Virus prevents Norton 360 from finishing load after restart

I've got a cute little worm on my PC.  It shuts down any program I try to run as soon as I open it, even the Windows Task Manager.  It loads on start-up and I can't get it to shut off.

 

I managed (I'm not sure how) to get my Norton updated to 360 v5.0, but when it removed the old Norton that my computer came with and restarted the computer...the virus shuts the Norton installer down as soon as it starts up.  I can't finish the installation and now I have absolutely no virus protection...not that it matters, I can't run a program to get another virus anyway.

 

I've pulled the net cable from the PC to halt any phishing the virus might try while I'm not paying attention to it.

 

I'm on my back-up computer trying to figure out how to get Norton to finish installing, so I can fix my primary computer.

 

The virus manifests as a fake anti-virus program called Privacy Protection.  Any time I try to open a program, it shuts it down and claims it has a malicious virus called "W32/blaster.worm".  I know it's lying to me though, it is the virus...I just can't stop it.

 

I imagine once Norton can finish installing, I'll be able to cull it...but I can't get Norton to finish.

 

See if I ever let my renewal lapse again, ha!

 

Any ideas?

Installing an antivirus product on an already infected machine is rarely successful.  I would recommend one of the following free malware removal forums to get cleaned up.

 

Don't click on anything, as the advertising is not useful to you. Sign in or create an account and describe your problem as best you can. The helpers are trained in safe malware removal. Trying the wrong product to remove the infection can damage your system.  Bleeping is quite backed up at the moment so I would suggest one of the others.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/

http://forums.whatthetech.com/

http://support.emsisoft.com/forum/6-help-my-pc-is-infected/ 

Very nice info, thanks for your help.