Trojan virus called Magnipic

Jassieteacake

Yesterday I discovered that my laptop wouldn't respond upon being turned on, Sims wouldn't open, Google Chrome wouldn't open and it was acting so slow and paralysed.

My Malware Bytes then showed a pop up saying that I have a Trojan virus called Magnipic. I then quarantined it but to no effect. Found this in my program files and it appeared to have been installed on 24th January. I deleted it but the laptop is still showing signs of severe infection.

Would anyone know what to do? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T400s and cannot do a system restore. I've tried installing an anti virus called Avira but the laptop is so paralysed that nothing will run. I've rescued some files on a USB (word docs and my Sims Saves file) but am also afraid that these might be infected?

Has anyone got any advice? Magnipic seems pretty nasty.

Skelda

Try this: http://m.zimbio.com/Latest+Computer+Threats/articles/ycLJTILt2RX/PUP+Adware+Magnipic+Step+Step+Removal+Instructions

Goldmoldar

Jassieteacake wrote:

Yesterday I discovered that my laptop wouldn't respond upon being turned on, Sims wouldn't open, Google Chrome wouldn't open and it was acting so slow and paralysed.

My Malware Bytes then showed a pop up saying that I have a Trojan virus called Magnipic. I then quarantined it but to no effect. Found this in my program files and it appeared to have been installed on 24th January. I deleted it but the laptop is still showing signs of severe infection.

Would anyone know what to do? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T400s and cannot do a system restore. I've tried installing an anti virus called Avira but the laptop is so paralysed that nothing will run. I've rescued some files on a USB (word docs and my Sims Saves file) but am also afraid that these might be infected?

Has anyone got any advice? Magnipic seems pretty nasty.

It appears that the damage was done and quarantining it was too late. I wouldn't do a system restore. If it got into your boot sector you would have a lot problems. I would reformat my hard drives and reinstall the OS, however do not put any saved personal saved files back you must use a scanner to scan for any viruses. If you reinstall your OS scan your drives first and make sure your firewall in active. Also get a good Virus suite as well as one that checks for malware.

Jassieteacake

Thank you for the advice, guys. I suspected I would need a clean re-install of the OS, I definitely want to make sure the virus is wiped completely. Hoping I haven't got infected Sims Saves files - will scan to make sure.

I really do need a decent antivirus. Will update on progress...