Posted on 03/29/2011 11:26:05 AM PDT by Professional
I don’t understand how you acquired these viri, except by downloading some files, or allowing a website to run a “scan”, which some of they try to do. It is to my knowledge not possible to catch a virus by merely looking at a site. And Avast is so good in that regard that it immediately warns you of suspected websites.
You, Sir, are a steely eyed missile man!
Malwarebytes only gets rid of viruses temporarily, and it’s not strong. It doesn’t protect your computer from new viruses. It’s worth paying for an anti-virus program. I had to reinstall windows a few months ago, and I paid for the help. The virus would shut down Internet Explorer. A message showed up saying, a problem has caused internet explorer to stop working. I got it after I downloaded something.
1. Restart computer
2. F8 while Windows boots and select safe mode.
3. Download Malwarebytes and Startup Mechanic
4. Use Startup Mechanic to clean any malware off your startup menu, use Malwarebytes to kill the virus.
5. Download WOT for firefox, it will stop scripts for bad sites.
Norton is what most hackers use to hack.
The virus had erased the anti-virus information files, so my Norton was helpless. I cured it all by downloading updated info files (also free)and running a full scan. Way at the end of the hours-long scan, it identified and destroyed the PDF file with the Trojan.
The report said the Trojan was a high risk one that read keystrokes and at least tried to connect with some outside source. Fortunately I did not have to worry about keystrokes because Norton has encrypted all my account signons and signs me in without keystrokes. All is back to normal now.
The lesson for me is to run full scans every once in a while because the limited background scan did not pick up on the Trojan.
I know this sounds like a commercial for Norton, but it sure felt good to get my old computer back.
Here is a easy Linux system you can run live surf all you want then shutdown your computer and everything is gone what ever you have picked up if any is only in ram. This link you can also see what it looks like.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pclinuxos
This does not have to be installed it will run on a computer that does not have a hard drive.
Hitman Pro is a great AV 2nd opinion scanner. I find it helpful when people get stuck with viruses.
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If you are going to download any programs, do it via CNET.COM, after reading reviews therein. The Chrome browser is pretty virus resistant, or else not a popular virus target. And it’s fast. Immediately stop any scanning scripts that websites overtly start, and never consent to allow them if they ask. All the anti-virus, anti-anything software you need can be had gratis.
For anti-virus, I’ve abandoned Norton & McAfee for Panda Cloud.
http://download.cnet.com/Panda-Cloud-Antivirus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10914099.html
I have an IMAC now, but when i had my HP for several years, I used Norton and had no problems and I go to many suspect sites. Speed was no problem.
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I'm not a computer expert by any stretch of the imagination, but malwarebytes is overrated. I once got a virus which led me to getting more viruses. I took other peoples advice about downloading malwarebytes (among other anti-virus software). Malwarebytes SEEMED to have fixed my problem and cleaned my computer of all viruses. Yet a couple hours later the viruses re-generated themselves.
In a search for other anti-virus software, I came across a post on a message board by someone who said he took his virus infected computer to a 60 dollar an hour computer expert who cleaned out his computer of all viruses and returned it, this time with an anti-virus software called avast installed. I figured that if a high priced computer repair expert thought highly enough of Avast anti-virus software, maybe I should give it a try.
I tried to download Avast, but the viruses I had prevented me from downloading it. So I used the malwarebytes to temporarily supress the viruses long enough to allow me to download Avast. It worked. I installed and ran Avast. It gave my computer the MOST thorough cleaning it ever had. It took many, many hours, and got rid of all the viruses for good. I swear by Avast now. And Avast is free.
Norton is a hog...get rid of it..
Yes, you can get stuff by just visiting a page from what I understand. Also, by clicking a x to close the window is a new trick with these things too. If you get a pop up, you are supposed to hit ctrl alt del, then shut that window down. If you click on the x instead, you’ve just started the destruction chain....
One thing for sure, the longer you try to fix it yourself, and restart, fiddle, the deeper hole you may be digging. In my case, if I’d just immediately called msft, the problem would have been solved much much faster, and I would not have gotten worked up enough to lose my marbles.
Yes, I read many of these web stories here at FR and it is quite irritating to see how a bunch of finger waggers really enjoy needling folks about porn, yada yada.
Any topic that is extremely likely to be a popular search, is a candidate for these problems. And again, web searches regarding virus removal, is just about the most dangerous of them all.
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