VIRUS!

[LuNaR]

HELP!!! my comp got a virus and now it just keep popping advertisement telling me to dl this anti spyware, but i know that thing is a virus! ahhhhhh its popping up like crazy!!!!!!!! anyone know a way to stop this

[remember_Cedric]

Those are categorised as Pop-ups? Have you tried Pop-up killers?

Check out in your C Drive/D Drive (wherever you store your program files, etc) for any maliciously named folder. If you suspect a folder could be the virus/spyware ad origin, check the date of the folder for if you had installed such a program on the date that folder was created.

Hope this helps.

[hkopinions]

Try running a scan: I use adware and spybot since they are free to dl. Then run your anti-virus program, whichever you have should usually do the trick.

[LuNaR]

i ran it all, doesnt work. i got too pissed and just reformatted my comp

[remember_Cedric]

i ran it all, doesnt work. i got too pissed and just reformatted my comp

Well, an adware virus with such persistance.... I hereby annouce, it's a trojan.

[SkyKing]

HELP!!! my comp got a virus and now it just keep popping advertisement telling me to dl this anti spyware, but i know that thing is a virus! ahhhhhh its popping up like crazy!!!!!!!! anyone know a way to stop this

use spydoctor.....if it doesn't work.....then turn on ur computer in safe mode....then ues spydoctor again.....that should take care of it.....it happened to me too

[Extremer88]

SkyKing's suggestion's right.

Restart your computer, boot into Safe Mode. Then run all your anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware software when you are in Safe Mode.

[Linda]

if thats the case would it get rid of a low level trojan? i can't seem to get rid of it.

i find it, delete it, then it comes back, i know it has back up sumwhere but can't find where it is. its starting to affect my windows explorer.

[hkopinions]

Trojans are nasty. It does respawn after Norton Anti-V detects it. This is what I did for a low level trojan and some adware. I installed SpyDoctor and Spy Bot S&D. Ran both and got rid of the adwares/spywares. Then installed AVG and ran it. AVG detected the trojans and fix some stuff. Reboot computer and it came back (respawned under a different name). Ran all the programs again to fix (caught some in win32 and reg). Reboot and it came up again. Ran AVG again. This time I selected to delete the suspicious files too even though AVG didn't recommend it. It's has been a month and the trojan seems to be gone.

[LuNaR]

thx for the help guys, but i just reformatted the comp cause it was driving me nuts

[Extremer88]

thx for the help guys, but i just reformatted the comp cause it was driving me nuts

Haha, this was perhaps the most fastest solution to the problem!