Tech help general

[Crushter]

get windows 7

[Nefarious Bear]

guys you might wanna actually help him than say get X or use Y.

download malwarebytes. that helped me out when I had the virus.

[Paco]

Spyware/adware/whatever it is the kids are calling it these days. Back some shit up, wipe your hard drive, start again.

Not Spyware if it doesn't monitor what you do, not adware if it doesn't cause ads to pop up (and no msn.com isn't an ad). The general term is malware.

If it happens with every site searched on Google then it's a Google redirect virus and any decent antivirus program will probably get rid of it.

[Zang]

Spyware/adware/whatever it is the kids are calling it these days. Back some shit up, wipe your hard drive, start again.

Not Spyware if it doesn't monitor what you do, not adware if it doesn't cause ads to pop up (and no msn.com isn't an ad). The general term is malware.

If it happens with every site searched on Google then it's a Google redirect virus and any decent antivirus program will probably get rid of it.

i think it /is/ adware though. it'll send me to random sites everytime i try to click a link

ie. travelocity/generic travelagencies/ect/ect

the question is is how the fuck do i get rid of this thing

[D-vid]

Spybot, Antivir etc. Does the same thing happen with other browsers? if not, use that one for the time being but still use the programs I suggested.

[Madican]

guys you might wanna actually help him than say get X or use Y.

download malwarebytes. that helped me out when I had the virus.

And yet you just told him to "get X."

[Nefarious Bear]

I mean in a sarcastic way.

[Paco]

Spyware/adware/whatever it is the kids are calling it these days. Back some shit up, wipe your hard drive, start again.

Not Spyware if it doesn't monitor what you do, not adware if it doesn't cause ads to pop up (and no msn.com isn't an ad). The general term is malware.

If it happens with every site searched on Google then it's a Google redirect virus and any decent antivirus program will probably get rid of it.

i think it /is/ adware though. it'll send me to random sites everytime i try to click a link

ie. travelocity/generic travelagencies/ect/ect

the question is is how the fuck do i get rid of this thing

A random website isn't an advertisement, and get an antivirus program and scan?

One of those.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/security ... fault.aspx
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

[Zang]

I had the same problem not too long ago. If the virus let's you open .EXE files then just download Hitman 3.5, it works like a charm and the scan is very fast too. It's free for a month but then you have to pay $20 for it.

http://download.cnet.com/Hitman-Pro-3-3 ... 95604.html

When it's first done scanning it'll ask for a registration number but right underneath it is the button to activate the free license, it was sort of hard to spot for me at first.

YOU

YOU GOOD SIR

HAVE RESCUED MY COMPUTER

good show, jolly good show

now to the grave with this thread!

[Nefarious Bear]

i totally read that in pop's voice from regular show.

[Fatehehhhh]

i totally read that in pop's voice from regular show.

GOD

FUCKING

DAMNIT

WHY

[Zang]

hoo hoo hooooooo

[Alex]

I had the same problem not too long ago. If the virus let's you open .EXE files then just download Hitman 3.5, it works like a charm and the scan is very fast too. It's free for a month but then you have to pay $20 for it.

http://download.cnet.com/Hitman-Pro-3-3 ... 95604.html

When it's first done scanning it'll ask for a registration number but right underneath it is the button to activate the free license, it was sort of hard to spot for me at first.

YOU

YOU GOOD SIR

HAVE RESCUED MY COMPUTER

good show, jolly good show

now to the grave with this thread!

Also scanning for registry errors with CCleaner will make your computer run faster, I'd suggest doing that as well just because.
http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/

[Sleauxbreaux]

I just reformatted this bitch and while this thread is high up I figured I'd utilize it.

What antivirus software do you guys suggest? My friend suggested AVG but so far it takes up an average of 60 to 80 percent of my CPU while idling. So that's a no go.

[YCobb]

I'm using Avast, which seems to work well and is near the bottom of my task manager when sorting by memory usage; about halfway when sorting by CPU usage.

I don't know if your computer is a gaming rig like mine or whatever, though.