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HeatherRose
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Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
So my computer keeps telling me I have spyware installed (to the point that I can't even use it, I'm using my laptop right now) and it pops open this website to buy the software to delete it  as if thats real!
other then that it just keeps opening a million webpages! and I cannot do a single thing! it also removed my desktop wallpaper
here's what i have tried so far, but none of it has worked:
I did a system restore to last week when I know it was fine but this didn't change anything with the spyware
I went to add/remove hardware and looked for anything odd, but found nothing
I cleared all the history from the internet and deleted everything in the tools setting
I ran Norton 360 several times, but it doesn't find anything
PLEASE HELP!! what else can I do??
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Posted 10/12/08 7:49 PM  |
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danielleandscott
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
Run lavasoft adware
and Spybot search and destroy
You can find them on the internet
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| Posted 10/12/08 7:54 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
Posted by danielleandscott
Run lavasoft adware
and Spybot search and destroy
You can find them on the internet
I cant get on the internet it just keeps poping up new windows is there a way I can get it on my laptop then transfer it over as a program and install it that way??
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| Posted 10/12/08 7:59 PM |
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BabyBoy
is Skylar Elizabeth
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Tom
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
so if you have another pc, download it there, then either burn it or transfer to a memory card/stick etc...then run the progrom on that bad computer.
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:02 PM |
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HeatherRose
Life is Good :)
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
Posted by BabyBoy
so if you have another pc, download it there, then either burn it or transfer to a memory card/stick etc...then run the progrom on that bad computer.
thanks!! is one of those programs better then the other??
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:07 PM |
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BabyBoy
is Skylar Elizabeth
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Tom
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
Posted by HeatherRose
Posted by BabyBoy
so if you have another pc, download it there, then either burn it or transfer to a memory card/stick etc...then run the progrom on that bad computer.
thanks!! is one of those programs better then the other??
you are using both of them...
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:21 PM |
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Dulcinea
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
Same thing happen to me recently. My browser was hijacked and kept spawning ad windows periodically. I used AVG Anti-Virus (it's free) and it removed the virus completely.
You can probably find it on download.com
Also tried spybot and adaware but they weren't as effective.
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| Posted 10/12/08 11:41 PM |
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Sassyz75
Turning a new page
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Re: Computer Virus PLEASE HELP!!!
My dad got the same one- the only thing that helped was buying help from Macafee for like $80
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| Posted 10/13/08 9:02 AM |
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