deano87
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So yeah, first virus or trojan I've picked up in years. I have McAfee Security Centre running and it has never let me down. . .till now.
It detected various trojans and removed them, lovely jubbly.
However, I still have something here that shouldn't be. Sometimes avatars on here are changed to advertising GIFs, and occasionally websites will open in different tabs.
Is there any free & safe anti-virus/software removal programme I can download that will get rid. I have run a full system scan using McAfee, but it doesn't see anything wrong.
 
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Half Pint
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there is a microsoft tool which i have heard does the job very well.
is free to download too...
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deano87
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And is called?
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deano87
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Also, bizarrely, it seems to let me on every website except Facebook 
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dannymccann
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You could try Trend Micro and run an online scan
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deano87
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It's limiting my searches on Google too. Can't search for anything. Corsasport is fine. Really annoying.
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Brett
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What if you right click on IE and click "start without add-ons"?
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Half Pint
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
And is called?
Can't remeber but its not hard to find.... *something* removal tool
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Brett
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http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
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dannymccann
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If you cant do anything try starting the computer up in safe mode with networking, then try searching
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
What if you right click on IE and click "start without add-ons"?
No option. Using Firefox as well. It's limiting IE though.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
Doesn't seem to run/work.
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Dean_W
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I had this a while ago.......had to format the PC 
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deano87
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 only just put in a new HDD 
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deano87
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System Restore won't let me go back into August either. Limiting to September which is no good.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
If you cant do anything try starting the computer up in safe mode with networking, then try searching
How do I restart in safe mode. Tried hitting all the keys during start up but not getting the option!
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Brett
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F8
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deano87
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Hmmm got in to Help Mode, and internet/Firefox/IE works fine. McAfee scan in Help Mode returned nothing. I've uninstalled it and installed AVG Free to see what that comes back with.
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smack
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i also had this virus, that kept opening random sites etc plus all the other crap tht came with it. had to format my laptop in the end
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deano87
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Lovely.
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ed
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Why don't you go to Norton and find out what the name of the virus is, then search on Google for a solution to remove it? Norton ought to have a section on their website telling you how to get rid of them. I know that when I used to run a virus scanner it could tell me stuff like that.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Why don't you go to Norton and find out what the name of the virus is, then search on Google for a solution to remove it? Norton ought to have a section on their website telling you how to get rid of them. I know that when I used to run a virus scanner it could tell me stuff like that.
why Norton?
I had McAfee which removed some Trojan's automatically, but hasn't removed them all.
I then did a full system scan using McAfee, which said the HDD was clean.
Since done the same with AVG and the system is still, supposedly clean, even though I know it isn't.
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ed
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Norton, McAfee, F-Secure, AVG or whatever you're using. They all do a similar job.
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ed
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Look back in the logs and see what has infected the computer then...
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deano87
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I don't have McAfee installed which automatically removed the trojans
[Edited on 03-09-2008 by deano87]
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