Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic stupid adware! Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]TheWeatherGirl[/m] at 2:38 pm on June 28, 2008[quote]Why not try just going in through Safe Mode? That way you havn't got 50 billion other programs all running in the background INCLUDING the virus programs, the virus scan will be much quicker and that way you can safely and properly delete them.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post h a t t Posted at 5:30 pm on June 26, 2008 mi amigo's computer is utterly infected with the stuff.  tons of pop ups and infected files.  trojans downloading trojans downloading trojans.  it's pretty much a lost cause.  i might be able to go through and individually remove them but i have neither the time nor the patience so i'll probably just bring a Windoze disk over and re-install. let this be a listen to you:  install Windows updates when they come out, download a realtime virus scanner (like Avast!), download Adaware and check for bad files regularly, download a firewall like Comodo, and download Spybot to immunize your system. it's a hassle (for most people anyways. i  actually thoroughly enjoy keeping a pristine computer) but it'll be worth it in the end.

Replies h a t t Posted at 2:46 pm on June 28, 2008 Quote: from TheWeatherGirl at 5:38 pm on June 28, 2008 Why not try just going in through Safe Mode? That way you havn't got 50 billion other programs all running in the background INCLUDING the virus programs, the virus scan will be much quicker and that way you can safely and properly delete them. I actually did go through safe mode and a couple of them were still running.  D: TheWeatherGirl Posted at 2:38 pm on June 28, 2008 Why not try just going in through Safe Mode? That way you havn't got 50 billion other programs all running in the background INCLUDING the virus programs, the virus scan will be much quicker and that way you can safely and properly delete them. phantomqueen Posted at 5:32 pm on June 26, 2008 i have norton and its really good. All 3 previous replies displayed.