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HELP! COMPUTER INFECTED
Posted on 09/04/2009 5:55:59 AM PDT by quintr
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:55:59 AM PDT
by
quintr
To: quintr; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:57:09 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: quintr
“Yesterday I got a notice that my computer was infected”
Did this come from your on-board McAfee application?
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:58:41 AM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: quintr
go with AVG anti virus (free) and use Spybot (update regularly)
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:58:46 AM PDT
by
Dacula
(Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
To: quintr
That’s why I bought an Apple computer, no need for anti-virus stuff.
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:58:55 AM PDT
by
exbrit
To: ShadowAce
Please add me to your ping list!
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posted on
09/04/2009 5:58:58 AM PDT
by
quintr
To: quintr
Give us more info so we can help you.
What was the name of the virus?
Do you run a messenger program?
PC, I assume. What version of Windows?
How did you get ‘the notice’? by email, by pop up? What did it say, exactly?
I use Avast (free home version). I dropped McAfee years ago for being bloatware and inefficient.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:00:03 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: quintr
Went to the Cash for Clunkers website, did you?
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:00:11 AM PDT
by
beagleone
To: quintr
You been added. Welcome Aboard!
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:00:18 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: quintr
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:00:21 AM PDT
by
Dacula
(Evil succeeds when good men do nothing. Lets do something.)
To: quintr
Was this an email notice? Was it a notice that came up when you opened a web site?
What operating system. Was it written in Redmond? (Or need I ask?)
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:00:57 AM PDT
by
Clive
To: quintr
Try PC tools,spyware doctor.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:01:49 AM PDT
by
QQQQ
To: quintr
go with AVG anti virus (free) and use Spybot (update regularly)
Was also going to suggest the same thing. AVG got rid of two trojans on my computer. I also use McAfee
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:02:14 AM PDT
by
jcsjcm
(OBAMA = One Big Awful Mistake America)
To: ShadowAce
To: quintr
"Yesterday I got a notice that my computer was infected with a worm that gathers email addresses from a compromised computer, also a trojan. I started getting a critical warning on the desktop." If I were you, I wouldn't necessarily believe that "notice". Copy and paste a portion the the exact notice you got into Google and run a search on it. You may find others talking about it and being advised that it is a fake notice.
If you don't find others talking about it, then it may be worth worrying about.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:02:43 AM PDT
by
Matchett-PI
(A Socialist becomes a Fascist the minute he tries to enforce his "beliefs" on the rest of us.)
To: quintr
Download
Malwarebytes and run it. In all likelihood the warning you are getting is from a Trojan. Malwarebytes is pretty good against this sort of virus. If you find that you cannot run Malwarebytes then you for sure have a Trojan. In that case you have to take extra measures. As I recall you have to rename the Malewarebytes folder and the Malewarbytes executable in order to have it execute properly.
Good luck. Your problem is solvable.
To: quintr
Check out Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy) at http://techguylabs.com/radio/pmwiki.php
He has a regular tech radio show on weekends and usually advises when something like this happens to reformat the drive and start over. Save everything first.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:03:20 AM PDT
by
kevinm13
(Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
To: quintr
Was this while surfing or was it a notice while idle?
AVG is the best. CA, Computer Associates has a good anti-virus system along with a suite of software.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:03:46 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
To: ShadowAce
I would like to be put on your ping list.
Thanks.
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posted on
09/04/2009 6:04:38 AM PDT
by
vacuumbob
(The world is, FUBAR!)
To: quintr
Did you get that notice visiting wunderground.com?
They were getting false alerts via McAfee for a couple of days.
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