How I got it: I was on Aol Instant Messenger and my friend sent me a message saying "I'm so cool, (then a hyperlink)" since i know this kid in real life *he lives 2 blocks down* i clicked the link and it asked me to install something. i did not thinking about it. then i noticed my Windows firewall was off *I didn't turn it off*. Then Microsoft antispyware came up saying that lockx.exe located in C:Windows/System32 was trying to add itself to the startup menu. I hit deny it, and it came back up. I hit deny again and it stopped. I then turned on the Firewall, and ran Microsoft AntiSpyware, Norton Virus, and Adaware. I updated all of them before running. Norton found 2 files that were at risk and the when deleted it said Delete failed. I didn't worry to much because awhile ago it found 11 at risk and couldnt delete em. Then it found 7, and from then on it found 7 at risk files that it couldnt delete every time i ran a scan. This time it found 2. so the other 5 went away I guess. Adaware found 3 signatures of Zango, and deleted those, and Microsoft AntiSpyware found nothing. I thought Zango might be it so i turned off my computer and now its tommorow after school and a popup came up saying. Run, Don't Run lockx.exe located in System32. I did a search on that folder and found nothing named lockx and then I manually searched it and found nothing. now im here.
What it did: So far nothing to my computer, but right after i got it my friend said dont click the link cause it was a virus. then messages to all my friends poped up saying "I'm so cool, (then a hyperlink)" to save my friends i sent THATS A VIRUS DONT CLICK and when i sent it to one guy, it resent the "I'm so cool, (then a hyperlink)" to all my friends. so i signed off, went back on and sent the virus alert to all my friends and the virus didnt spawn any messeges.
What I can do: any suggestions what i can do to kill this virus? it doesnt seem to be doing anything execpt for trying to run when I boot up.
What it did: So far nothing to my computer, but right after i got it my friend said dont click the link cause it was a virus. then messages to all my friends poped up saying "I'm so cool, (then a hyperlink)" to save my friends i sent THATS A VIRUS DONT CLICK and when i sent it to one guy, it resent the "I'm so cool, (then a hyperlink)" to all my friends. so i signed off, went back on and sent the virus alert to all my friends and the virus didnt spawn any messeges.
What I can do: any suggestions what i can do to kill this virus? it doesnt seem to be doing anything execpt for trying to run when I boot up.