Unbeatable PC Virus

SICO94 · Jun 16, 2014

A while back I noticed that every time I booted my PC my Internet Explorer...... just kidding, I use Google Chrome, it would load a site called GameHarbor.org which is a Russian browser adware site. Nothing I have done can remove this from happening to me.
Firstly I ran a scan with microsoft security essentials and it came back all clean.
I then removed my Google chrome extensions and checked for any suspicious recently installed programs as well as checking the regedit for keys several google searches recommended to remove.
I then ran malwarebyte's program and it removed a few suspect files but not my beloved GameHarbor.org.
Avira Antivirus has done nothing.
Spybot is also not helpful.
I am at my wit's end here people. Am I just destined to live with GameHarbor for the rest of my life or can someone please help me?

Someone Somewhere · Jun 16, 2014

Worst case, reinstall Windows. That's usually a last resort, though.

Try completely uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome.

Are you sure you updated Malwarebytes first? I've seen a few people say that it worked for them against that site.

alyoshka · Jun 16, 2014

Kaspersky will get rid of it.

COLGeek · Jun 16, 2014

Another option would be to scan the system with an off-line tool like the AVG Rescue CD.

http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd

Download and burn to CD. Boot from CD. Update definitions when asked. Perform full scan. Remove all identified.

Good luck!

COLGeek · Jun 16, 2014

Link to the Kasperky Rescue Disk 10 is below:

http://support.kaspersky.com/us/4162

InvalidError · Jun 16, 2014

Some toolbars and other adware install background applications that monitor browsers to prevent people from changing their homepage from whatever the adware set it at and a few other "nice" things of the sort. Some of these can be pretty annoying to get rid of even after uninstalling the toolbar that originally installed it. (Ex.: some freeware installers trick people into installing adware by exploiting people's tendency to spam-click "Next" during installation.)

Some of these background apps can be very annoying to get rid of. What I usually do once I know the file name and location of the unwanted program is change its file permissions to deny-all so the program cannot restart itself after I kill it. Then I hunt every reference to it in the registry and delete those. Once I am reasonably convinced that all references were removed, I restart the PC and remove the deny-all on the file so I can delete it.

Why use deny-all instead of deleting the file in the first place? Because the file is often still open due to the application still being open and because many of those things also monitor the file location for deletion so they can re-download/re-write themselves when they get deleted. By using deny-all, the file cannot be re-opened/read (for execution) and cannot be re-written either.

SICO94 · Jun 16, 2014

Jesus guys thanks for the quick replies. I actually think I have killed it as I think I missed some references in the registry and voila, no more GameHarbor.org.
However, am I being too naive and like Voldemort is it just biding it's time until it once again has enough strength to rise again and piss me off?
I think I will try Kapersky anyway just like alyoshka and COLGeek recommended

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