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lockdude

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    I've got a virus
    « on: July 11, 2010, 09:36:58 AM »
    Please help!

    I (or someone else) apparently downloaded a virus from somewhere. There is a box that pops up about every 2 minutes and lasts for about 5 minutes.

    In the heading it says "brightness/contrast" and flashes between 3 options: exit, brightness and contrast. The mouse arrow just goes behind it and I'm unable to get rid of it or stop it.

    I ran Avira and it turned up nothing. Any suggestions on what I should do? I'm panicking as I have a report to get done for tomorrow and this is distracting me to the extreme. Thank you for your time.

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    Re: I've got a virus
    « Reply #1 on: July 11, 2010, 02:56:44 PM »
    Uhhh... that sounds like something on the monitor.  Try a different monitor.
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    lockdude

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      Re: I've got a virus
      « Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 05:52:12 AM »
      Is it possible the monitor is infected? This is REALLY annoying.

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      Re: I've got a virus
      « Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 08:23:20 AM »