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#1 |
is in your head...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: hanover PA
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this stupid program got into my computer somehow and i can't get it out. it is dropping porn links all over my desktop and keeps popping up wanting me to buy it. how do i get rid of it for good? i know nothing about computers, so it has to be simple.
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Serious Business
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Moto: 1993 ZX-11 2008 CBR1000rr
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google malwarebytes
install and run full scan |
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#3 |
is in your head...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: hanover PA
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thanks. that sounds simple enough.
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I hate to push MS products but the MS Malicious Software Removal Tool works really well if the malwarebytes doesn't fix it.
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#5 |
What?
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Lancaster, PA
Moto: Dirt
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Here is the simple way...
![]() ![]() Any other way involves some trial and error. Malwarebites is a good one. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Avast might work. (home edition is free) http://www.avast.com/ There are probably many more but these two have worked well for me in the past. Otherwise, you're looking at a manual clean up. Usually the best way to get rid of a nasty bug is to format your computer and start from scratch.
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SFL Expatriate #2
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC
Moto: CBR1000
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Those things are getting nasty. A friend of mine just got that on his computer and it blocks AVG, Malwarebytes, Safe Mode, Task Manager, and every other program except itself. Oh, and it put .exe files on the "safe to run" list in the regsitry and downloaded about 50M worth of 'em. Who knows what they're doing. Even a "repair installation" of XP didn't fix the problem. Had to resort to a format and reinstall.
Good luck! Oh, and unplug your infected PC from the internet, the last thing you want that doing is sending all your passwords around. |
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Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: nothing...
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I just switched from AVG to Avira for all that shit and am very impressed. Avira runs light and detects new shit every scan. AVG was ok in previous versions, but this newest one just fucking sucks the life out of your system resources. I kid you not, sitting stagnant in the background, I found it sitting on 100MB of RAM.
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Bored
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sumter, SC
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Serious Business
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Location: New York
Moto: 1993 ZX-11 2008 CBR1000rr
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Keyboard Racer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mile High City
Moto: Old Superbikes
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"Hijack This" is supposed to be good, but I heard it's not simple.
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