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HELP!! pc infected
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nessquic80
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My pc has got loads of things wrong with it, im getting pop ups saying that i am receiving spam adware the lot.Im getting pop ups from windows sercurity centre telling me to do a scan as spyware entries have been found, my oh thinks this is the spam ware/spyware telling me to do this, is he right?? Im not the biggest tech in world but my pc needs fixing!!!!!!
Any suggestions would be most grateful
Any suggestions would be most grateful
always on the lookout for a bargin always better when its free!!:T
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nessquic80 wrote:My pc has got loads of things wrong with it, im getting pop ups saying that i am receiving spam adware the lot.Im getting pop ups from windows sercurity centre telling me to do a scan as spyware entries have been found, my oh thinks this is the spam ware/spyware telling me to do this, is he right?? Im not the biggest tech in world but my pc needs fixing!!!!!!
Any suggestions would be most grateful
The pop-ups will most likely be the Spyware trying to get to you run it:
Follow the instructions in the Spyware removal guide at the top of the board0 -
thanks godders, i will try that, but yet again my other half was right about it may be spyware trying to get me to run the programme, something esle for him to gloat aboutalways on the lookout for a bargin always better when its free!!:T0
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that sounds like a "Winfxer" type infection
if that other thread does not get rid of that (false) message that your PC is "infected" then come back and I'll help you remove it
you are probably seeing something like thisEx forum ambassador
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