Pc with AVs and the only website where I was downloading stuff was this. sorry for it because I have admiration for this software but..
Never have happened such an issue like this again.
(sorry for the english, I would like to express myself better :confused:)
 
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Orbiter website ?? Curious. I was suspcious of this website, Time ago I began having troubles with the advertising wildily poping up even in the google search page, almost collapsed my navigator,and had to clean the Pc with AVs and the only website where I was downloading stuff was this. sorry for it because I have admiration for this software but..
Never have happened such an issue like this again.

Bernardo
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Yep. I explained this to the gentleman that has the website and created OS, but he thinks its from a mirror site. I got mine (I believe) from the high resolution planets webpage. I will not be going back there.



Bill
 
Yes, I was thinking if they would be aware, or in someway warning them, it's a pity that the website could be spoiled like that, but left me with a bad impresion, this happen to me years ago and It's sad still happen, it's clear that those guys have taken orbiter as a virus resorvoir, or something lilke that
 
For me, the best way to fight those pesky trojans, hijackers and root kits is with a one-two punch of malwarebytes and using the system registry restore utility. Just hit start, then run then enter this:

%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

Your system is always making backup restore points of your registry, so if it gets hosed (by a nasty trojan) you can restore your registry to a point before the trojan ever took hold. Of course, you may have to look for executables that are running on your system that will reload these trojans, but you can see those by opening task manager. If you get to know the programs that run normally in the background all the time, it becomes pretty easy to pick out the little bastards.

The worst are those eastern European hijackers that tell you your system is infected and prevent you from doing anything except visiting their website and purchasing the "cure" from them - a cure for the infection THEY delivered.
 
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