Win 7 firewall won't turn on, nor the McAfee firewall. Hit by "Win 7 Anti-virus 2012" trojan. Removed, but a downed firewall is a lasting legacy

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How do I get rid of malicious spyware, malware, viruses or rootkits from my PC?

I caught the Trojan right away, I think, but both my McAfee & Win 7 (x64) firewalls are not able to be engaged/turned on now. MS Error Code 0x80070424 when attempting to turn on Win 7 firewall. No viruses. Swept it with McAfee AV, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Microsoft malware removal tools. Followed Microsoft's three courses of alternative actions they posted for instructions for getting the Win 7 firewall back up and on. Nothing. Same error code. The post just said see MS support if those fixes failed.

So I removed McAfee altogether. Still Win 7 (professional version) firewall won't come on; and clean of detectable bugs.

And I'm fully updated with MS Windows 7 updates as well, which is no longer automatic, that too a legacy of the trojan bug I think. Any thoughts on how to get the Win 7 firewall operational??? And auto updating reengaged?

windows-7
64-bit
firewall
trojan
asked on Super User Jan 11, 2012 by PhxTitan • edited Mar 20, 2017 by Community

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I would give TDSSKILLER a go. You may still have a rootkit.

answered on Super User Jan 11, 2012 by opsin

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