We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Old pc back to Zero state?!

2»

Comments

  • Tia_Maria06
    Tia_Maria06 Posts: 777 Forumite
    There is 5 boxes to 'check' to remove and quarentine.. Only the bottom 3 boxes are clicked

    adware GAIN gator
    adware MYWAY
    adware Tracking cookie
    instafinda installer
    instafinder b bho
    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.


    If you really cant knit very well, then practise drumming with the needles...

    :j
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    There is 5 boxes to 'check' to remove and quarentine.. Only the bottom 3 boxes are clicked

    adware GAIN gator
    adware MYWAY
    adware Tracking cookie
    instafinda installer
    instafinder b bho

    remove everything Tia
    :idea:
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    After removing everything found by SAS~

    Uninstall AVG8 (its clearly next to useless as youve been infected so badly)
    Then use the 32 bit AVG removal tool (Bits are always left over on normal uninstalls)
    http://www.avg.com/download-tools

    Run COMBOFIX (Simply follow the instructions it gives)
    Post the FULL log it creates here

    then ~
    Download AVIRA ANTI VIRUS PERSONAL (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
    http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/
    Avira is your NEW anti virus software which is much better at finding nasties than AVG and uses less resources

    Run a FULL scan with AVIRA (making sure its upto date)

    If you cant get combofix running then jump straight to installing and scanning with Avira :)
    :idea:
  • Tia_Maria06
    Tia_Maria06 Posts: 777 Forumite
    I'm deleting off SAS and its stopped with this message

    "Runtime error
    prog C:/Prgramfiles SUPERAnti

    R6025 Pure functional call "

    Had no option but to click ok and the SAS has gone now...
    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.


    If you really cant knit very well, then practise drumming with the needles...

    :j
  • Tia_Maria06
    Tia_Maria06 Posts: 777 Forumite
    Oh.. gonna leave it for now, my head is pounding.. be back tomor and do the next steps.. Thanks ERik.
    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.


    If you really cant knit very well, then practise drumming with the needles...

    :j
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    No worries ~ shame about the SAS misshap
    :idea:
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.5K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.6K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 602.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178.1K Life & Family
  • 260.6K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.