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i have spyware... help???
i got a message on my computer that said i had spyware. i ran my mcafee scan and my windows defender scan. it came up with 4 things and i deleted them from my computer. however, it has caused my desktop to have a black screen and you cannot change it. if anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. i have already gone to the properties and tried to change it, but it seems frozen. i can't click on anything.
i got most of the spyware, i believe. what i need help with now is changing the desktop, since it seems frozen. my screen saver works and you can change or modify it. my desktop won't change anything.
4 Answers
- Dennis KLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Her screen is black.
Take the hard drive out of this machine and put it into another machine, not as the boot drive.
Scan it from their machine since a lot of spy/ad/virus programs do funny things so you can't scan them.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Try some of these:
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Editi...
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htm...
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware...
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-103...
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
Online Scanners:
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweepe...
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan....
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.h...
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/104
http://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/315...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/seta...
Antivirus:
Antivirus Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/1
http://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.ht...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/
Firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/prod...
Firewall Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/97
http://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.h...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/
IP Blocker:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg...
Browser:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Email, News, RSS:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
System Cleaner:
System Cleaning List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/98
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html
http://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/
System Info:
- AllyLv 51 decade ago
sounds like a virus, go to bestbuy and run Norton Anti-Virus and fix the problem