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Virus on My Computer?

I got this virus on my computer that whenever I go to a search engine and click on a listing, it gets directed to another site created by the pirate scum that put this on my computer. How do I get rid of it without giving the internet pirate his ransom.

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  • Don
    Lv 6
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    at the same time start machine and tap the F8 key repeatedly until the option windows appears choose safemode with networking then open browser and go to safety.live.com(that is microsoft's online virus scanner) it's is free...then go to malwarebytes.org and download and run their anti-malware scanner it's free...if you know the name of the virus manual removal instructions can be found at precisesecurity.com or bleepingcomputer.com...you can download a rescue disk from kaspersky.com or avira.com just use another computer set bios to boot from the cd/dvd and run the rescue disk before anything can boot up they are both free...

  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Try this:

    Firstly, boot your computer to the Safe Mode menu screen. You do this by repeatedly pressing F8 as soon as you boot up. Once there, use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode with Networking. Continue to boot from there, by pressing Enter.

    If that's successful, download and run TDSSKiller.exe from Kaspersky Lab. It's tiny, and takes just a minute to run. It hunts down and kills a specific family of rootkits. Here's a link:

    http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208280684

    Now open your browser and copy and paste this link into the address bar and press Enter. It's a direct download for the free version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM). Install it, get updates and run a full scan (still in Safe Mode).

    http://www.myantispyware.com/mbam

    After this, try rebooting normally. If that's successful, I recommend you run another full scan with MBAM. It will detect malware that wasn't running in Safe Mode.

    Hope this helps.

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  • 9 years ago

    Here is an article on how to get rid of the google redirect virus.

    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remo...

  • 9 years ago

    It might malicious or Trojan virus attack your PC, not just an antivirus will effective for it also run an anti-spyware scan to your computer.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    you can do full reinstall from heard drive tap f8 or f10 or f11 from start up so it lets you in to reinstall screen from there its all on screen its only way to clear

  • 9 years ago

    1) go to start menu --> all programs --> accessories --> system tools --> system restore

    2) just follow the step to restore your system. this will change your system, but not delete your data of course

    Hope this help ! ;)

    Source(s): my experience
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