Virus I think

knowledgepower1

I have had a Sony laptop which I only use for my itunes and some few files. I didnt bother to instal antivirus cos I thouht theres no point,moreso it slows down the processor.

A friend came yesterday and wanted to copy some files and I told her to go ahead.Afterwards, the laptop started misbehaving and wont even connect to the inetrnet to let me download antivirus to clean it.

Pls techies what can I do to clean this laptop cos I cant afford to lose all the files on it.

Thanks

Reluctant_spender

You will need some anti virus software

Avast or Antivir are both free. Download one of these and run it.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

http://www.free-av.com/

You will also need a firewall but until clean use windows

JUNIOR

Download http://www.malwarebytes.org/ first, run ,update, scan and remove all infections then download free antivirus .:j

Reluctant_spender

Malwarebytes is not an anti virus product, whilst very good anti virus is the priority

JUNIOR

Got some kind of infection on the laptop surely you should get rid first Only trying to help;)

aliEnRIK

knowledgepower1 wrote: »

I have had a Sony laptop which I only use for my itunes and some few files. I didnt bother to instal antivirus cos I thouht theres no point,moreso it slows down the processor.

Why is there no point?

Marty_J

Reluctant_spender wrote: »

Malwarebytes is not an anti virus product, whilst very good anti virus is the priority

How do you know it's a virus and not a piece of malware?

aliEnRIK

Malwarebytes has trojans and viruses in its database anyways. Id certainly run that first as its quicker to start things rolling.

espresso

Looks like she has given you the dreaded pox!

:eek:

Previous posters seem to have missed this bit of your post:

knowledgepower1 wrote: »

the laptop started misbehaving and wont even connect to the inetrnet to let me download antivirus to clean it.

So you will need to download programs elsewhere and transfer them via a flashdrive or CD.

Reluctant_spender

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Malwarebytes has trojans and viruses in its database anyways. Id certainly run that first as its quicker to start things rolling.

I take your point, however he became infected when he had no software so why clean it and then go hunting for antiviral products.

aliEnRIK

espresso wrote: »

Looks like she has given you the dreaded pox!

:eek:

Previous posters seem to have missed this bit of your post:



So you will need to download programs elsewhere and transfer them via a flashdrive or CD.

OR

Start up in safe mode with internet (Depending how bad it is)