# I just got suckerpunched by malware!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-just-got-suckerpunched-by-malware/302943>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-just-got-suckerpunched-by-malware/302943 "2010-01-11T01:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-just-got-suckerpunched-by-malware/302943/1 "2010-01-11T01:14:45Z")

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Well, I’m recovering.

\*Immediately when everything started “crappying out” (at exactly 23:09 Jan 8, 2010. I still have no idea how the malware got in), I killed the computer and booted in from a Live CD Linux distro I had laying around (and somehow all the ones I use regularly are still in America, so I was a little stuck). As the distro didn’t work with my “mobile internet” I was stuck without internet. I really had to McGuyver myself out of that situation.

I could go on how I bravely slayed the dragon and now am living a peaceful life again, but I’m worried it’s head is still lying around on my hard drive waiting to jump up and bite me again.\*

I’m now looking into a few more AntiVirus tools than just SpyBot Search & Destroy, and I see several recommended online.

However, I’m not going to download the first free system maintenance program I see. I need to know it’s actually safe.

**What programs do you guys know are safe and use to hunt down malicious processes?** (Note, for my own safety, I will be ignoring recommendations from users with less than 200 posts)