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My windows is infected with spyware = ( an hour 2 sort it out
teenage_Drama
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hi
a window keeps popping up saying 'your windows is infected' and it says my computer is infected with spyware infection!
i have to get rid of the thing popping up in the bottom right corner continuesly by 2.30pm and i have to get rid of ALL the spyware by 2.30pm.
i have downloaded plenty of songs from limewire...maybe thats how the spyware got there????
please help
a window keeps popping up saying 'your windows is infected' and it says my computer is infected with spyware infection!
i have to get rid of the thing popping up in the bottom right corner continuesly by 2.30pm and i have to get rid of ALL the spyware by 2.30pm.
i have downloaded plenty of songs from limewire...maybe thats how the spyware got there????
please help
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i did system restore but it doesnt help0
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Follow the Malware/Spyware Removal Guide sticky in this forum.0
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where is it?0
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thanks
ill have a quick look at that
and is there a way to get rid of the pop up thing in the bottom corner?0 -
Better still .. do a web search for 'Spybot'. Should find a page for 'Spybot - Search and destroy'. It's a freeware program that detects spyware and safely removes it from your PC.
I've used it many at time on my own PC, as well as extend family and recommend it to all my friends when ever they have issues and ask me about spyware.
There are others out there, but this is the one I know and use.
Good luck.Life's too short to grow up ... :j0 -
meh hardly works for the deadly internet hijackers like lop.com
depends how serious the spyware is. Sometimes hijackthis + safe mode + registry is the only way
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your best to use spybot search and destroy and also ad-aware. they are both free programes and are very good0
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Seriously, Spybot is your best option, or Ad-ware as another person mentioned. Basically, if these two can't do it, then you've got a bigger issue that only people who really understand their PC, will be able to sort out.
If all else fails, back up your data and do a complete reformat and install of your PC. Sounds like alot of trouble to go to, but sometimes it's worth it as you start with a fresh PC, more disc space as you've got rid of rubbish on there you don't need. Performance will go back to how it use to be before you had god knows what installed and running in the back ground. But this is a LAST RESORT though and should only be attempted if you know what you're doing.Life's too short to grow up ... :j0 -
ok i downloaded spybot and checked for problems
it says
no immediete threats were found!!!
what now?0
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