I finally got rid of Win X malware
Touch wood, walk backwards, reciting the lord's prayer (also backwards) - eh, don't laugh, it's worked for me so far. Cargo Cult Programming? It's not voodoo if it works!
Just about to do a full system image now that I've finally got rid of this crap after having to turn off windows updates nearly a year ago now. Microsoft left me no choice. I know it's bad. But it was not my decision. I was coerced and did it under duress. Microsoft did this willingly and knowingly, and of sound mind, rendering my machine unfit for purpose through their illegal hi-jacking of my system.
I found a script that I think one of our very own commentards wrote - it is this:
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
rd /s /q %windir%\softwaredistribution
net start bits
net start wuauserv
wuauclt.exe /detectnow
(you might want to copy/paste that to a text file, and rename it with a .bat extension to run)
I call mine "Fuck_you_Microsoft_you_fucking_Cunts.bat" - ymmv.
The problem I found with this script at least on my machine was that it started the update again a few hours later after the machine being turned on. So I 'hacked' it (i.e. changed some things only having a very vague idea of what I was doing), to this:
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
rd /s /q %windir%\softwaredistribution
And that was enough to stop all updating till at least the machine was rebooted. It also frees up the GB that it has raped down your pipes and on to your hard disk. Without fail, it would suck down a whole 1.5GB every fucking day before stopping and doing nothing. The best bit was, and this is the only reason I realised something was wrong, it would thieve a whole core on my machine - flatlining it in Process Explorer when I looked.
My machine was generally sluggish and weird things eating up other cores too - I had no idea what was going on, as the processes spawned would hide themselves when I tried to trace them. My disk was being thrashed like someone hitting it with a hammer. My disk, with my work on there, that I fucking paid for.
I've mentioned before that I actually spent over a whole working week trying to get rid of this malware, but alas, to no avail, until I got my hands on Never10. The first time I tried it, it told me I had to download some updates from Microsoft for it to work. This was a big risk, but I did it, after fully imaging my system of course. Being ill, I kind of forgot about things, but then the other day I ran Never10 just for the crack and out of desperation really, to see if I could finally get rid of this malware that Microsoft have planted on my machine breaking the computer misuse act, willfully and knowingly and of sound mind.
Hooray! It worked. I had to reboot, and all was well. I opened up Process Explorer - no full core being munched, no 1.5GB of data being thieved down my pipes that I pay for. And the best part is, it's like a whole new machine. Not only is that core free again, but the whole machine is just super fast, and an absolute joy to use again. I've spent years building the software architecture on this machine. I work with audio and graphics and have programs that will run in no other OS apart from Windows.
This is the last blood-curdling cry from a dying man, hanging on to your coat jacket as he tries to drag you down with him as he goes. Yes, that fella tugging at your lapels, that's Microsoft that is - a dead man walking.