Bravesentry.com has hijacked my home pc!

[Guest Jen]

I desperately need help! This virus has hijacked my pc to make it look like a

program has installed on my pc and is scanning my pc for viruses. It comes up

with I believe fake viruses and tells me to purchase and download this

software to remove it. It changed my windows so now I don't have

administrative rights to uninstall anything. I looked in task manager, and

can't find any bravesentry entry, but not sure what else to look for. I tried

safe mode, but still have no admin. access. I tried to restore to an earlier

time, but that doesn't help. It has installed not only bravesentry, but other

stuff I can see on my desktop. I called Geeksquad and they said I would have

to bring it in to have it fixed and cost about $200!

I have windows xp, sp2

IE6

Dell 8300 (about 4 yrs old)

It also has hijaced my internet.

I would like to restor to an earlier image of my pc but I don't know how to

do that.

Anyone else have any advise on how to get my pc back to normal?

[Guest Malke]

Jen wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I desperately need help! This virus has hijacked my pc to make it look

> like a program has installed on my pc and is scanning my pc for viruses.

> It comes up with I believe fake viruses and tells me to purchase and

> download this software to remove it. It changed my windows so now I don't

> have administrative rights to uninstall anything. I looked in task

> manager, and can't find any bravesentry entry, but not sure what else to

> look for. I tried safe mode, but still have no admin. access. I tried to

> restore to an earlier time, but that doesn't help. It has installed not

> only bravesentry, but other stuff I can see on my desktop. I called

> Geeksquad and they said I would have to bring it in to have it fixed and

> cost about $200! I have windows xp, sp2

> IE6

> Dell 8300 (about 4 yrs old)

> It also has hijaced my internet.

> I would like to restor to an earlier image of my pc but I don't know how

> to do that.

> Anyone else have any advise on how to get my pc back to normal?</span>

 

How to remove Brave Sentry:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/ind...hl=Brave+Sentry

 

Malke

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