Posted on 02/16/2015 5:35:32 PM PST by ru4liberty
Another great one is Super AntiSpyware that can be downloaded for free.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Consider the time lost, time spent with some Indian guy trying to straighten out your MS laptop.
I am 4 years in with the iMac desktop. No problems. No special protection downloads.
Bulletproof.
Like clockwork, a Mac nut shows up. I recommend you find a course to help you develop some deductive reasoning skills. Then perhaps you’d realize that someone who can’t afford an antivirus program also can’t afford to buy a Mac.
Sheesh. No wonder I find you Mac people so irksome.
Seems to me you’re overlooking the obvious.
“Thats just ignorant!”
Yeeeheee!
ignorant advice alert!
Which scan are you running right now?
Definitely use Malwarebytes and then install Avast...both free. Be sure you remove the Kapersky anti virus before installing another anti virus. I would also install ccleaner..another free download. Ccleaner will safely remove junk from from your registry and other junk files.
For later.
Download SpywareBlaster, a resident malware blocker, install it,and keep it updated.
Download and burn a CD with AVG Rescue Disk or make a bootable USB flash drive with it to overcome otherwise very difficult malware and trojans, so as to permit installing/running MalwareBytes Free in Safe Mode (with networking). If possible, use a wired connection.
If all else fails, remove your hard drive and install it as the second hard drive on another known good computer with the above programs, and clean it up there.
This last step is the first one we would take on in the shop, thus wasting little time to knock out the killer viruses.
No. Just removed it from a really messed-up laptop that it allowed 4 trojans and 4500+ instances of malware and PUPs to coexist.
I use superantispyware to compliment my malwarebyte scans, but having the program on your computer doesn’t mean anything if it isn’t in use.
Since I use the free version it doesn’t run in real time, and I manually update it and do the scans, just as I do with malwarebytes.
By the way, what scanner came up with 4500 malwares?
I think most of those would be cookies.
I am not a geek but I would search on your computer for windows defender. Make sure it is up to date and run a full scan and see what it comes up with. By the way I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn.
How about downloading and installing the latest free distro of Linux Mint Mate....you can make it look like Windows 98 if need be, small footprint and runs super on all my old Intel Core 2 Duos’. Firefox, Thunderbird mail, handles wifi, cameras, phones, mp3 players, etc seamlessly to my experience. Doesn’t play well with Bluetooth however.
It’s been Microsoft and virus free in my home since Linux Ubuntu 7 or so...
Linux people are really cheap...I’ve never purchased a computer, new or used, folks just throw them down everywhere for the taking it seems.
If ANYTHING like Fastfix 123 or Microsoft Partners shows up on your screen-—Run away as fast as possible.
that’s usually a certificate thing ?, but make sure he actually types in the address in the bar, not click on a link, and it should be www.va.gov that he types. Usually you can add an exception or go anyway. Could be level of cookies accepted? what does the popup say?
I had a problem with firefox a while back and simply uninstalled it and reinstalled it. If you decide not to save your preferences, etc, you should export your bookmarks first...If pages are bookmarked (I have a lot) then I export them as a list (on menu bar/bookmarks/show all bookmarks/click on import and backup/ export as html/save the file).
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