I got another virus >_> My background is now white, my start bar will not show me all my programs, it says my task bar was disabled by the administrator, but that's me and I never did that. I'm running my anti virus programs now. Here is a pic of some things that are wrong any advice?
i see you are downloading avast in that print screen, tht is a good first step. ive used it and its been problem free, found and eliminated any threats for me for the last few years and the database is updated very regularly, ull see the lil blue popup notification appearing once or twice a day, mabe more ^^ make sure you hav turned off windows defender, and windows firewall and norton anti-virus should be obliterated from your system if it isnt already. also if you can, get mcafee. it and avast do not fight with eachother, ive used both simultaneously for as long as ive had avast and they have never once tried to eliminate eachother, they just get along with protecting your system. also on www.download.com there are many programs that will search your system for viruses and use less memory to do so than other programs. this means you could use avast only when you need it, when the other program has detected a problem, and turn off afew of the 7 providers in avast. doing these will decrease the risk of viruses, i havent had a major or even a minor virus since ive had this setup.
I disagree about using McAfee--like Norton, it's really resource-intensive and tends to bog down your system. I'm not familiar with AVAST other than having heard the name but I've been using AVG Free for the last few months and it seems to be great. The best way of dealing with computer viruses is not to get them, of course. To this end, use Firefox, not IE. Do not let other people screw around with your computer. PERIOD. Do not download software when you don't know if the source of the software is reputable. Do not click on links unless you are relatively sure where they go. At the very least, check the status bar of your browser when you hover over a link to see where it says it's going. I see you have BitTorrent--you need to be careful about what you end up getting from filesharing software like that. Certain software for filesharing (not BitTorrent but others) install spyware and adware on your system, so it's good to keep away from those. And apart from that, I'm dying to know what program in the Recent Used list you've blacked out. :lol: (For future reference, you can right-click on those entries and pick "Remove from This List" to get rid of them if you want.)
Avast Home is a good free AV product, as is AVG Free. Avast is a bit less bloated, detects rootkits (AVG doesn't) and scores a bit better in independent tests by VirusBulletin, so it is my freebie of choice. Make sure you are getting Avast from http://www.avast.com/ or one of the links from there such as download.com, and NOT from one of the sponsored links in Google. Be very careful what you download through BitTorrent, LimeWire etc. Pirated software often comes with little "extras" that you don't want - viruses, keyloggers, trojans and other nasties. The keygen and cracks sometimes contain these too. And because you need to run these as administrator they have plenty of chance to do their evil work. If the infection is recent the easiest solution is to use System Restore to go to a restore point before the system got infected. This gets rid of the registry keys etc that cause the virus files to run. Then update your anti-virus and do a full scan. Most likely it will find the infected files and will be able to repair or delete them because they are not running. Do not use more than one anti-virus program at a time. If you have two running simultaneously your system will run very slowly and may crash with blue-screen errors.
It might be time for a reformat and a new install of windows Try system restore first and install AVG free or Avast. If it wont work, boot into safe-mode (F8 at startup) and then you should be able to download and install it and run it.
I'm back, bloody stupid moronic :***:ing virus really fucked up my computer, we had to get the geek squad to fix it. So I'm back haha. It feels so good to have a computer again.
Glad all's fixed. My advice: -Avast as mentioned is good. It includes a boot time scan option. which will run before the GUI portion of windows, and before any background programs are open, making it possible to remove stubborn infected files that are normally "in use" -Symantec products are the most bloated, poorly made, piece of trash ever made. -McAfee as mentioned is bloated. I'm trying to convince the IT department at work that McAfee is the reason for a 2:00 slowdown on one of the systems. They are off chasing red herrings left right and center, but around 2:00 Mcafee is updated on all the machines, and on my machine it bogs down for the better part of five minutes, and it is undoubtedly doing the same thing on other workstations, and on the servers. -Joey's advice on avoidance is good. I also normally run as a Limited access user, and only run as an administrator to change system settings, or install applications. That limits the potential damage if run something you shouldn't. Also if for some strange reason I obtain illegitimate software, I take extra precautions to ensure they don't contain nasties, especially the keygens.
