spam please help
- Thread starter fez00
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Turn off system restore
Boot to Safe Mode (press F8 during boot up)
Run Malware Bytes, Spybot and SaS, write down anything they find.
Try to use the above programs to remove the malware, but if the problem still occurs, tell us what problems they found.
There will probably be a specialist tool to remove whatever infection it is.
Bear in mind, that you probably have a very nasty rootkit infection, so the quickest and best option is almost certainly to re-install the OS. It honestly is often more hassle than it's worth trying to remove these types of infection.
If you use your machine for any kind of online banking, or online purchases, then I really wouldn't consider anything other than a fresh install of the OS.
Boot to Safe Mode (press F8 during boot up)
Run Malware Bytes, Spybot and SaS, write down anything they find.
Try to use the above programs to remove the malware, but if the problem still occurs, tell us what problems they found.
There will probably be a specialist tool to remove whatever infection it is.
Bear in mind, that you probably have a very nasty rootkit infection, so the quickest and best option is almost certainly to re-install the OS. It honestly is often more hassle than it's worth trying to remove these types of infection.
If you use your machine for any kind of online banking, or online purchases, then I really wouldn't consider anything other than a fresh install of the OS.
Only if you haven't got your data on a seperate partition or the ability to plug the drive into another computer (ie; the one you are posting from) to recover your data first.
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Try re-installing IE 8? or just use Chrome or FireFox? I personally prefer these browsers
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