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Courtney asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Trojan or Virus on my computer?

My hard drive crashed last month and my computer company which is horrible at this point replaced it with a hard drive that already failed one test.. Now I'm having problems where a command folder comes on as soon as I power up and when I power down it says IEXPLORE.EX end now when I power down. Also when I search a new browser opens up with searchfeed. Also when I switch user it says there's 2 programs running when I have nothing open.. Not sure what is going on at this point.. I need desperate help my computer company won't do anything since it hasn't crashed again. I have Norton which hasn't detected anything.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You should get the free version of avast. It is the ONLY known free anti-virus giving users FULL protection against EVERYTHING! From malicious downloads and Anti-Rootkit & Spyware to Boot-Time Scan and 86% Virus detection.

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  • i♥u2
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    According to an article by the Washington Post,

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  • prime
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    You have many things going on with this question, lol.

    First for the question about virus: Norton is not that great at detecting viruses, try this free scan at Kaspersky (top rated security company). Top right corner is the link for free scan: http://usa.kaspersky.com/

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    1 decade ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    try to scan it with spyware doctor or kaspersky or mcafee 2009 or avira

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