Have i got a virus?
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search for that in google...what anti virus/spyware you got?
if it can't see that than you would be needed to find a replacement.
you could try a trial of kerpersky..or something on the free side
could try Avast ( unless that is what you use?
) also give malwarebytes a go, MSE as well.
if it can't see that than you would be needed to find a replacement.
you could try a trial of kerpersky..or something on the free side
could try Avast ( unless that is what you use?
) also give malwarebytes a go, MSE as well.
Some quick searching shows that it is a virus, try loading up safe mode and disabling it, then find the root of it, perm delete it and scan with malware/virus checkers.
From what I can find out, its caused by a internet video which downloads malicious code onto your pc - usually - from having to sort out my sisters laptop on many occasions, its usually just a registry entry.
Try scanning with AVG Free. I cannot recommend that program enough.
From what I can find out, its caused by a internet video which downloads malicious code onto your pc - usually - from having to sort out my sisters laptop on many occasions, its usually just a registry entry.
Try scanning with AVG Free. I cannot recommend that program enough.
Ah, I think I have dealt with this. Best bet, is to change any passwords you used - particularly MSN and Facebook ones in the time that you clicked on the link, to when the PC is clean.
Not sure if AVG will pick it up, but from what I can remember about these types of viruses, they have a startup entry, which is linked to directly to the registry - then it runs a program located in system32, bearing a file name which is named close to a actual windows file name which should not be deleted.
Do checkout Msconfig and look for anything suspicious in there, so sdfsdf would be a good place to start.
Edit, some more searching turned up this thread on another forum - Linky/
I quote, from a poster named Metallica -
Not sure if AVG will pick it up, but from what I can remember about these types of viruses, they have a startup entry, which is linked to directly to the registry - then it runs a program located in system32, bearing a file name which is named close to a actual windows file name which should not be deleted.
Do checkout Msconfig and look for anything suspicious in there, so sdfsdf would be a good place to start.
Edit, some more searching turned up this thread on another forum - Linky/
I quote, from a poster named Metallica -
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Avira, Avast or Microsoft Security essentials would all be a better choice of anti virus to recommend currently.
OP, also use Malwarebytes antimalware.
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MSE + Malewarebytes gets rid of most nasties.
Is that a joke?
Try using Malwarebytes and/or NOD32 - make sure you update them both and then run in Safe Mode. Before scanning, its a good job to disable System Restore and to run CCleaner to remove all the temp files etc which will make scanning quicker.
Take your pick of almost any other free anti virus and they'll be better.
Although it has improved a bit with version 9, traditionally it has had poor detection and removal rates.
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Removal could be a bit better, but I can't really say the detection rates are low.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.av-test.org/reports/2010q2/avtest_report_avg_102253.pdf
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i havnt used avg for a while but i know avast antivirus (which is also free) has a bootscanner but only works on 32 bit for some reason,, could give that a try
I believe that is for the pro version not the free version
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sjcf1: Hi, this is Keoni Chavez, Junior Community Manager with AVG. Thanks for your kind words!
MeatLoaf: Are you still having the same problem?
MeatLoaf: Are you still having the same problem?
It let plenty of viruses through on the machines I installed it on, many moons ago.
Have since moved to Avast! then later changed to Avira, which I use today, with good results.
However anything suspicious under 10MB gets uploaded to virustotal.com, which checks it with more than 30 commercial virus scanners and aggregates the results. Handy!