I have some very nasty viruses on my computer and i cant remove them without paying. What should i do ????

Question

THEY ARE CALLED TROJAN, DLUCA, WILD TROJAN 2, TROJAN VX 11 AND COMPLEX TROJAN AND THEY ARE TAKING OVER MY COMPUTER. I KEEP GETTING POP-UPS SAYING THAT THEY ARE CRITICAL AND EXTREAMLY DANGEROUS AND THAT I MUST REMOVE THEM AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

Answer 1

Here you have a list with some good and free antivirus programs. Try installing one and delete the infected files. Then it will be OK.
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Sounds like things are really messed up! At this point I would recommend a system restore but if you're Start Menu and/or icons aren't working, you may not be able to access it. You don't say what operating system you're using but both Vista and Windows 7 have system recovery software that you can run from the installation disc at bootup. If your computer came with a disc, I'd start there. If it didn't, you should find a way to obtain one, either burning your own on another computer or borrowing a friends'. Using a different install should work in theory since you'll just be using the recovery tools and not using the disc for a fresh install. Good luck!

Answer 4

There are many free solutions for both virus and spyware problems:

AVG by Grisoft has a free for personal use Anti-Virus product available at: http://free.grisoft.com

Avast Antivirus, also for non-commercial use. The ability to turn off unneeded active protection is quite nice. It is available at: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Avira AntiVir Personal Edition is also available for download at http://www.free-av.com . You will probably find the daily pop up ad it opens when doing an update a bit irritating.

The above products include active background scanning modules!

Bitdefender has an excellent scanner and removal tool but does not have any active background protection in the free version. I often use it to suplement the above products as you do not need to worry about background agents conflicting. It is available at: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Main/view/Download-Free-Products.html

There are quite a few free anti-spyware programs available! I suggest that users should use at least 3 different products to regularly scan their systems. Most of these products are free for non-commercial use versions that have disabled some features, usually the active resident protection.

Spybot Search and Destroy is an excellent program for scanning for and removing spyware. The resident modules can be a bit buggy, but the extra included tools such as startup manger are great! http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Adaware is another good scanner and removal tool but it has no resident abilities at all in the free version. http://free.lavasoft.com

Ewido is fairly new as a free spyware scanner, but it comes from the people who brought us AVG, so I expect good things: http://free.grisoft.com

Microsoft has their free scanner available for download. Defender does offer a couple of options the others do not have such as scheduled scan and a resident process for active protection. Although many advise that this tool is a bit permissive of questionable programs and add ons, it is the simplest to use!http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

A new player is on the scene with SUPERAntiSpware. I was fairly impressed with the deep scans performed by this product, and it found some inactive files with spyware embedded,that the others had missed. I will add this to the list of tools in the arsenal and see how it really performs on active spyware. If you want to try it you can download it here: http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

Answer 5

go to Spy-Bot, or AVG, and dl a quick sweeper program, then go get either Nortons anti-virus/internet software, or some other similar product...and SOON. I reccomend Norton, because they come with Symantec-which gives regular updates with current registry of known hazards( as well as future detection of them). So before you panic, it may just be a good computer bath and you'll be fine.
Another thing is that from now on, you'll have to keep reigns on what comes in by running software that betters odds to not get infected.
Its the real world out there, and some "peep's" just wanna screw up things for fun. i.e., hackers and ad-ware writers.

Answer 6

If you are using Windows XP then try to restore your system back to the last date when your system was working properly.

For this first right click on "My computer" and go to properties. There in the "System Restore" tab, check if the "Turn off system restore on all drives" is checked or not.
If not (that means your system restoration is on) then follow these steps.
1) Open "help and support" and search for "System restore"
2) In the list you can see "Run the System Restore Wizard" click on that
3) Select "Restore my computer to an earlier date" and click next
4) Select the date when your system was perfectly working.
5) Follow the steps.

Hope this solves your problem.

Answer 7

When I feel that my pc has several viruses or spyware. I "wipe" my pc. This means take windows out and put it back. If yours came with the windows disks; this isn't hard. I had to order my disks from microsoft. At least I think thats right it might have been
HP. I took mine for free diagnostics. They said this works best sometimes. It puts it back to the way it was when you bought it. Be sure to save anything important you have on it, to disk or something.

Answer 8

Have you tried Housecall? It's from Trend Micro. It's free and gets rid of all kinds of viruses.

Try the link below and select the free scan. I used this many times, even after I bought a very good virus cleaner.

Answer 9

These are not viruses, they are trojans. There are two free programs that will remove them, they are both anti spyware programs. They are AVG anti spyware and Spybot Search and Destroy.
It is the pop ups that are the trojan. The advice the pop ups give is fake and designed to scare you into paying. Don't pay anyone.

Before attempting to remove malware you must switch off System Restore as back up files will be hiding in there, and it will just restore itself. Go to Start - programs - accessories - system tools - system restore.
Run your anti spyware in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode repeatedly press the F8 key after the bios screen loads but before Windows loads. You'll know if you made it because the screen will be at 800 x 600 and your pc will be slow.

Then beef up your security. Its easier to prevent malware getting on to your sytem in the first place rather than trying to remove it.

The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out. Zone Alarm firewall is free for personal use and stops unwanted incoming and outgoing traffic. You choose which programs are allowed to access the internet. It's fairly easy to use and updated regularly.
http://www.zonelabs.com Zone Alarm firewall

Shields Up security site;
https://www.grc.com - check your firewall works
http://www.grc.com/optout.htm - grc anti spyware program and info.

http://www.mozilla.com/ Firefox web browser
http://www.opera.com/ Opera web browser
Instal both these web browsers, turn off javascript on one and use that browser for vising unknown websites. They don't support Active X so thats one less way for problems to get on your pc.

Winpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com

Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
http://www.siteadvisor.com -Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.
http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus
http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan and AVG anti virus.
http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware
http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.
http://www.bitdefender.com -BitDefender can be used as a second, on demand anti virus.
http://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool
http://www.mailwasher.net/ -spam filter

Remember to update and run all of you anti malware programs at least once a week.

Answer 10

Ok Paying who exactly? Make sure its a bona fide trustworthy antivirus tool, like MCAfee or Norton.
Theres plenty of pop ups around that will say your computer needs urgent critical attention and that you must pay, but it's false.