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I’ve been hit with viruses from time to time. My advice is to back up all your files and then take it to a pro to have it cleaned. I downloaded all those free programs and they did nothing for me. In fact, they fight against each other. I’ve forgotten which ones I used, but SpyBot was one of them. By the time I was done fooling around and turned it over to the Geek Squad, I had more than 15,000 viruses on my computer.

I now use a gizmo called “Click Free” that backs up my computer every day. I installed the multiple version of it on my network at the office. This gadget cost only $99 for the single version and about $150 for the multiple version — available at Best Buy.

I also have Carbonite, advertised by Hannity and Rush, that backs up my files off site. That works, and I restored my work computer with it a couple of months ago when I was blind sided by a virus that just came in and zapped my while I was working. I’m not quite sure why my network consultant had me install the second program.

I always found Spybot and Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware to be wonderful programs. I guess it depends on what kind of crazy virus your infected with. I have a Dell, no longer under warranty(I just did not find it worth it to spend 250 bucks for 4 years just to get some guy on the phone who had no clue what he was doing). I’ve had many scares with my computer but always found those spyware programs to be very beneficial. I use FireFox and those pesky viruses still find a way to get through, even without you realizing it til its too late. WOW 15,000 viruses..never heard of that many on one machine. That’s incredible..a few is horrible, can’t imagine 15,000, glad you got everything cleared up. Yes always always always back up your drive with everything that is important to you, because once its gone its gone.

I also have Carbonite, advertised by Hannity and Rush, that backs up my files off site.

I do backups to an outboard Terabyte hard drive (about $90.00). Not sure that I trust Carbonite or any other "off site" solution. When I unplug the USB cable my data is safe as a church and available even if I lose the Internet.

To each his/her own...

Regards,
GtG

By the time I was done fooling around and turned it over to the Geek Squad, I had more than 15,000 viruses on my computer.

The computer I am using right now was like that when it was given to me, I used freeware like Avast, anti malwarebytes, and superantispyware to clean it up, now it works great, and the free ware, including windows defender, and windows firewall keeps it clean.