Any Computer Virus Experts on Here!!??
#22
My computer guru downloaded Spybot Search and Destroy, which is free. Works for me. PC magazine recommends it. See what they wrote below:
"Though its name sounds like bad dialog from a 60's sci-fi flick, Spybot Search & Destroy is a good program to have around for those trying times when you think someone is lurking behind the browser curtain tracking your every Web move. Fire it up and it'll spot all sorts of tracking cookies and the like, then remove them if you choose to do so.
Spybot offers an immunization feature which supposedly protects against the kinds of spyware that the program will remove. Not having used this feature for more than a few days, I can't say how effective it is, but it didn't seem to interfere with browsing and supported both Internet Explorer and Firefox. My scan inside a fairly new virtual machine didn't turn up much, but it turned up more than I thought it would. I've only used a browser a few times in the VM and there were already a bunch of tracking cookies. Some tracking cookies are actually useful while others are simple marketing spies and Spybot seemed to recognize the difference in most cases. The program also offers a restore function in case you delete one of the good kind by accident, and there's what seems to be an effective resident shield (TeaTimer) which will warn you of suspicious behavior like registry entries being changed or removed."
"Though its name sounds like bad dialog from a 60's sci-fi flick, Spybot Search & Destroy is a good program to have around for those trying times when you think someone is lurking behind the browser curtain tracking your every Web move. Fire it up and it'll spot all sorts of tracking cookies and the like, then remove them if you choose to do so.
Spybot offers an immunization feature which supposedly protects against the kinds of spyware that the program will remove. Not having used this feature for more than a few days, I can't say how effective it is, but it didn't seem to interfere with browsing and supported both Internet Explorer and Firefox. My scan inside a fairly new virtual machine didn't turn up much, but it turned up more than I thought it would. I've only used a browser a few times in the VM and there were already a bunch of tracking cookies. Some tracking cookies are actually useful while others are simple marketing spies and Spybot seemed to recognize the difference in most cases. The program also offers a restore function in case you delete one of the good kind by accident, and there's what seems to be an effective resident shield (TeaTimer) which will warn you of suspicious behavior like registry entries being changed or removed."
#24
Originally Posted by marsye
Originally Posted by sewcrafty
Have you run a virus scan? Or is it one of those programs that state you have a virus and want you to purchase their product? You might want to try to do a system restore and see if that'll work.
Otherwise, I have no more suggestions. :cry:
Good Luck!!
Otherwise, I have no more suggestions. :cry:
Good Luck!!
These ads should be illegal!!!! If you click on the site in anyway, it keeps do this to you.
You know, maybe an Ad-ware would get rid of it also. They're free. Do a google for them.
I wish I would have thought of these things when it happened to me, but I got all discomboulated(sp)!!!!
#26
If its a warning by some1 wanting you to buy their anti-virus program, odds are... you dont really have 1.
Thats the sales pitch they use to scare people into paying them :D
They do tend to attach an adware prog to your computer to practically force you to, so only virus they really get rid of is the 1 they give you lol
House full of computer geeks here :D
Thats the sales pitch they use to scare people into paying them :D
They do tend to attach an adware prog to your computer to practically force you to, so only virus they really get rid of is the 1 they give you lol
House full of computer geeks here :D
#27
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Thanks for all the computer help and well wishes!
I just got hubs home! Hes asleep in his recliner. He was supposed to come home hours ago but he didn't wake up from the anesthesia very good so they kept him longer. Is that normal in some people? I gotta go find me a cup of coffee and put my feet up awhile.....while hes asleep!! ;-)
My laptop still needs a doctor. :lol:
I just got hubs home! Hes asleep in his recliner. He was supposed to come home hours ago but he didn't wake up from the anesthesia very good so they kept him longer. Is that normal in some people? I gotta go find me a cup of coffee and put my feet up awhile.....while hes asleep!! ;-)
My laptop still needs a doctor. :lol:
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