I have a serious computer virus problem.?

Question

Does anyeone know of a website where I could get a free antivirus? I already have AVGantivirus but I dont think that its helping. I get a lot of pop-ups and I also get things installed on my computer.

Answer 1

http://www.avast.com/

You'll have to register, but it is free.

Answer 2

You can download the anti-virus from Norton and verizon also has a good anti-virus. If all fails McAfee is great to purchase. You can purchase it for 1-3 computers, the difference is the price. But before you buy anything, just type in anti-virus and you should get a pretty good list.

Answer 3

thats because avg is an antiVIRUS and your hijacked :)

get these free tools... adaware(lavasoft.com) spybot(safer-networking.org) HiJackThis(trend.com) winsockfix v1.2(majorgeeks.com)
install and run the adaware/spybot update
start-run-apps-accessories-sys... disk cleanup
reboot safe mode w/ networking (continually press f8 upon reboot)
Run adaware and spybot deleting anything they find.
Run Hijackthis (this shows all BHO's on ur browser~very important)
Run free online scan (trend.com bitdefender.com pandasoftware.com) remove any findings
Run winsockfix v1.2
Reboot,
you might consider flushing your dns cache before you open up ie, start run type cmd enter type ipconfig /flushdns
if problem still exists msg me for further details

to prevent these types of problems try using a different browser, both moziall and opera are more secure.
www.mozilla.com
get firefox and the following addon's
adblock/noscript *check 4 others u may find usefull like tinyurl creator.
to allow a site full function look to the bottom right red S with line thru it
click that, click allow (that site) and your good to go, you only need to do this once for each site.

Answer 4

Udate your antivirus and scan your coputer in safe mode. After you remove virus, I recommend you use firefox browser. It is safer than IE. It can prevent viruses such as worm,trojan and etc. The newest official edition of firefox can be downloaded from http://www.mollzia.com

Answer 5

check out
http://computer-probs.blogspot.com/
It not only gives complete solutions but also offers
free downloads of effective softwares which can detect
and eliminate all spy ware /virus /ad ware /Trojans completely.

Answer 6

thats because pop ups are are caused by spyware so avg ANTI-VIRUS wont do anything for pop ups so i recommend you do this. oh yea avg is pretty good
Try this its guaranteed to work
Follow these steps to a completely secure computer. Download and install all of these free programs. It’s allright to have more than one anti-spyware, but not anti-virus so make sure you have removed and uninstalled every bit of your old antivirus and firewall as these can cause unwanted conflicts.

AVG Anti-Virus- http://free.grisoft.com/

AVG Anti-Spyware- http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/us/frt/0

AVG Anti-Rootkit- http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-rootkit/us/frt/0

Spybot Search&Destroy- http://spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html

AdAware Personal SE- http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007-Free/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

A-Squared Free Edition- http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Comodo Firewall- http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html


CLEAN UP PROGRAMS
CCleaner- http://ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

Advanced WindowsCare Personal- http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare-Personal/3000-2086-10407614.html?part=dl-AdvancedW&subj=dl&tag=button

IObit SmartDefrag- http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=5318&file=10&evp=3907499a9d91d6d4d70477dfa7628159

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner- http://eusing.com/Download.htm

Registry Distiller- http://www.codeode.com/registrydistiller/index.html

TweakNow Regcleaner Standard- http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html

Windows Defender- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displayLang=en&hash=EG3dznS7Jd5E9zvCt5ZNZ8nCI7fLawkDMjbsNZAtEWq6G2XsdafpULYMEVfq4BrRNxxc3CvnKhDaOTFrApuKyQ%3d%3d

Now restart your computer twice to ensure all or most of the programs have been properly installed. Make sure to update all these programs everyday. Now that you have updated all your programs go turn off your computer. Now hold on F8 right after you turn on your computer and that will bring you to the menu to go to safe mode. Hit safe mode and log in. Now launch up all the AVG programs and wait about 2 hours as it’s the first scan. If the programs have found anything simply delete the infections. After that, run spybot, adaware, and a-squared free edition, if they detect anything, simply delete those infections too. Then, after those run a full scan on windows defender it shouldn’t find anything by now and if it hasn’t then your computer has been cleaned of bad infections. Now its time to clean up. Run each of the clean up programs one by one. Now you have a safe, healthy, clean computer. And try to download these top internet browsers.

1.) Saffari- http://www.apple.com/safari/download/...
2.) Mozilla- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
3.) Opera- http://www.opera.com/

Answer 7

Go with what DJ T said. Malwarebyte's anti-malware is great.

Answer 8

Avira Anti-Vir for windows.

http://www.free-av.com

Answer 9

Used with permission from NumberSix6
Printing this would be helpful

Step 1) DON'T PANIC! Take a deep breath and go grab a cup of your favorite beverage. This may take awhile.
Step 2) Clean up your pc. Remove programs you don't use via the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. In Vista, you remove programs by clicking Programs and Features in the Control Panel. If you are unsure of a particular program, you can check it against a list of offenders here: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread....
Clean your hard drive of unnecessary files using CCleaner here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/...
Save to your desktop, install it, then run the cleaner. Simple, yet it will free up tons of space on your hard drive. While you have the program open, run the Registry Checker as well. This will fix invalid registry entries safely. Note that you should run CCleaner for ALL accounts on your pc.
Step 3) Create a new System Restore point. Click Start>All Programs> Accessories>System Tools>System Restore. Create a restore point. Now delete all but this most recent restore point. Click Start>All Programs>Accessories> System Tools>Disk Cleanup. Click More Options tab, and then under System Restore, click Clean up. Click Yes to remove all but the most recent restore point. Click OK, click Yes, and then click OK.
Step 4) Now let's start to get rid of those nasties. Download the following programs to your Desktop. You should then install each one, but don't run them yet. Patience...patience.
Lavasoft's Ad-Aware from here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a...
AVG Anti-Spyware from here:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/...
Spybot Search and Destroy from here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...
SUPERAntiSpyware from here:
http://www.superantispyware.com/...
I know this seems like overkill, but until someone can come up with one program that can detect everything in the wild, we need to use programs from several reputable sources.
Step 5) Use them safely. Once these programs are installed on your pc, their effectiveness may be negated by running scans normally. You need to reboot your pc into Safe Mode. Shut down your pc, wait a few seconds, then turn it back on. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, press F8.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the Safe Mode with Networking option, which loads all of the above files and drivers and the essential services and drivers to start networking, and press Enter. If Windows launches before you can choose a safe mode, restart your computer and try again. Now it's time to start each program you installed and run scans. First, open Ad-Aware, update to the latest signatures, and run a full system scan. Delete any malware found, close the program and move on to AVG Anti-Spyware. Again, update, run complete scan, and delete the baddies. Do the same for Spybot and SuperAntiSpyware. When you are finished, restart the computer normally.
Step 6) Clean up and protect. I would recommend leaving AVG and Ad-Aware on your system, and delete the other two. These anti-spyware programs do not conflict and offer good future protection. If you happen to like the interface of the others, then by all means keep the ones you want, just so long as you have at least one solid stand-alone on your system. Uninstall the others via Add/Remove in the Control Panel.
Step 7) Not done yet. We've taken care of the spyware, but there still may be viruses and trojans lurking on your pc. If there is an anti-virus program running on your pc, shut it down. Yes, you read right, end the program. We need to run a few online scans that may conflict with the anti-virus installed. Go to Trend Micro: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/... to download and run their free online scanner. Take whatever action the scanner tells you for any virus found. Finally, do the same with the Panda Online ActiveScan : http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ac...
Restart your computer.
Step 8) Peace at last. Make sure your anti-virus program of choice is running again and is up-to-date. If you do not have one, I suggest AVG Free Antivirus here: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/ or Avast 4 Home:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...
Be sure you have at least one of the anti-spyware programs running, and also make sure you have a good firewall. PC Tools Firewall Plus is free and works on XP and Vista: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/... , as does WinPatrol 2007:
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html...
This procedure will remove MOST malware. However, it may not catch some really nasty buggers. If you've followed all the steps and still believe you have something not right on your pc, you need some extra help. Go here: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis... to download a program called HijackThis. It examines certain key areas of the Registry and Hard Drive and lists their contents. Install, run and save a logfile which you may post on one of the forums listed on that same page as above. Some kind soul will then come along and examine your logfile and give you recommendations in order to wipe any remaining buggers away.
Please email me with comments, suggestions, and errors. If you like it, feel free to pass it on to other infected folks.

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Source(s):
Many years of cleaning infected pc's