It has taken over my desktop background!
2006-08-11 07:20:58 · 22 answers · asked by sarcandrew 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I cannot get on the internet anymore.
2006-08-11 07:30:38 · update #1
Hunny, all depends in what type of virus. Sometimes you have to do it manually. AVG on viruses, easy on userscan find the virus and it will give you the option to follow where is the virus located, then... you eliminate the virus by recycling in to the bin. after, empty the bin. Also if you are in the net surfing ,AVG can caught a virus immediately, it will prompt the window virus vault. the virus stay there till you deleted. Is very important for you to read about AVG. You will loved!!!
If you think that you have been attack with a virus, and you don't have protection in your PC...don't think twice immediately unplug you power cable from the wall and Internet pc card... by doing that, you will stop the virus and get spread allover your PC.
Good Luck!!!
2006-08-11 07:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by TRANSLOPEDIA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is barely working, it will be a bit tough and you will need to be quite patient to get it cleaned up. The reason is that when lots of viruses are running, they slow down the computers a lot so visiting web sites for antivirus software and downloads will definitely take a while to load. Please be patient.
A good place to start would be to try to run and clean up the viruses online without having to download a lot of software and running installations plus reboots...
There is a company called Panda Software that has been rated very good by PC Mag and PC World. See the sources for the link.
If you are able to clean up a lot of viruses, make sure you keep running the online scanning tool by rebooting after every clean up and running the scan again until your computer is found to be clean of viruses.
Once you do that, it would be a great time to also clean up any possible spyware and adware that might be running on your machine. So make sure you download a really good AND FREE adware tool called Ad-Aware SE by a company called Lavasoft. See the sources for the link. The tool is free and all you have to do is to keep updating the definitions. As with the antivirus tool, make sure you reboot after every clean up and run the tool again until the tool doesn't find any more spyware or adware.
The final step is to get yourself a good piece of Antivirus software. NOTE: If you don't have WindowsXP or a good firewall running on your computer then you might want to consider a good Security Suite, which is a set of software products that protect your computer in many ways: Firewall, Antivirus, Spyware/Adware protector, Spam protector, and other. There are a few great Suites out there but most of them are good at a couple features and suck at others. A decent suite is the Symantec Norton Security Suite. I would still keep the Ad-Aware SE tool as it will help you clean up pests the Norton Suite might miss. If you already have a good firewall, then I would suggest just getting an Antivirus software stand-alone and use it along with the Ad-Aware SE tool. There are quite a few decent antivirus tools out there. I personally still trust Norton Antivirus a lot.
More resources found in the sources area for Reviews and Analysis of different software.
2006-08-11 07:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by marmozsdx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are going to pay for them: -
1. Norton Security Suite
2. Mcafee Antivirus
If you want it for free then: -
1. AVG Antivirus (Link given)
2. Avast Virus Cleaner (Link given)
(Mind you, there is no difference between paid & free softwares when you compare them on quality issues)
If yours' is a standalone PC, then I will recommend the free ones alonwith Spyware Removal Software (Link given)
All the Best,
2006-08-11 07:44:06 · answer #3 · answered by Vishal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton Antivirus
2006-08-11 07:22:33 · answer #4 · answered by Gabs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton antivirus - check around, sometimes staples, officemax, bestbuy have them with a rebate for cheap, or free
You could also go to http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=norton%20anti&tag=srch
and download a free trial version to get rid of the virus, that would give you time to shop around for the best deal on buying it later. Thats probably what I would do :-) good luck
2006-08-11 07:26:08 · answer #5 · answered by Mary K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try MS Defender. Free and it will likely work even if your desktop is running free
If you have windows xp then roll back to before the issue began
2006-08-11 07:24:14 · answer #6 · answered by admiralgill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for free- try AVG. It is a free download on cnet.com. I like it- some don't. But I hated Mcafee and Norton, so I tried AVG.
2006-08-11 07:23:09 · answer #7 · answered by jimhead 5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to take it to a computer shop
get ad ware
and spy ware all that pop up stuff and stop downloading stuff your not sure of and stay off porn sites
do this stuff you will be good
2006-08-11 07:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Soldier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try NOD 32 or Kaspersky.
If you want a free one try zone alarm.
2006-08-11 07:22:55 · answer #9 · answered by Dragosh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here a couple of free good choices:
Free Anti-virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
2006-08-11 07:24:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋