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Virus/adware/malware?? How can this happen?

My laptop was old, got a virus and died. So I got a new one and almost immediately, virus, adware, etc. I downloaded antivirus, antiadware and so on and it hasn't worked. Now my son and his friend are visiting me, and their macs and phones have viruses and adware! How is this possible? And what do we do now?

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Friend you are logged into the same infected online storage as you were before! You can clean your computer buy a brand new one 1000 times and until you close your cloud and online syncs those files will keep right on coming back!

    I despise online storage clouds you can buy a brand new PC sign into your accounts and be reinfected by your own viruses and malware that you synced to the cloud!

    And just because your cellphone doesn't run windows viruses because its android.

    Doesn't mean when you plug your cellphone into your computer to drop pictures that 2000 malware's can't be transferred right over!

    Buddy its all a trick to keep you busy buying repairs and fix it software!

    I'm a PC tech I don't have 1 virus simply because I flat refuse to download anything!

    Nothing! I Veiw it and print it from a Linux live system and scan it in!

  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 years ago

    your router///??? or your firewall///????????? if you son is playing games then you will get viruses.....CK your pc history..........

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