host process for windows service virus?

Rain

Need some computer help.Got back from vacay today, and noticed my computer was playing some random sounds, sounded like a readio station. I look at my sound mixer, and it shows "host process for windows service" is the thing making the sound. Run a virus scan with Microsoft Security Essentials and it finds nothing. I'm pretty anal about my computer security and run a full virus scan twice a week.Any ideas?

Rain

Now even more confused. Now it's just saying it's coming from my speakers.

The buffalonian

OOOOooooo White noise lol What exactly is it saying

webmost

jgibv

Rain

Well here's an update... Looks like I'll be posting from my phone for a while. What ever got a hold of my computer got a hold of it hard. It would not be much of an issue but Murphys law is in effect. I let a friend borrow my windows 7 disk to fix his computer and he moved away with it

brianetz1

Rain

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phobicsquirrel

Dude, can you boot into windows and keep it up? Your not getting blue screen or anything? What I would recommend would be to download stinger. Run it (full scan) then reboot. It makes you, also sometimes it will do a complete scan after it reboots since sometimes these things are attached to used programs. After you run that download spybot and run that. Same thing applies. Make sure you update all of them. btw these are free ware. if this doesn't fix it, then you could try to uninstall your drivers for audio then restart and re-install. Maybe even make sure you get updated drivers first. Basically this is what I do when I run into infected computers. I have many programs I use as well but these are all free ware and really easy to download and use.

Rain

It got to the point where I was getting a blue screen anytime I booted. I think I got rid of the virus but at this point I just want peace of mind. Especially since I found out how bad my anti-virus was. Malwarebytes Has a beta rootkit detector that I ran and it found two.

phobicsquirrel

damn, that sucks. well you know before you run a new copy of windows use a hard disc erase program. I use secure erase govt standard. seems to wipe it rather well. that way nothing will transfer over to your new install. I haven't used that program but the ones you buy like norton are really just crappy. sure it works if you want something to catch simple things and what not. either way sounds like what you got something bad.

Rain

I'm going to be honest, I assume that reinstalling the operating system would wipe everything. Do you have to buy secure erase government standard?

Rain

phobicsquirrel

Rain:

I'm going to be honest, I assume that reinstalling the operating system would wipe everything. Do you have to buy secure erase government standard?

no. just reformatting won't get rid of everything. of course it depends on what type of crap you had on your computer but I've had to run some type of wipe program on a lot of computers because all they did was do a clean install of windows. sometimes you might not know right away either. I always have the better safe than sorry attitude when it comes to computers.

Rain

I'll check it out when the new disk gets here. I was told that since I'm upgrading it will require me to format the hard drive first.

jgibv

phobicsquirrel

Vision

Unless you "Zero" out a drive.... a MBR/Boot Sec Virus can hang around..... What do I know tho....

Rain

About to zero my computer and reinstall...Godspeed, CCom.

Rain

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