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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: Mega Newb on July 03, 2007, 12:26:26 PM
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i am using noadware scanner and its picking up all these trojans and really bad cookies that are killing my computer i also used AVG Virus Scan and it picks up all of them too and when it deletes and quarintens them. all i gotta do it rescan and there they are again.i cant delete videos off my computer now for some reason and im getting pop ups every 10 seconds from the same 4-5 sites that are being picked up on the virus scans. Can anybody help me at all and tell me what i can do.or tell me where i can get a free mcafee virus scanner with firewall or norton.i used to find them all the time but now i cant.i really want all this stuff off my computer cause i can no longer do anything without lagging and getting pop ups.
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Can you do the following please
Download Hijackthis 1.99.1 from my signature below
SAVE it to your desktop
Double click on hijackthis_sfx.exe on desktop
Click the UNZIP button>>OK the prompt
This will self extract to C:\Program Files\HijackThis
Delete hijackthis_sfx.exe from desktop
Go to START>>RUN
Copy>>paste the following to the open field, then hit OK
%systemdrive%\Program Files\HijackThis
This will open the Hijackthis folder
RIGHT CLICK on Hijackthis.exe and select SEND TO>>Desktop (create shortcut)
You can now run Hijackthis.exe from the new shortcut placed on your desktop
Do a "SCAN and Save a Log file"
A log will open in Notepad
Copy and paste the WHOLE contents of the log here... Don't try and fix anything yet----It is all important