FakeAlert trojan

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FakeAlert trojan blue screening my laptop and wont let me update mbam or spsw

#1 blatentbeat

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Posted 24 January 2011 - 05:26 PM

hi my girlfiends laptop is currently being attacked by the trojan Fakalert..she had superantispyware and also malwarebytes but i cant update the virus defininitions in normal or safe mode..in normal mode the computer sends out error messages typical and when u click on them it blue screens..in safe mode i can get up both sasw and mbam but both cannot update..she has allot of uni work on this computer and doesnt want to lose it!!! help!!!

#2 blatentbeat

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Posted 24 January 2011 - 06:34 PM

btw the laptop is running vista and windows service pack 2 ..this agrressive virus on normwal mode is closing every programme i am personally trying to open and an alert message is telling me it is infected..this includes basic windows progs such as windows firewall and windows defender