Jan
I have a wired virus when I turn on my computer my background changes to some commorcial of videos and my homepage changes to the same web site and I hate it, How can I remove this virus.
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System restore would probably work the best.
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1. If you have an Antivirus program you believe is good, give the Antivirus program a scan.
2. System restore, if you just got this virus today, run system restore and try to restore your computer back to yesterday, it may also work.
3. Save everything on a disk and get ready to reformat your hard drive
I say, give option number 2 a go, system restore can really help.
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Norton, AVG , Avast are free Antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at http://fixit.in/Antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
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Be sure it is not something you have set for background. Right click on the desk top and then click on properties, look in the desktop and screen saver tabs. Then follow my directions below on protecting your computer and getting rid of the bad stuff.
These days you have to keep your computer defenses up, or your computer will end up with Spyware, Malware, BHO (Browser Helper Objects which can be bad), or a Virus.
Before you install any of the applications I list below, be sure your operating system is up to date. If you are using Windows go to this website to make sure you have all the latest updates: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Many of us are looking for ways to keep our computers safe with out having to fork out a bunch of money. Many say free means it is no good, but I have been around computers since I was a kid, before the Internet is what it is today (talking Atari 400 was my first computer) and now I am a Computer Support Technician, so free does not always mean it is no good.
I remember when I first got windows 98, I never installed any sort of virus protection, or spyware protection, I surfed all over on the Internet. I told everyone, bah! You do not need all that protection, it will just slow your computer down.
Then it happened, I started getting viruses and spyware, and my computer hard drive had to be wiped several times to restore it so it would function properly. After having to take up numerous hours to restore the computer, and mounts of frustration, I started to realize that I needed to protect my computer, and I did not want to pay the prices I was seeing for many of the software packages in the stores. So I started looking for software that could protect and remove for the best price that worked. So below is what I found to work, and best of all for the best price, FREE!
I am not only recommending the software for spyware removal, but also for virus protection, and BHO, and malware, which all offer protection at the same time. So many people ask how do I get rid of this or that, pop ups, virus etc, I give them these links and it takes care of the problem then and also protects them for the future. I have the same set up on my 2 gaming PCs and have never had any virus or spyware problems to date.
1. SCANNING FOR SPYWARE AND REMOVING
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-awar… nal.php - Ad-Aware SE Personal
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro… tml - Spybot search and destroy
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security… oftware/default.mspx - Windows Defender Spyware protection for free
2. ANTI VIRUS PROTECTION
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-… -free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 - AVG Anti Virus
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trend Micro free on-line virus and spyware scan
3. PROTECTION FROM BHO (browser helper objects) SPYWARE/MALWARE
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb… l - Spywareblaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareg… - Spywareguard
If you install the software above, you should be running clean in no time, and if you are already clean, then installing the above will greatly protect your computer from harm. I have 2 computers with the above configuration and have not had any problems.
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to be short and sweet download CCleaner it works trust me.you can get it online for free it helps with all problems
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Try Online scanner GarbageClean http://www.GarbageClean.com it does pretty good cleaning.
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1. Download and run firefox to protect your from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ) .Then update your windows through firefox
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2. Run the vundo and combo fix
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3. Run the anti spyware remove programs spybot
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and superantispyware
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to get rid of the nasties
4. Run a free online virus scan to be sure you computer is virus and spyware free.
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download and run McAfee Avert Stinger
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/stinger.h…
5. Get the clean up tools to clean up the spyware from your temp folder (the place they are stored when downloaded by internet explorer)
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