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Answer» Hello Everyone ! I am new to the forums. After viewing other online help forums I am very impressed with this forum! It seems to be the best ! I am having major computer problems ! My computer is loaded with viruses ! Here are my symptons : 1. Programs take forever to come up , if they even come up ! 2. Avg will not run , actually I ran it earlier and it STOPPED in the middle of the test and would not start back up ! 3.I keep receiving these windows saying " Your computer is making un-authorized system downloads or some type of garbage like that , download this sypware remover . ( I have run ADWARE and spyware remover already) 4. I keep getting these pop ups on the bottem of the toolbar that say "Windows antivirus , windows has detected spware INFECTION" How in the world do I fix this !?!?!?!? Thanks so much , Wayne btw ..I did a search and could not really find anything to fit the descriptions of the problems I am having .Welcome to CH. Please see this thread to begin the removal process. Post all of the logs when complete.Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 12:32:03 PM Welcome to CH. Please see this thread to begin the removal process. Post all of the logs when complete. Thanks so much for your help Evil ! I failed to mention in my post that I cannot use the computer , because of the freezing up so I can't start with the first steps. That would have helped huh ?!? I am on my FATHER's laptop, so I can't download any type of antivirus to the computer. I had antivirus on the computer but it either expired or was TAKEN off by the viruses , I don't know if that is possible or not !?!? I hope my computer is not beyond repair Can you start it in safe mode? If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans. Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 01:02:19 PM Can you start it in safe mode? If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans. umm , what is safe mode ? ebarrassed ! Shows how computer literate I am ! This is safe mode. Basically, you tap F8 while the computer is starting, a menu will appear and you select safe mode.Quote from: needinghelppp on February 10, 2008, 01:16:29 PM Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 01:02:19 PM Can you start it in safe mode? If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans. umm , what is safe mode ? ebarrassed ! Shows how computer literate I am ! Ok , I can enter in safemode. However , I do not have a flashdrive , am I out of luck ? I hate to go buy one of these things , then these procedures not work , and I have to put it in the shop , so then I spent even more money than I needed to.Quote from: Deerpark on February 10, 2008, 01:49:57 PM This is safe mode. Basically, you tap F8 while the computer is starting, a menu will appear and you select safe mode. Thanks !

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Hello Everyone !

I am new to the forums. After viewing other online help forums I am very impressed with this forum! It seems to be the best !
I am having major computer problems ! My computer is loaded with viruses !
Here are my symptons :
1. Programs take forever to come up , if they even come up !
2. Avg will not run , actually I ran it earlier and it STOPPED in the middle of the test and would not start back up !
3.I keep receiving these windows saying " Your computer is making un-authorized system downloads or some type of garbage like that , download this sypware remover . ( I have run ADWARE and spyware remover already)
4. I keep getting these pop ups on the bottem of the toolbar that say "Windows antivirus , windows has detected spware INFECTION"

How in the world do I fix this !?!?!?!? Thanks so much , Wayne
btw ..I did a search and could not really find anything to fit the descriptions of the problems I am having .Welcome to CH.

Please see this thread to begin the removal process. Post all of the logs when complete.Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 12:32:03 PM

Welcome to CH.

Please see this thread to begin the removal process. Post all of the logs when complete.

Thanks so much for your help Evil ! I failed to mention in my post that I cannot use the computer , because of the freezing up so I can't start with the first steps. That would have helped huh ?!? I am on my FATHER's laptop, so I can't download any type of antivirus to the computer. I had antivirus on the computer but it either expired or was TAKEN off by the viruses , I don't know if that is possible or not !?!? I hope my computer is not beyond repair Can you start it in safe mode?

If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans.

Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 01:02:19 PM

Can you start it in safe mode?

If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans.

umm , what is safe mode ? ebarrassed ! Shows how computer literate I am ! This is safe mode.
Basically, you tap F8 while the computer is starting, a menu will appear and you select safe mode.Quote from: needinghelppp on February 10, 2008, 01:16:29 PM

Quote from: evilfantasy on February 10, 2008, 01:02:19 PM
Can you start it in safe mode?

If so download ClamWin to a flash drive and transfer it to the computer to run a virus scan. See if anything is found and remove it. Then see if you can log on in normal mode to run the rest of the scans.

umm , what is safe mode ? ebarrassed ! Shows how computer literate I am !

Ok , I can enter in safemode. However , I do not have a flashdrive , am I out of luck ? I hate to go buy one of these things , then these procedures not work , and I have to put it in the shop , so then I spent even more money than I needed to.Quote from: Deerpark on February 10, 2008, 01:49:57 PM

This is safe mode.
Basically, you tap F8 while the computer is starting, a menu will appear and you select safe mode.

Thanks !

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