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Question

blaster worm

by Oct 23, 2012 11:47PM PDT

ok this is the prob i have a desktop i would like to get working again thing is i cant access the internet in regular mode or safe mode well really can access anything on the computer everything i click on i get a popup about blaster worm and says i need to purchase a virus program ive looked around and saw malwarebytes would fix it so i just need to know how to burn that to a disk could someone give me step by step how to do it i tried once and it didnt work guessing im not doing it right

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Re: burn to disk
by Former Forum moderator Oct 23, 2012 11:53PM PDT

No need to burn to disk. Just download the setup program and copy it to a USB-stick.

Kees

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?????
by jman1989 Oct 23, 2012 11:57PM PDT

alright but how would i go about it like what files do i copy to the stick ive read diff ways of doing it but cant figure it out not to good when it come to computer

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Re: co-py file
by Kees_B Former Forum moderator Oct 24, 2012 12:01AM PDT

When downloading the file, don't run it but save it to your hard disk. Then copy using My Computer. Or save it directly to your USB-stick.

Kees

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thnaks
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 12:08AM PDT

alright but is it possible to do it on a cd i cant find my stick at the moment

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RE: burning to CD
by Kees_B Former Forum moderator Oct 24, 2012 12:12AM PDT

If you can find a burnable CD that's surely possible. But it depends on the OS of the computer you use and/or on the burning program that's installed on it how to do that.
So just copying to a USB-stick is easier.

But how do you want to install the program if you can't access anything on that PC? To install it you surely must access the setup file. Well, maybe you can install and run in it after booting in Safe Mode.

Kees

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safe
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 12:15AM PDT

well yeah i was thinking i would do it in safe more i can access stuff in safe more just cant connect to the internet

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cant save
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 12:31AM PDT

okay i just tried to download it again but it dosent give me an option to save it just run it what should i do

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Re: download
by Kees_B Former Forum moderator Oct 24, 2012 12:56AM PDT

If I go to malwarebytes.org and click a few times on download I arrive onhttp://www.techspot.com/downloads/4716-malwarebytes-anti-malware.html and if I click on the blue "download now" button then I the usual browser dialog box that ask me if I want to save the file or cancel. There isn't even an option to run it. So I click "save" and it saves.

All quite normal and as it should be. I never run any program directly from the web. I always download and save it first.

Kees

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got it
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 1:15AM PDT

okay yeah i figured it out but now my stick is to small to fit it on thanks for your help tho guess ill have to wait till i buy another stick

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Re: stcik to small
by Kees_B Former Forum moderator Oct 24, 2012 1:21AM PDT

The file is 10.6 MB. My smallest stick (6 years old) is 128 MB. My largest one is 64 GB, that's 64,000 MB.
Yours must be very small if it can't even hold 10.6 MB.

Kees

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stick
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 1:23AM PDT

its a 2gb but saying i need more space

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stick
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 1:29AM PDT

says i need 6.54 mg more

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mb
by jman1989 Oct 24, 2012 1:30AM PDT

trying to say mb haha

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