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Bobby asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Human confirmation Virus has me HELP?

keeps coming p askin surveys proving I am not a bot

Update:

we have 3 computers in the house and it is only medding w/mine

Update 2:

messing with

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Step 1

    As soon as you suspect that your computer has a virus, remove your computer from any networks it might be on, as well as from the Internet, so that you don't inadvertently spread the bug to others. Unplug your network cable if you have to.

    Step 2

    If you have virus-scanning (anti-virus) software installed, run it.

    Step 3

    If you don't have anti-virus software, you'll need to obtain some. If you can't get it from a network administrator or download it from an uninfected computer, you can mail-order it from a retailer.

    Step 4

    Start your computer (still not connected to a network) and follow the instructions that came with the anti-virus software.

    Step 5

    Keep running the virus-scanning software until your computer comes up clean.

    Step 6

    Reconnect your computer to the Internet and check with the anti-virus software's publisher to make sure you have the latest updates. If not, download them now.

    Step 7

    After updating the anti-virus software, run it again until your computer comes up clean.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have Norton 360 and it didn't pick this one up (which my daughter unwittingly introduced by responding to an MSN message from a known contact asking if a pic in a link to myspace was her). Nor did it pick it up when i ran a full scan.

    I got rid of it via majorgeeks.com where there is a fairly lengthy procedure for removing malware which is ok for a non-techie like me to follow. You have to stick with it though and do everything, including some system prep and the installation of several spy/malware removal apps.

    It worked a treat and was well worth the effort; those guys are GOOD. Here's the link:

    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=3540...

    Good luck!

  • 5 years ago

    I have been given a similar element...grew to become into stoning up at random circumstances for IE classes. I had clicked on a hyperlink from a chum in YIM that implanted it. I basically had my Panda AV do an entire test of my C: force and it completely have been given rid of it, deleting some archives, quarantining others. Lazy guy's strategies-set! did no longer even ought to reboot. perhaps different AV classes will do a similar element. i'm somewhat mad at my Panda for permitting it to get on contained in the 1st place, yet I did click on the stupid hyperlink! i'm frequently to blame. And the removal grew to become into uncomplicated and painless. So now you have yet differently to handle it. I easily have Vista domicile top rate sixty 4 bit.

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