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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: Aivlis on September 06, 2007, 10:09:32 AM
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So I was stupid enough to download something from an "adult" website and now I think I've got a virus. It started out with internet pop-ups saying "fatal error" and a bunch of computer lingo I didn't understand. My computer started showing me virus alerts but the software is out of date so I tried downloading some free virus protection offline. It doesn't really seem to work, it just pops up a "detection" window that asks me if I want to delete, deny access, ignore or quarantine the virus. Another part of my computer tells me I've got malware. My computer is really slow and sometimes my icons or tool bar don't show up when I boot up.
Tonight when I get home i'm going to reinstall the virus protection on my computer and try and delete that other stuff...it just doesn't seem to be working and I'd rather do what my computer tells me. I have no idea what I'm doing....any help?
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You should be very careful when downloading anything, especially from adult sites. Many of them are chock full of viruses...a bunch of politics we don't need to be getting into right now. Anyway...
Assuming you have Windows, which version is it?
Exactly what protection do you have?
Go ahead and post a HijackThis (http://merijn.org/files/HijackThis.exe) log and we'll take it from there.
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Ok....... first of all the internet is a great place for Fun and games but most sites are made up of viruses I hope you get this problem fixed soon...
get AVG virus software just google AVG or Avast Or norton internet security.
And Scan in safe mode if you have no clue how to get into it please post saying you dont know how.
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