Mu computer just got infected with many viruses. I don't know why. I just got home from school and its not responding. It says I have to buy anti spyware and its telling me to buy one. Will it work either way if I buy the one its telling me to get or if i just get one from the store thats cheaper and does the same thing? Please help because I have to write so many papers and do research. I don't know what to do!
Roy
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no don't buy those fake antivirus programs. actually they are the problem here.
download the free version of malwarebytes from www.malwarebytes.org.
install update and run full scan.
after the scan is done, view results and remove all infections. restart.
and hopefully you should be ok.
if not,
open the run from your start menu and type "sfc /scannow" to fix possible corrupted windows files caused by the malware/virus.
Anonymous
If you think you have a virus, try using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool. This is a tool that Microsoft has built in to every Windows computer, so it is completely safe to use. Most people don't know about it because Microsoft doesn't promote it for whatever reason. Enter MRT in your search or RUN box and open the program (press ENTER or OK). Start it by clicking NEXT at the bottom of the page. Follow the prompts to remove the virus if there.
You can also download and run Malwarebytes and Superantispyware just to be sure you find all the malware.
I suggest buying the paid version of Malwarebytes. It has real time protection. It will actively protect your computer whenever it is on.
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THE GEORGE W BUSH VIRUS - motives your pc to maintain finding for viruses of mass destruction the bathroom KERRY VIRUS - Reverses each and every place each and each time you change your pc on the AL GORE VIRUS - motives your pc to maintain counting, recounting, recounting ... advert nauseam THE invoice CLINTON VIRUS - grants an eternal problematicchronic, without memory THE BOB DOLE VIRUS - Makes a clean problematicchronic out of an previous floppy THE LEWINSKY VIRUS - Sucks each and all the memory out of your pc, then emails your ideal acquaintances approximately what it did). THE RONALD REAGAN VIRUS - Saves your documents, yet forgets the place that's saved THE JESSE JACKSON VIRUS - Warns you consistently approximately illegitimate document reproduction, whilst illegitimately reproducing documents interior the history and rhyming it each and all the MIKE TYSON VIRUS - Quits after 2 bytes THE OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS - Your 3 hundred mb problematicchronic shrinks to a hundred mb, then slowly expands to restabilize around 200 THE JACK KEVORKIAN VIRUS - Deletes all previous documents THE PROZAC VIRUS - completely screws up your RAM, yet your processor would not care THE JOEY BUTTAFUOCO VIRUS - in easy terms assaults minor documents THE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS - Terminates some documents, leaves, yet would be lower back THE MICHAEL JACKSON VIRUS - assaults in easy terms minor documents THE LORENA BOBBITT VIRUS - Reformats your problematicchronic right into a three.5 inch floppy, then discards it with the aid of homestead windows
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Sounds to me like you have one of the fake malware/Anti-viruses
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/ = a great reference that can be used to lookup what fake infection you have and to clean it off your computer.
I would advice downloading (and removing any Anti-virus you have now) one of the following ( I give a list to give you options of the ones I like, but only use one at a time)
1) Avast – FREE - ( http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download )
2) Avira – FREE - ( http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus )
3) Eset's NOD32 Anti-virus
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For Malware/Spyware protection (Its perfectly OK to have an AV from above AND both of these if you want both ..)
MalwareBytes ( http://www.malwarebytes.org/ )
And
Super AntiSpyware ( http://www.superantispyware.com/ )
Good Luck,
Xmetalfanx
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I don't think you should get that. Better install anti-virus software if your system doen't have one. I am using norton. Just update and scan every interval.