I have a serious problem with my computer. I got the windows has detected spyware error..?

Question

Sorry I accidently deleted my other question. Basically it was messed up pretty bad and there is alot of trojans on there. I am running AVG 7.5 anti spyware and I need to know if I should delete the trojans or quarantine them,. Ty

There is like 10 trojans.. alot are executables too

Answer 1

Ive seen this error like this myself. I have found that Spyware Doctor is the best spyware program for me. It can be found at www.tenebril.com or www.download.com. Good luck

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You want to remove as many of these trojans as you can using AVG "Healing" feature. Any viruses that AVG can't heal should be placed into the "Virus Vault". You can then navigate to the vault and delete these files. You will find the vault in the AVG program folder that is located within the "Grisoft" folder. The file is called "avgvv.exe"

Answer 4

The pop up message is from spyware already on your system.

Run your antivirus and have it delete the viruses it finds. Run it several times until it finds nothing.

Also install Anti spyware. I use Adaware from Lavasoft. The free version is plenty good for personal use.

Answer 5

Delete them if you can. If they reappear, download Superantispyware and check for updates then run both products in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode, reboot and then either hold down or tap the F8 key repeatedly while the computer is starting up.

Afterwards, Malware may still be lurking in your system restore volumes so it would be in your best interests to disable system restore, reboot then re-enable system restore when you log back on. What this does is protects you from reloading the malware should you ever need to do a system restore.
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Edit - Oops, forgot to give you the link to Superantispyware
http://superantispyware.com/

Answer 6

Windows DOES NOT give you a message when you have spyware! (Unless the message is from Windows Defender progrm)

This is common in spyware, something will pop up in the system tray (notification area) telling you that you have spyware, and that itself is an ad to sell some probably fake anti-spyware

Download good Anti-Virus AND Anti-Spyware. Not just AVG (It focus's on virus, and gets some spyware).

Answer 7

REMOVE VIRUS/TROJAN/WORM\S

getting rid of these pests is a real P.I.A.!!! need LOTS of patience too!!

are you SURE you have any of the above or MIGHT it just be those ****** pop up ads?

those are Messenger Spam! you know,you have a quad-trillion trouble makers and they can be removed for just $$$$$

start--administrative tools--services
alerter service
right click--select properties--select disable from drop down menu

repeat this process for messenger service

remove virus/trojan/worm:

start--control panel--internet options--privacy--advanced--override
select:
allow 1st party cookies
BLOCK 3rd [ tracking ] party cookies

delete cookies/history/temp files from internet options general page

empty prefetch and temp file folders
start--control panel--[ XP ] local disk drive (c), [ Vista ] O.S. (c)--windows
temp folder-- [ XP ] file, [ Vista ] organize--select all
press delete key on keyboard

now go OFFLINE and power back up under SAFE MODE.
while booting up,press f-8 key till you get SAFE MODE utility selection

1st thing,turn OFF system restore where nasties lurk.
XP:
start
all programs--accessories--system tools--system restore
settings--drive (c)--setting--check the OfF box [ while there,set slider to 3% to recover 10% disk space ]

Vista:
start--control panel--performance,information & tools--open disk clean link--select O.S. (c)--select more options--select system restore and shadow copies--select clean up

do a disk clean:
XP:
start--all programs--accessories--system tools--disk clean--disk drive (c)--click delete--click delete again to finish

Vista:
start--control panel--performance,information & tools--select disk clean--select disk drive [ O.S. c ]--click ok--click delete--click ok

HOPEFULLY,you have an anti-virus--anti-rootkit blocker as well as at least 2 anti-spyware removers installed.
run those. if you haven't proper protect installed,before you go offline,download them from here
http://browseraddons.friendpages.com
i'd also HIGHLY reccomend downloading Firefox web browser and it's attending security extensions.

once you are cleaned up,return to system restore and create a new,clean restore point to work from in the future.

anti-virus shield:
Avast
anti spyware shield:
Spyware Blaster
AVG anti spyware
anti hijacker:
Arovax
file cleaner:
Cleaner
registry cleaner:
RegSeeker

see above link to download these

also download Firefox and the security extensions you'll find there

Answer 8

Time to look into "Fedora",
the OS that just works !
I used to reinstall winblows every two weeks,
ever since I got Fedora in 2000, I have only reinstalled once,
and it was my fault that time... 7 years no problems
- no viruses
- no file fragmentation
- no data loss

Paying for virus protection is like paying them to make more viruses !

~THINKING
For real security, look into encfs
the simple way to dynamically encrypt you data