Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Would a virus increase my internet usage? How can I find which one it is?
I have smart cleaner program on my laptop and it didn't pick up anything. In the last month my internet usage has skyrocketed but I'm not using any new programs. I did notice that there is something called white smoke working as my search engine (I haven't been able to remove it) and I have a Bing screen saver that keeps coming up that shows popular videos that I also have not been able to remove. Any help would be appreciated!
3 Answers
- ?Lv 59 years ago
Whitesmoke is a rootkit from the imfamous TDSS family. A system file is infected, meaning deletion is not possible.
My advice to you is to seek help from a professional FREE malware removal forum such as Bleeping computer
If you wish to try yourself there is a tool from the well known security company Kaspersky, It is called TDSSKiller, a scan will take about 10 - 30 seconds, and will disinfect the vital system file. This is the best place to start. If you wish run the tool and see if it finds anything, if so re-run to make sure its gone http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363
Please post back any findings
- 9 years ago
Yes it can increase your internet usage. Try 'Malewarebytes' and 'spybot search and destroy' one is free and the other has a free trial.
