I got a virus from Download.com!?

Question

Instead of clicking on the software download, I accidentally clicked on the download button in the advertisement. I ended up with a Vundo virus that took me over a month to get rid of.

I realized it today when I did the same thing and saw that the link led me to another website.

All of these answers suck. Voters, you chose the best loser.

Excuse me for trying to spread the word.

Answer 1

XP:

most nasties are set to reside in your restore system. clean them out and forget to close S.R. BEFORE you start clean up and they return when you reboot.

do this while OFFLINE!
start--all programs--accessories--system tools--system restore--settings--drive [ c ]--setting
check off and while there,click--hold--drag slider to 5% and recover 10% hard drive memory

control panel--internet options--general
delete:
cookies--history [ and set days to keep to 0 ]--delete temp internet files

privacy tab:
advanced--override--allow session,allow 1st party--BLOCK 3rd party [ spyware/tracking ] cookies

Recycle Bin
click on recycle bin and empty it

Disk Clean:
all programs--accessories--system tools--disk clean [ and later disk defrag ]
choose os [ c ] to clean,wait,click ok [ twice ]

now go back and do disk defrag [ seleck anylize--run or ok ]

Prefetch Folder
my computer--local disk drive [ c ]--windows--prefetch
select view--select all--press delete key on keyboard

now--IF you have any protective programs [ anti-virus--anti-spyware ] installed,NOW is the time to run those.

once you are clean,return to sytem restore and turn it back on [ reverse above instructions ].

choose to create a new restore point,name it and you're done!

Vista:

vista is a bit different,yet almost the same.
getting to internet options is the same,so look at the instructions for what to do with XP above

disable system restore:
right click computer on start page list--select properties--select system protection--uncheck os [ c ]
REMEMBER TO RESET SYSTEM RESTORE AFTER YOU ARE DONE WITH VIRUS CLEAN UP AND CREATE NEW RESTORE POINT !

disk clean & defrag
control panel--perfromance,information & tools--click disk clean up
select drive [ c ]--ok--okclick delete files

disk defrag is on the same page along with disk clean except it's called advanced tools
see XP instructions on what to do--when

again,just like XP,run your anti-virus--anti-spyware cleaners

you can get what you need for protection programs from here
http://browseraddons.friendpages.com

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I received the same message from a contact of mine. I also received word that SMARTGRRL15 is also on Face Book as well. I am not familiar with that, so in my opinion it's better to be safe than sorry. This is a good way to get the word out so I gave you a star in hopes that my contacts will have immediate notification.

Answer 4

and the point of this question is
and as for virus scaning software all the paid 1s like norton macafee cause more problems than the fix new norton need 200mb to run and it runs constently my pc got 1gb ram init but with norton on runs so slow and norton just to for rookies that just want every thing blocked acosionly u want to download the odd .exe of the net and ocasionly u want the odd couple of web browser plugins make like a missury the paid 1s use avg free and works

Answer 5

That's why it's allways good to have top of the line antivirus software, not the free stuff that they offer online. It does not upgrade quickly enough to deal with new viruses.

Answer 6

I would avoid downloading most free software. Do you have ad-aware or other software that kills spyware?

Answer 7

Umm, do you have a question?

Answer 8

Can you please tell us what the question is clearly? This site is for asking, not declaring!