I'm on a verge of tears here, my PC just got a virus for no reason, it must have been there, hiding and growing, and right this moment, it spread through all drives in mere seconds, it destroyed my anti-virus guard, and is right now eating things at random and i can't do a damn shit about it! The avg is just goin' slow as always, and doesn't detect shit, avira detected some infections but there are more and more every second, and avast doesn't detect a thing! I don't have internet connection on pc, i didn't bring any new stuff on my usb recently, but it's all there, damnit i hate my pc! I will try to put some uninfected stuff on games in progress, i will not give up! Once i go to my friend, i'm posting everything i can, i will save as much as i can so i can continue developing somewhere else.
Really sorry you got a virus. :(
I can't fix what you've already lost, but can I suggest Bullguard to get rid of it, and stop it doing any more damage.
http://www.bullguard.com/
That's what I use, and I've always found it excellent.
There's a 60-day free trial.
Crimson! One "i"!
A computer virus doesn't sit there and suddenly go off like a physical might. You must have done something.
(Unless it's coded to go off at a set date, which seems unlikely from your description.)
Get the latest Malwarebytes from a friend, boot Windows in safe mode and install it and run a quick scan. It should get rid of whatever you got.
Sucks that you got a virus, but these things don't come out of nowhere. If there's not an internet connection on the computer then it would seem that at some point you introduced the infected files. Please do not distribute anything that is on your computer. Seriously, I don't care if you don't think it's infected. Make a backup if you want, but don't upload anything. That's precisely how viruses get spread around.
Regarding your AV programs not detecting anything, do you have more than one installed? Or did you just try installing other ones after you already encountered the problem? Coz if you already had the virus then it's probably corrupted your system to the point that a newly installed AV program isn't going to function properly anyway, and if you were running multiple AV programs simultaneously (even if you weren't running them, but just had them installed simultaneously) that is known to cause problems with their ability to properly detect infected files.
If Malwarebytes doesn't fix it (depending what you actually have, you might need a lot more than just that), then I'd highly recommend you check out the Spyware Hell section at the Piriform forums. There's some people there who deal with virus removal on a regular basis, and they can help you recover even a heavily infected system.
The virus, it came from my usb data traveler, D': I'm just saving some stuff that i hope can't be infected. Can .ags , .dta , .spr , .spr , .ttf , .agsgame , .dat , .crm , .mid , .wav and picture files be infected? My avs scaned one after other, i tried system restore and it failed and the antis are now as usefull as a castrated scrotum. My only escape is save uninfectable items and reinstall the system.
A virus usually infects mostly exe files. They can't infect an XML or plain text file, for example.
Btw, you're showing another clear Icey trait: selective answering. As soon as a comment or question is even mildly uncomfortable (like this very paragraph), you simply ignore it entirely. Just sayin'.
I could be wrong, but virus tend to infect .exe and .dll files. It's not the end of the world, get yourself an external hard drive and backup everything you can salvage. Format your computer, re-install windows, install a good antivirus (personally I reverted from bloated Kaspersky to the free version of Avast and I'm not having any problems, but surely there's better antivirus softwares out there), and the next time you plug in your external HD, don't copy anything from it, don't open anything on it, just scan it, a custom scan, at maximum setting, with all the most time consuming options checked, and let it scan your external HD. I've been doing this since 2004. A virus ain't the end of the world, a total hard drive crash due to lightning storm however...
Quote from: Khris on Sun 04/12/2011 19:35:21Crimson! One "i"!
I just realized what you were talking about here. Hah! ;D (And he never addressed it himself)
blueskirt's right. I'm pretty sure that Khris also uses/recommends avast! Home Free. As do I. But even the most hardcore antivirus program won't protect you if you're not using it properly. You don't have to set it to the point that it steals all your system resources (like AVG or Norton do), but if you're transferring something from another computer, it's always a good idea to scan those files specifically before you actually run them.
Why the hell did people created viruses anyway? Ah! Ok i need to calm down. Ok grabbin' everything i can, zipped up ags 272 is my first to go, thank you guys for all the words you written, but for me a virus is the end! Oh yeah avira is nice... if you don't have an overfilled computer computer. And Khris, could you PLEASE stop Iceying me? Now is not the time, i'm ripping my hair here.
Like I said... give Bullguard a try. :)
This is my entry in this thread :)
or just use Sandboxie to virtualize it, and you will be sitting happy :D
Tango down! Woohoo! I reinstalled my sys and now the game is in progress again, i've posted an artwork done in mspaint, and some screens on the Crimson bath part 1 games in progress page. However, i accidentally put links instead of pics, so a guy locked the thread 'till i can do something about it,and since i don't have net on PC and i don't even know when will i visit my friend again, who lives out of town, about 20km apart, but when i do leave, i will repair it, for now if you want, go to the links, screen capture the pics and paste them in mspaint. Then cut them out if you want, and enlarge them.
What a happy story :)
one wouldn't make it up better ::)
seriously, I do not believe any word of what you are saying and I doubt that anyone do
Quote from: Milos Regamer Jevtic on Wed 07/12/2011 11:52:43
so a guy locked the thread
Lol this is hilarious! I'm glad you got the problem fixed. Luckily I have never had a virus before, touch wood and all that. But what is Crimison Bath?
Quote from: Atelier on Thu 08/12/2011 19:58:10
But what is Crimison Bath?
A bathroom, all red?
Or a bath owned by C. R. Imi's son?
Or maybe the name of the main character?
Riddles, riddles, everywhere ;)
Hey! The thread is unlocked, you can see the screenies and post your comments and stuff, just go to the games in progress page and clickie on Crimson bath.
EDIT:Riddles will be answered... When the game is done, basically Crimson bath is called like that, because people misteriously dissapear and are found in bathtubes, filled with their own blood...MWAHAHA!
Bath...tubes? Sounds interesting.
Quote from: Milos Regamer Jevtic on Fri 09/12/2011 16:02:25
EDIT:Riddles will be answered... When the game is done, basically Crimson bath is called like that, because people misteriously dissapear and are found in bathtubes, filled with their own blood...MWAHAHA!
This is still a better scenario to any METAL GEAR SOLID by the way, so I won't judge negatively. AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO PROVE ME WRONG, THEN
BITCH PLEASE
Bath tubes are small, no? You'd be hard-pressed to fit anyone in there, unless it's a lego man, because I lost a lego man down the tubes of the bath when I was a kid. Seriously.
Dude, at least 2 people can fit in a bathtube.One one on top of eachother, if you know what i mean. Unless the persons in question are skinny as hell. But anyway there is a small two floor house where a couple of girls live.Our brave team of engeneers ends up there accidentally (another Nocturnal Illusions idea) and they make them feel like home, let them sleep over and stuff, but they don't know that the house is haunted by a psycho ghost that enters their dreams and pulls them into the dream world one by one. And their corpses are found in bathtubes. Ah i think i revealed more than enough. Why don't you peeps visit my work in progress page?
I think you mean Bathtub. :)
O rly? Oh this is embaresing, spelling mistakes damnit! So a Bathtub is where people, well bath, and bathtube is the pipe/tube under it?
There's no such thing as a bathtube.
Another icey trait, spoiling half the plot while the game is barely in the works.
Sorry, I don't want to piss you off on purpose, it's just funny to see the how you're basically a clone of him, no matter what you do.
Quote from: Milos Regamer Jevtic on Sat 10/12/2011 13:58:43
Why don't you peeps visit my work in progress page?
Because you reveal more game info HERE than THERE? ;)
KHRIIIS! I AM NOT ICEY CLONE! I AM MYSELF! NOT ICEY, NOT YOU, NOT ANYONE ELSE BUT ME! I am MILOS, you are KHRIS, Icey was/is ICEY! You can't call me ICEY CLONE because i'm MILOS! You can't call me ICEY CLONE because i revealed the plot!YOU CAN'T CALL ME ICEY JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK I AM LIKE HIM! I AM MYSELF, THERE ARE NO TWO SAME PERSONS IN THE WORLD! Now, leave me be! Oh and you Ghost, i will post more stuff on the page.
I'm going off topic here, Khris, did you live a happy life as a kid? Did you have a childhood? Do you have a "normal" family? Answer me those questions. Because my answer to them is no, i'm just trying to be acknowledged here, because i never was in my life, my only family is my Mother and Grandmother. I have seen hell through life, i'm different than you, everyone who lived as me will understand, and i am NOT saying i'm retarded. Calling me Icey clone won't bring you forward, or perhaps you are just a troll or a racist, and are trying to make me leave this place just because i'm a Serbian. What if Icey was like me, what then? Can you think rationally? Huh? You just go arouod and tell non American people they are clones of a person?You don't have the right to do that.
Calm down Milos,
AGS forums aren't easy for newcomers, even for older members it can happen that something you say might not be understood.
It's a known fact that the forums are kind of elitist but that's also the reason why people do need to gain some maturity before being accepted.
I had verbal "fights" (FIGHTS!) somewhere in the past, I guess everybody did. But I'm Portuguese and honestly don't believe that Khris or anyone else are racists here or judge people because of the place they were born.
Get to know people around, you'll find people like you and people very different. Some times someone writes something that you think isn't cool, don't get it into your head. Just do games, your way, and be yourself the best way you can.
P.S: don't get personal, you don't have to explain your life to anybody, we are all here because we like point&click games. That's all it is.
Quote from: Khris on Sat 10/12/2011 14:56:53
There's no such thing as a bathtube.
I draw you attention to this:
http://www.beautifullife.info/interior-design/modern-bathtube-by-thomas-linssen/
you're such a fucking philistine Khris, DONT YOU KNOW OF BATHTUBES?!
That looks like a chair with a tumor.
I want it!
I thank you miguel, that was calming, i'm sorry for your fights and incidents. You are right. We need to make our games and stay on our topics. But i must say, Khris seems to be the only one who is a total douchebag towards me.
Hi Milos, nobody's vilifying you for being Serbian. The postulation you're being ostrocised by Western elites is simply ridiculous. I hope I speak for everybody but around here nobody cares about nationality. If you never mentioned you were from Serbia, the reactions you've received would theoretically have been identical than if you did, which you did. Actually Serbia looks like an interesting country to visit and I especially enjoyed your Eurovision entry this year.
So please don't think anybody on here is being racist. Straight away I can tell you it's absolutely nothing to do with Americans versus Outsiders. I'd say only about half of the members here are American... the forum world map thing has been broken for years... would love to get some actual statistics.
Anyway good luck with your project and all that.
I guess I am. I'm not a racist though and I couldn't care less about your family, home town, nationality or favorite Pokemon. It's weird that you think I mock you because you're Serbian...
All I'm saying is that you exactly fit a certain behavioral pattern (too young, disregard for rules, posting a GiP before figuring out how to display screenshots or having a game actually underway (~50% done), immature reactions to certain replies, not able to contain the overflowing creativity, etc.). It's basically the exact opposite of lurking and getting to know the community before diving in in a mature way.
The last one to do that was Icey, so I compared you to him, noting how similar you are, that's all.
However, the sad thing is, since you're going to react exactly like Icey to this post, that you aren't going to reflect on your behavior at all. It's way easier to dismiss everything I say because I'm a douchebag, right?
Edit: And again, I rest my case.
Thanks for the support guys, and if you are interested about the project, you can visit the games in progress page, i think of making a series.