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Possible Computer Virus (Need Advice)
n/a | 2-25-2012 | Me

Posted on 02/25/2012 9:46:12 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj

I've had more and more difficulties with accessing webpages (serious slowdown and pages freezing up) along with rapid bumping-off of being logged in to different websites (such as IMDb, eBay, etc.), for which I should be permanently logged in (or at least in eBay's case, for 24 hours). I go through maybe 5-10 pages or less and I get inexplicably knocked off. Again, it's not localized to just a few websites, but across the board. This computer is less than 2 years old, doesn't have a lot of memory used (or junk cluttering the system).

I have Kaspersky anti-virus and ran a scan, but it shows no viruses. I did a defrag and it was no help, and also a checkdisk scan at start-up, and that also did nothing to improve the situation.

Any ideas as to what is wrong with my computer ? I am stumped. Thanks.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
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1 posted on 02/25/2012 9:46:15 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Try Malwarebytes (free edition).


2 posted on 02/25/2012 9:49:06 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Check with your service provider to make sure your DNS settings haven’t been hijacked.


3 posted on 02/25/2012 9:53:09 PM PST by Company Man (La Quinta -- Spanish for "Next to Denny's")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Try superantispyware free, and Malwarebytesantimalware, free.

Do quick scans with each and then do the deep scans.

Actually I would concentrate on the Superantispyware first.

Do you set the Kaspersky on it’s deepest scan version when you scan?


4 posted on 02/25/2012 9:53:25 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Are you on DSL or cable?

I do know AT&T DSL has been having trouble in our area.

5 posted on 02/25/2012 9:54:23 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

How many different browsers have you tried?
Does the same thing happen in different browsers?

I had a very old computer and it was getting bogged down but I started using Chrome (it was faster) - then I have this new one and I still use Chrome - much faster than IE and FF.

Cool thing about chrome - you can right click at the top tabs and delete running programs with a quick task manager - I watch a bunch of videos and that slows down the puter.


6 posted on 02/25/2012 9:56:13 PM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: mkmensinger

I got a virus, one of those fake anti-virus ones... it was a borrowed computer. I downloaded something to kill it but it also killed some important files in the PC. I really bungled that one.

It wouldn’t let me add Malware Bytes, it should have been there before it.


7 posted on 02/25/2012 9:56:33 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: ansel12; mkmensinger

I’ll give the Malwarebytes a run right now. And, yes, I do have Kaspersky set to full scan.


8 posted on 02/25/2012 9:56:40 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: The Cajun

Comcast/Xfinity. Cable (wireless).


9 posted on 02/25/2012 10:03:47 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: libertarian27

This slowdown has only been recent. I don’t use different browsers.


10 posted on 02/25/2012 10:05:07 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Could be your line is noisy or your router/ DSL modem is going bad. Check with your service provider first to run a diagnostic on your line. There should also be diagnostics you can run from the computer to check the router/modem.


11 posted on 02/25/2012 10:07:22 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: mkmensinger

Malwarebytes is excellent for cleaning up. For running protection, get rid of the heavy dinosaurs like Kaspersky, Symantec and the others and go with Avast.


12 posted on 02/25/2012 10:07:44 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I have several different browsers, even Safari athough it crashed my PC when I tried it.


13 posted on 02/25/2012 10:09:15 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Are we still supposed to run defrag??

I thought that went out with the invention of the Gigabyte. heh


14 posted on 02/25/2012 10:10:32 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I would assume you have security protocols in place with your wireless modem?
15 posted on 02/25/2012 10:12:32 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: GeronL
It wouldn’t let me add Malware Bytes, it should have been there before it.

You can always use a second computer to download it onto a flash drive, you can even change the name of it to fool the malware.

16 posted on 02/25/2012 10:17:57 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Are you using a wifi connection?
Have you refreshed your connection?
Your computer is new but how old is your router?
What browser are you using?


17 posted on 02/25/2012 10:20:09 PM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Just to compare notes, I just got a new computer after being bogged down with various virus and malware attacks. I had even installed Norton Antivirus to get rid of them, which seemed to work for a while, but I still periodically had problems associated with “svchost” (sic) I learned various ways out of an “attack”, such as returning to a checkpoint. To do this I would wait exactly six minutes after being hung on a “complete” notice in the boot, which usually just flashed by, then a screen would appear with the prompt to reload from a checkpoint. More recently I had had success with the “extreme patience” approach of clicking a button and waiting ten minutes or more for a prompt, to get through a shutdown, even though this took well over an hour. Finally, I did this and the boot failed anyway, and at the six minute timeout, a black screen appeared.

So, it was off to the store. I had saved some stuff on thumbnails, but I may attempt to access my old hard drive to copy all my user files onto my new TWO TERABYTE hard drive. I can’t get over that ... TWO TERABYTES.


18 posted on 02/25/2012 10:32:18 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: ansel12

I have been thinking about getting an old computer and running it without a hard drive using a Linux OS on a CD. No viruses and no tracking cookies, just turn it off and there is nothing saved.


19 posted on 02/25/2012 10:35:07 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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I’m running the Malwarebytes scan at present, which will likely take some time to do. I had some difficulty getting it started, receiving the same types of error messages I get with looking at so many webpages (i.e. “page is not responding”).


20 posted on 02/25/2012 10:41:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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