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« on: August 13, 2008, 05:24:18 PM » |
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i was just on my comp and all of a sudden it started buggin out. my desktop turned blue and says intsall anti spyware software now. my virus scan is going insane. im backing everything up as quickly as i can but i need help badly!!!!!!!
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 05:33:43 PM » |
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adaware is a spyware program...free too!
i use that and it's been pretty good for me?
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 05:35:25 PM » |
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where abouts can i get it? and your sure its clean?
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 05:50:36 PM » |
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If it's telling you to install anti-spyware stuff and is giving you a link, I would say don't click it or install anything it tells you to. Maybe kind of obvious I know, but still, it could be tempting.
You don't have Norton antivirus do you? That's normally pretty good.
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 07:10:33 PM » |
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phew i think i got er under control. shit i almost had a heart attack
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2008, 11:12:21 PM » |
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Spybot is another one.
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2008, 02:45:31 AM » |
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Look at all you poor PC people using all your computer resources running Nortons, antispyware and what not. I find it funny that people will not just accept the superiority of Macs.
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« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2008, 02:57:01 AM » |
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Look at all you poor PC people using all your computer resources running Nortons, antispyware and what not. I find it funny that people will not just accept the superiority of Macs.
You don't get spyware and viruses on your Mac?
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2008, 04:25:14 AM » |
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Look at all you poor PC people using all your computer resources running Nortons, antispyware and what not. I find it funny that people will not just accept the superiority of Macs.
Windows is a bigger target and mac os x has had quite a few flaws that have needed patching nice try though.
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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2008, 04:25:55 AM » |
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Look at all you poor PC people using all your computer resources running Nortons, antispyware and what not. I find it funny that people will not just accept the superiority of Macs.
You don't get spyware and viruses on your Mac? Not as much as windows because less people use it.
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« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2008, 05:19:02 AM » |
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macs are shite to use though. There layouts are just wank. And not enough things are programmed for them, such as games etc.
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« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2008, 05:20:51 AM » |
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Yeah i agree with you about that. Multitasking on a Mac is a real bitch. Its not as bad wish os x but os 9 or older its a freaking nightmare.
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« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2008, 11:25:17 AM » |
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Call 007 James Bond? go to www.downloads.comfind spyware doctor.
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« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2008, 02:15:56 PM » |
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k everyone shutup about macs!
apparently this virus or whatever is called "trojan" something. I stole norton from my parents house and installed it, that made things a little better but didnt fix everything (i still get a popup window from a phony security company saying i have 200000 viruses and to download their software)
norton no longer detects anything, that kaspersky thing doesnt detect anything anymore and occasionally my computer screen will turn blue saying "a virus has been detected windows is restarting to prevent any further damage"
if anyone has any ideas i would greatly appreciate them and thanks a lot to everyone who has tried to help so far
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« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2008, 02:21:29 PM » |
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get malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/Thats a very good program. Also use the free online scan at bitdefender.com The phony pop up AV program sounds very similar to the Vundo trojan. Do a google search for Vundo Fix... there is a great specialty app for removing it. The other thing I would do is (if possible) run all of these apps in Safe Mode with Networking. It is alot easier to remove things when there aren't running.
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« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2008, 02:30:53 PM » |
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get malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/Thats a very good program. Also use the free online scan at bitdefender.com The phony pop up AV program sounds very similar to the Vundo trojan. Do a google search for Vundo Fix... there is a great specialty app for removing it. The other thing I would do is (if possible) run all of these apps in Safe Mode with Networking. It is alot easier to remove things when there aren't running. will it be affective even if the virus i have isnt Vundo Trojan exactly? I probably should have mentioned when i boot up my computer it does a phony virus scan with a phony prgram called antivirus xp 2008 then tells you theres 20000 viruses to try and scare you. it also changed my desktop wallpaper to a spyware warnig message and wont allow me to change it back. still sound like vundo? and thatnks a lot
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« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2008, 02:46:10 PM » |
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and occasionally my computer screen will turn blue saying "a virus has been detected windows is restarting to prevent any further damage"
Unless you're computer savvy, take your computer to one of those "geek squad" peoples (at like Best Buy or Circuit City) FAST!!! sounds like you downloaded something that had the virus embedded in it so the damage is done and that "blue screen of death" will happen more and more frequently until your computer won't turn on at all. that's what happened to me and the tech on the phone just "fixed" it by wiping out EVERYTHING on my computer the "geek squad" can usually save your stuff and only remove the virus so IMO it's worth the cost IMO those anti-virus programs are useless to people like me who are NOT computer savvy because they don't actually stop you from downloading harmful shit. They only ask you if you're sure you want to continue and usually they phrase it where I have no clue what they're talking about.
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« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2008, 02:56:20 PM » |
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get malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/Thats a very good program. Also use the free online scan at bitdefender.com The phony pop up AV program sounds very similar to the Vundo trojan. Do a google search for Vundo Fix... there is a great specialty app for removing it. The other thing I would do is (if possible) run all of these apps in Safe Mode with Networking. It is alot easier to remove things when there aren't running. will it be affective even if the virus i have isnt Vundo Trojan exactly? I probably should have mentioned when i boot up my computer it does a phony virus scan with a phony prgram called antivirus xp 2008 then tells you theres 20000 viruses to try and scare you. it also changed my desktop wallpaper to a spyware warnig message and wont allow me to change it back. still sound like vundo? and thatnks a lot ANTIVIRUS XP 2008 and VISTA ANTIVIRUS 2008 are the Vundo
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