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Help with son's pc acting up ???

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  • michellen34
    michellen34 Posts: 685 Forumite
    Ok, Thanks for all your help. Its restarting again, so i will run the scan, then hijackthis and post on here.

    Thanks again x
  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
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    thomas01155 wrote: »
    Why only superantispyware does it pick up everything ad-aware and spybot find?

    And much more besides
  • thomas01155
    thomas01155 Posts: 2,382 Forumite
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    Reluctant_spender wrote: »
    And much more besides
    Is this from personal experience or unbiased statistics?
  • Reluctant_spender
    Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    From personal experience and also watching hundreds of Malware forums.
  • michellen34
    michellen34 Posts: 685 Forumite
    Hi Again,

    I'm still busy on with my Son's PC, managed to get SUPERAntispyware running, i have a couple of questions please? Since running superantispyware my avast has picked up 2 viruses!! Is it possible that his PC has infected mine? (we have a home network) and also how can i stop this in the future? Also how do i reuduce the amount of items that run at start up on my son's PC, is it msconfig? sorry its been that long, i've forgotton how to do it

    Thank you x
  • thomas01155
    thomas01155 Posts: 2,382 Forumite
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    michellen34 wrote: »
    Hi Again,

    I'm still busy on with my Son's PC, managed to get SUPERAntispyware running, i have a couple of questions please? Since running superantispyware my avast has picked up 2 viruses!! Is it possible that his PC has infected mine? (we have a home network) and also how can i stop this in the future? Also how do i reuduce the amount of items that run at start up on my son's PC, is it msconfig? sorry its been that long, i've forgotton how to do it

    Thank you x
    Yes Start>run>type msconfig then go to the startup tab
  • thomas01155
    thomas01155 Posts: 2,382 Forumite
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    Reluctant_spender wrote: »
    From personal experience and also watching hundreds of Malware forums.
    So you would never recommend using Ad-Aware and Spybot as superantispyware finds everything they do? From what i have read in lots of places they normally recommend more than 1 spyware scanner :confused:
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 4,466 Forumite
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    No scanner is 100% effective that's why I use both Ad-Aware and Spybot to maximise my chances of picking anything up.
  • Anthony2oo5
    Anthony2oo5 Posts: 224 Forumite
    What computer is it. Why not run the restore CD? YOU WILL LOOSE ALL DATA, PHOTS, MUSIC ECT .....
    Rules, Rules, Rules .....
  • mdbarber
    mdbarber Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    try disconnecting the pc form the router, reboot then run the scan
    click here to achieve nothing!
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