Kids... NEVER download keygens for any games, cause I learned that the hard way. Whatever I downloaded, I checked with McAfee Virus Scan (Stupid piece of... *grumbles*), and then ran it. Thats when all hell broke loose...
That thing in a flash installed something called "Smart AntiVirus 2009", which then started to spam me with hack and virus alerts, and started running some weird commands in my command console. My CPU jumped to 100% and on my network meter I see this HUGE amount of incoming data.
Obviously, I thought "Oh shi...". My constant attempts to delete the setup file weren't very successful, so then it hit me!
It was pretty bold, but considering the situation, it was worth a shot. I... pressed "Disable wireless LAN" button conveniently located next to my keypad (Thank you Acer). That shut off the network connection, and the data transfer stopped. Phew...
Then I successfully managed to delete the setup file (Yay), found all of the shortcuts to this "Smartass 2009", and deleted them along with the folder in "My programs" folder. I then force-shutoff my laptop.
Next step: Analyze the damage done. I started Vista in safe mode, and tried to see WTH was wrong with my security system. What I saw made me wanna swear non-stop, cause that thing disabled not only the windows security system, but also my McAfee Security Center and ALL OF MY FIREWALLS (Dammit, I had 3 of those!), and modified some file in my System 32 folder.
Next 2 hours I spent scanning my entire system, followed by a restart. Surprisingly, it found nothing. And so here I am, telling you this story and hoping nothing else goes crazy. Yet something tells me that I got off easy.
Is there something else I should do, or I can breathe freely now?
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