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[Q] ICS alpha 5

Hello everyone, First time posting long time reader. Only rooted about 30 phones so far, so I am still a noob. Well I decided to go ahead and try out the ICS alpha 5. It is working for the most part. Here is my problem. I can not get on the market to download anything. So, I thought maybe a bad install. Powered down the phone went into hboot to rewipe, and reinstall.
This is when things go wrong. Selected wipe, and nothing, so I tried to select install from zip, and nothing. Had to pull battery to do hard restart. So, I was okay, let try this a different way. Loaded the phone backup, and connected to PC, and went to change to MTP so I could transfer over the APK files. It force closes everytime I try to do anything.
Here is what I would like to try and happen. I would like to try another ROM, or another ICS, but I can not figure out a way to get it onto the phone, and with hboot messed up, I am running out of options that I am aware of.
Thank you for any help that is provided, even the bad news. (BTW love the I am noob video)

Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
As tiny4579 below me said, Alpha 5 is supposed to have USB mass storage, so I would use that
If that doesn't work, you can download this
Alternatively, you can use samba filesharing for a wireless option (transfer will be slower)
Or... just download the ROM on the phone, then you don't need to transfer anything

Not sure if MTP works on this phone. Its not available on stock sense. Use USB mass storage and see how that works. I saw posted that alpha 5 should support it. If not there are apps for that.
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demarcmj said:
Personally I wouldn't call having rooted 30 phones a "noob" but that is just me. Unless of course you mean the same phone, 30 different times I've only ever owned the Incredible
Since you claim to be a noob, hopefully this question won't offend you...
Did you remember to flash the Google Apps package liked to in kush's main post?
EDIT: Sorry I didn't read the whole thing so I didn't see that you actually had two problems. For the market problem, see above. For the question about how to get something on to your SD card without MTP...
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Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.

need to make sure
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.

Elsore said:
Not offended at all. Just wanted to get that out. I can't install the Google app pack due to not being able to do anything from hboot. I will try your other way you suggested and see if I can get it to work. Thanks for the quick reply.
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I must be having a bad reading day, because I completely missed the fact that you were having trouble with hboot too.
Elsore said:
okay I am wanting to make sure I am doing this right. I have internet access on the phone and am able to surf with it just fine. When I go to the market place via webpage, and click install, It never installs anything. I look in the download folder and nothing. Not sure what other option's I have.
btw, this is the first time I have had any issues, so I guess now is as good as any other time to have one.
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If you can't flash the gapps package, then you wont be able to get things from the market, either through the web interface or through your phone.
You can get the gapps package by just opening up xda in your browser and navigating to that post and downloading it from there, but I don't know if you can just extract the zip and install the apks. I think you probably need to be able to flash it, but I'm not sure.
It seems like your best course of action would be to figure out how to fix your hboot, since that seems to be the main problem. If you can't find anything by searching I would create a new, more aptly-titled, post.

yeah, not sure I will be able to unzip it on my phone either. I might just chalk this one up to oops. I might head on over to the store and check out that nexus. This way I will have my ICS already lol. Plus the inc has been a good phone for the many years, but 4.6" screen is just calling my name.
I might have messed up my phone on a subconsciousness level.

Update
Just wanted to give an update. I am somewhat up and running again. What i had to do was take the memory out of my phone, put it in one of the adapters, and format fat32 again, and put the copy of the Stock rom back on it. That has the phone up, Hboot is still jacked up. Going to start a new thread to see if anyone else has had the problems I have. Thanks for your input.

Interesting stuff with usb sniffer

I was messing around with the programs "Snoopy Pro" with "Source Usb" and noticed i got a lot of interesting things.I myself don't really know what to do with it,but iam sure it could come in use.(If it hasn't been done before)I reset to the original kin os and run snoopy pro and got this in the picture i added.I noticed the program "Source Usb" can grab a lot more,but you have to buy the program to save it.

cadogan32 said:
I was messing around with the programs "Snoopy Pro" with "Source Usb" and noticed i got a lot of interesting things.I myself don't really know what to do with it,but iam sure it could come in use.(If it hasn't been done before)I reset to the original kin os and run snoopy pro and got this in the picture i added.I noticed the program "Source Usb" can grab a lot more,but you have to buy the program to save it.
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I dont quite see how this helps us. Can you please explain?

Snoopy pro
I was hoping this could show us how to access the Bootloader when you do a complete reset on the phone.(Maybe even make a driver for it)I couldn't really find any post's on here about it,so thought maybe someone might know what to do with it.

cadogan32 said:
I was hoping this could show us how to access the Bootloader when you do a complete reset on the phone.(Maybe even make a driver for it)I couldn't really find any post's on here about it,so thought maybe someone might know what to do with it.
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Ok thats a good reason. I will take a look into this stuff and see what I can do.

I didn't post the full list of commands but it seems like there is a lot of useful stuff going on when it connects too the modem / bootloader.The only other thing im gonna try is the DFS cdma evolution tool which is supposed to read the EFS filesystem on the "movinand" chip.But i think if you or someone with a lot of knowledge on figuring out what all those commands mean can put together some kind of driver or something.Hoping we could find a way to dump the files when the phone is getting hard reset(the modem reset or whatever)I'll keep posting updates if i come up with anything new.

Digital2 Platinum Pad 8 - D2-861G-BK

So I created this topic because there is hardly anything on the internet regarding this tablet. I just recently purchased it from Best Buy and it took me quite some time to find something that would help me root it. Finally, I tried vroot ( a rooting application) and I succeeded in rooting my tablet. I don't have the exact link I used to get vroot but a simple Google search should suffice. Anyway, I figured I'd start this topic for anyone and everyone who uses this tablet or knows of this tablet to discuss any other developments. For now, if anyone needs help rooting their tablet and getting superuser running, I'm here to help.~
For now, I hope you all can figure out how to use vroot (yes, I know it's in Chinese. I can not read Chinese but it was pretty simple to get through the process of rooting.) Anyway, I don't remember the specifics but if anyone else gets through it, I ask that you please post some details on how you did it for everyone else to get through it as well. Hopefully, with time, we can get some good stuff going with this tablet. Could anyone figure out how to get CWM Recovery running on it? I'm a bit new to this and I don't want to screw anything up.

Thanks for the heads up! I also bought this tablet about a month ago. I was impressed with how thin and light it was, and how nice and bright the (IPS) screen was, especially for a cheaper "no-name" tablet. I've since found virtually no online support for this. D2 didn't even seem to list it on their own website. Although, finally today, I found this thread, and this site: http://www.d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=585. Seem the model is exclusive to Best Buy.
The only problem I've had with this tablet is that on rare occasions, if the screen is left on too long, the touch controls go a bit haywire, detecting random touches all over the place, and not really responding. Simply turning the screen off and back on fixes the problem. (Also, the camera is kind of ****ty, but I don't really care about that)
Anyhow, I'll definitely be trying to root this tomorrow. I take it you didn't need any special drivers? I came across this (http://scottyzone.com/2014/03/17/connect-the-d2-961g-to-adb-using-google-usb-drivers/), which I'll try if I can't get the tablet connected to my computer properly to run Vroot.
Thanks!

arpitp said:
Thanks for the heads up! I also bought this tablet about a month ago. I was impressed with how thin and light it was, and how nice and bright the (IPS) screen was, especially for a cheaper "no-name" tablet. I've since found virtually no online support for this. D2 didn't even seem to list it on their own website. Although, finally today, I found this thread, and this site: http://www.d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=585. Seem the model is exclusive to Best Buy.
The only problem I've had with this tablet is that on rare occasions, if the screen is left on too long, the touch controls go a bit haywire, detecting random touches all over the place, and not really responding. Simply turning the screen off and back on fixes the problem. (Also, the camera is kind of ****ty, but I don't really care about that)
Anyhow, I'll definitely be trying to root this tomorrow. I take it you didn't need any special drivers? I came across this (http://scottyzone.com/2014/03/17/connect-the-d2-961g-to-adb-using-google-usb-drivers/), which I'll try if I can't get the tablet connected to my computer properly to run Vroot.
Thanks!
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Thank you for bringing some needed attention to this topic! I actually used the Vroot application, rather than the software. It took a few tries but I got it to work. If you want to try the software, however, I've connected it to my computer numerous times without the need for any special drivers. Only thing I can suggest is the generic google drivers. By the way, I reverse searched the tablet's hardware and kernel and came across a duplicate device from China. It is exactly identical right down to the appearance, hardware and software to our tablet. It is called the Chuwi VX8 and the only difference is that it comes in white rather than black.
After making this discovery I came across a nice little development topic for the clone device (http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?16025-Chuwi-VX8-RileyROM-1-1) and it seems they've founded good amount of research into the tablet. They've come up with a rom (I've yet to test), CWM Recovery (Unable to flash. If anyone else can try, that'd be dandy.), root methods (with links), among other things. It seems that anything that would work with the Chuwi tablet SHOULD work with the Digital2 Platinum Pad 8. The same rooting method was required and everything about the two tablets is perfectly identical so I'm led to believe they're going to be able to use identical roms or recoveries. I'll look more into flashing CWM Recovery tonight and get back to you on my results.

Josh8550 said:
Thank you for bringing some needed attention to this topic! I actually used the Vroot application, rather than the software. It took a few tries but I got it to work.
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Which app exactly are you referring to. I thought it was something in the Play Store, but no luck finding what you're referring to.

arpitp said:
Which app exactly are you referring to. I thought it was something in the Play Store, but no luck finding what you're referring to.
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Found this link (http://products.mgyun.com/api/downjump?id=846) just for you. It should work but let me now whether or not it does. It's the exe for computers but if it doesn't work Google "vroot apk" for the app.

Josh8550 said:
Found this link (http://products.mgyun.com/api/downjump?id=846) just for you. It should work but let me now whether or not it does. It's the exe for computers but if it doesn't work Google "vroot apk" for the app.
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As you mentioned, the link was for the (Windows) software. It requires ADB connection to a computer (usually requires special drivers).
When you said you used the application instead of the software, I assumed you used an APK. However, there is no apk of (the official) Vroot (it was designed to work through Windows). That makes me think the root app you used was something else. So I have to ask... what did you use to root this device?

vRoot is now iRoot
First off, I'd like to thank you for starting this topic. I've searched all over since I bought this tablet a couple of months ago but couldn't find any information. When I did a google search for vroot, i found http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot and the software is now called iRoot, and is in english. The main link on the page is for the windows ADB version, and there's a link further down the page for "iRoot for Mobile", which will give you the APK. Now that I've got root, I'll keep trying to get CWM recovery to work, and maybe we can start seeing some ROMs come out for this great device!
UPDATE: (IMPORTANT, please read): The APK does not work. or at least, I couldn't get it to work on my device. It tells you that you've got root, but doesn't really give it to you. Download the computer based exe from the link that Josh8550 posted earlier.
You will need developer permissions (Settings -> About Tablet -> tap Build Number until it tells you you're a developer).
Install ADB and Drivers on windows PC (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979)
Connect tablet to PC with USB cable.
Run vRoot (iRoot) on PC. Program will connect to tablet and check for root.
Click the "Get Root" button.
Wait...
Tablet will reboot.
Wait...
Program will connect to tablet and check for root.
Program should verify that you have root.
Download and Install SuperSU from the Play Store.
Open SuperSU and Update SU Binary. You will have to give SuperSU root permissions from the chinese interface (choose the box on the right, don't mark the check box).
Reboot.
Congratulations! You now have root access. Enjoy!
More info to come later...

nahrwoldinternet said:
First off, I'd like to thank you for starting this topic. I've searched all over since I bought this tablet a couple of months ago but couldn't find any information. When I did a google search for vroot, i found http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot and the software is now called iRoot, and is in english. The main link on the page is for the windows ADB version, and there's a link further down the page for "iRoot for Mobile", which will give you the APK. Now that I've got root, I'll keep trying to get CWM recovery to work, and maybe we can start seeing some ROMs come out for this great device!
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Thanks man. I couldn't find the link to the apk again so that's a huge help for everyone here. I'll try to get CWM recovery working soon then I'll see about getting Cyanogenmod 11 ported over.

Rooting Digital 2 tablets
Hey everyone.
I successfully rooted with Kingo ROOT using my PC, however now Im stuck. Cant seem to find ROMs or Mods compatible with this tablet.
Any info out there would be great. Im running a 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

Rooted now what?
Did you ever try the cwmr or cyanogen ROM you had mentioned above?

[email protected] said:
Did you ever try the cwmr or cyanogen ROM you had mentioned above?
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I did, and ended up hard bricking it for months until I finally got it back out, fixed it and gave up.

I also have the D2-861G and ended up bricking it but have been unable to fix it, would you mind telling me how you got it back up and running.

Microsoft Office Mobile on Note PRO 12.2 LTE

Could anybody please show us how to install Microsoft Office Mobile on the Note PRO 12.2 LTE? I keep getting an error saying that the app cannot be installed since the device is not a phone.

petercohen said:
Could anybody please show us how to install Microsoft Office Mobile on the Note PRO 12.2 LTE? I keep getting an error saying that the app cannot be installed since the device is not a phone.
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From what I've seen on the G+ community, you can install it but it will only function as a viewer on devices over 10". Because of that I have not bothered with it, but I will look and see what I can find out for you.
EDIT: It installed fine for me, but it does function only as a viewer with an Office 365 subscription. To install, I just opened the Google + app. Went to the Microsoft Office for Android Tablets group. You will need to join it if you haven't already. Once you have accessed the group, click the drop down on the header and follow the links in the instructions to become a tester and install the apps.

petercohen said:
Could anybody please show us how to install Microsoft Office Mobile on the Note PRO 12.2 LTE? I keep getting an error saying that the app cannot be installed since the device is not a phone.
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I have read it somewhere that it is only for the tablet with a size of 7 inch to 10 inch. So you have to wait till ms comes up a new version for all kinda devices.

I just downloaded Word, Excel, and Powerpoint from the Play Store and it runs great on the Note Pro. I have a valid Office365 Subscription and I must say it's actually much better than the Hancom suite that's on the tablet.

tdetroit, can you save a file to the SD card with those programs? I'm having a heck of a time trying to save a file using hancon or office suite 8. Both of those can not save to the SD card because of kitKat. Office Suite doesn't even save back to Dropbox and once you open a file that was on a SD card it seems impossible to save it anywhere. Until this problem is fixed, we can never use this tablet for real work stuff.

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tdetroit, can you save a file to the SD card with those programs? I'm having a heck of a time trying to save a file using hancon or office suite 8. Both of those can not save to the SD card because of kitKat. Office Suite doesn't even save back to Dropbox and once you open a file that was on a SD card it seems impossible to save it anywhere. Until this problem is fixed, we can never use this tablet for real work stuff.
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Sure you can. If you are rooted install xsposed and there is a module you can download and enable to allow full access to the ext sd. . The is also a guide here that can show you how to go into the build.prop and edit some stuff to fix. However i didnt have luck with that like others but the module works like a charm and i can save to external with all my apps on kit kat
I m xsposed download just search kit kat external and you should find it. .or kitkat sdcard

Thank you but I'm not rooted yet. Scared.

treetopsranch said:
Thank you but I'm not rooted yet. Scared.
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Nah nothing to be scared of and only going to make it so much better

Zugshad said:
Nah nothing to be scared of and only going to make it so much better
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Why not being scared of it?hehe sorry but have read some cases where it has bricked devices

Valholy said:
Why not being scared of it?hehe sorry but have read some cases where it has bricked devices
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Important distinction... "some"....
Cautious is a better description.
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muzzy996 said:
Important distinction... "some"....
Cautious is a better description.
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Would you mind giving some advice as I have the same model as you p900,have read some tutorials, some say you have to select files for the exact same compile version you have, others that its enough by selecting the model type, and have read that once you root you can start having blue screens.

You can be cautious and still brick this device. Still scared here.

Valholy said:
Would you mind giving some advice as I have the same model as you p900,have read some tutorials, some say you have to select files for the exact same compile version you have, others that its enough by selecting the model type, and have read that once you root you can start having blue screens.
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It's been a year since I rooted and when I did so I just followed the CF-Autoroot thread to do it. I'd have to completely wipe my tablet and start from scratch to give a better guide than that. Whichever way you go, as long as you're following a root method that someone specifically wrote for your variant you should be fine.
Often where I've seen people get into trouble is flashing entire images of systems onto their devices that were meant for another variation of the device. In those cases if the system files are different it can cause instabilities and whats worse is if the partitions are different causing the device to soft brick.
When Lollipop comes out for the SM-P900 I'm guessing guides will get updated to reflect root methods more clearly for it. I'll likely full wipe my tablet at that point and try to document the process.
As for the blue screen issues, I can't say what's going on with that . . I've never seen it on my device. I've had random crashes when I didn't completely disable Knox but once I did that I was golden . .

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It's been a year since I rooted and when I did so I just followed the CF-Autoroot thread to do it. I'd have to completely wipe my tablet and start from scratch to give a better guide than that. Whichever way you go, as long as you're following a root method that someone specifically wrote for your variant you should be fine.
Often where I've seen people get into trouble is flashing entire images of systems onto their devices that were meant for another variation of the device. In those cases if the system files are different it can cause instabilities and whats worse is if the partitions are different causing the device to soft brick.
When Lollipop comes out for the SM-P900 I'm guessing guides will get updated to reflect root methods more clearly for it. I'll likely full wipe my tablet at that point and try to document the process.
As for the blue screen issues, I can't say what's going on with that . . I've never seen it on my device. I've had random crashes when I didn't completely disable Knox but once I did that I was golden . .
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Got so much to research then about disabling knox and rooting,looking forward for your guide when lollipop comes out.

Rootkit on LG G4. Takes over my network and can't remove it.

So last month I was following a tutorial on how to install ManageIQ. One of the steps involved pasting someone elses JSON on my google cloud account. That part of the tutorial was now changed with "generate your own private key".
Well, next thing I know my entire network got hacked, every single device too, my gmail account completely stolen, all passwords included etc. I didnt know that pasting someone elses Json key was basically giving access of everything to someone else.
The LG G4 was infected with some kind of malicious **** that as soon as I turn it on and connect it to my network, it opens my network to everyone.
The problem is ; I cant remove the rootkit because I cant root the phone. When I try to do it, I get a "this phone is from singapore and cant be unlocked" (?) message on he LG page, even tho its an International LG G4 H815 and shouldnt have this problem.
Yes, I already made several factory resets and using both methods (volume key down and by just doing it through the Opions menu), already tried with a brand new google account after one of these resets but still nothing. Same results. Today was ver obvious that the my phone was one of the issues because everything on my network was working fine until I decided to turn the g4 on after like 2 weeks..I wanted to check whatsapp.. And then I started to see random processes on my PC, ipsec, ssh enabled on my router, people getting access to the webcams of all devices (Im not joking) and all the nightmarish stuff Ive been suffering all this time. It came back once again.
One thing I noticed is that theres a ton of credentials that looks weird. Could someone with a clean lg g4 upload pictures of their credentials page on their phone? Also I cant remove all credentials because its greyed out.
Will upload screenshots of my credentials, later, so you can see and maybe tell me if something looks shady.
Solutions? Thanks.
EDIT: Here are all the credentials I got:
imgur . com / a / lA66Z
It gives me the option to encrypt and sd i dont have, altho I read this is a common issue.
I didnt take direct screenshots because im scared of plugging this into my PC right now so I just took photos. These pictures were taken right after a factory reset (low volume key method), just now.

Have you tried this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848

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Have you tried this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
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Interesting. Would this work on a H815 with android 6.0?

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Have you tried this?
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Ok, installed using LGUP, refurbish option.
The certificates are still there tho.
Can I assume my phone is safe now ?

same problem

genjumain said:
Ok, installed using LGUP, refurbish option.
The certificates are still there tho.
Can I assume my phone is safe now ?
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No security expert here, nor programmer, just a reader of these forums. But it seems pretty unlikely to me that you would have caught something that gets so deep into the system that it's still there after an lgup flash.
I have a bunch of things (about 40, maybe?) in the trusted credentials, too, so I guess that's normal?

genjumain said:
Ok, installed using LGUP, refurbish option.
The certificates are still there tho.
Can I assume my phone is safe now ?
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After flashing the kdz your phone is clean if it was infected but! if you restore apps you may get infected again (IF it was a smartphone virus).
The trusted certificate authorities in your screens looking fine and the reason why you cannot remove them is they are coming with the android OS.
Your main problem seems to me your PC or PCs . I would run an offline antivirus scan with a boot ISO. I would do it in 2 steps. Step 1 would be to run the AV boot ISO scan on your system partitions only to see if it find anything. Do this with different scanners is highly recommended!!
If you found something I recommend to reinstall the OS! Cleaning is no 100% choice.
You should download at least 2 (3 are the top most I would use) of the free boot ISOs:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/13-anti...-compared-in-search-for-the-best-rescue-disk/
You can make your life easier when using a method to make multiple boot ISOs e.g. on one USB stick:
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/integra...ne-single-disc-or-usb-flash-drive-with-sardu/
If you really do not want to reinstall your OS the next step is to scan ALL your data as well.
To be honest the above can be a VERY time consuming process and there will be still a risk that not every virus can be caught. The only chance to be clean is reinstall the OS of your PC. I assume it is windows so it may be the time to think about installing Linux instead the security concept of Linux is different to windows and keep in mind that 95% of viruses target windows systems.
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