Wow I pretty much just infected my computer.

Last night I was going to get on the computer, when all of a sudden this program called "Personal Antivirus" popped up and said to downoad it because I could have tons of viruses that have infected my computer. Stupidly, I downloaded it. It scanned the computer for viruses, and it said I had 60. So, I was SO CLOSE to upgrading it to get rid of the so called "viruses" on my computer. Luckily, my friend whose dad works on computers said I actually downloaded spyware. So he told me about this CCleaner website which cleaned unused files out of my computer and my computer runs faster now. Sadly, Personal Antivirus did not go away. I even clicked "uninstall" and the spyware did not go away. So I was looking up how to get rid of Personal Antivirus and I was said to download a program called Spyware Doctor and it actually blocked some spyware. I have to register to get rid of it, but I don't want to take any chances just in case.

If Personal Antivirus EVER pops up randomly on your computer, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT! It's a pain to get rid of. And the bad part is that the spyware steals files and passwords and things such as that.

You could just admit you were looking at porn...

Later, Matt

Lol, I don't. To me, I think it's kinda nasty....:weirdface

lmao :)

Matt, was that supposed to be sarcasm? So hard to tell when people are sarcastic rofl...:weirdface

Happened to me once. Luckily I found a solution after spending time searching on google and removed it.

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Matt, was that supposed to be sarcasm? So hard to tell when people are sarcastic rofl...:weirdface

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Sure.... of course it was sarcastic..... wait..... was it?

Later, Matt

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Originally Posted by omnibus2

Happened to me once. Luckily I found a solution after spending time searching on google and removed it.

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What did you use to remove it? I don't really want to register for anything.

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

Sure.... of course it was sarcastic..... wait..... was it?

Later, Matt

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I don't know you tell me:rolleyes:

Sarcasm is so hard to type...:weirdface

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Originally Posted by Fallguy

Sarcasm is so hard to type...:weirdface

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Exactly lol.:rofl:

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I don't know you tell me:rolleyes:

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I wish I could. I don't know what kind of girl you are though.

:O

Getting too much for BP.net standards. :8:

Later, Matt

PS. Yes, I was sarcastic. ;)

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I wish I could. I don't know what kind of girl you are though.

:O

Getting too much for BP.net standards. :8:

Later, Matt

PS. Yes, I was sarcastic. ;)

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Lol, everyone I know seems to be sarcastic in their own way:O

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Lol, everyone I know seems to be sarcastic in their own way:O

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I can drive my sisters nuts with my sarcasm.

Still, though, I'm sure a frighteningly large percentage of folks with a virus got it from porn.

Later, Matt

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You could just admit you were looking at porn...

Later, Matt

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HAHAHA! Thats how i infected my last computer.. just kidding.......:oops:

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HAHAHA! Thats how i infected my last computer.. just kidding.......:oops:

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Yeah right.

I'm serious, I won't believe you if you deny it.

Later, Matt

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Yeah right.

I'm serious, I won't believe you if you deny it.

Later, Matt

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Hey.... Are your being sarcastic? :rofl:

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Hey.... Are your being sarcastic? :rofl:

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No, I'm actually not. Don't worry man, you're not the only one that it's happened to. I bet there's a forum dedicated to.

Later, Matt

http://malwarebytes.org/

That is all.

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I can drive my sisters nuts with my sarcasm.

Still, though, I'm sure a frighteningly large percentage of folks with a virus got it from porn.

Later, Matt

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Lol, well my virus did not come from porn :]. Don't even really know where it came from actually, it just popped up when I clicked on Internet Explorer.

solution = get a mac :)

Do yourself a favor and download AVAST.

Back that up with Spybot Search and Destroy.

It's free, it works, and it won't give you tasteless sexual commentary like Dutchherp.

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Do yourself a favor and download AVAST.

Back that up with Spybot Search and Destroy.

It's free, it works, and it won't give you tasteless sexual commentary like Dutchherp.

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Meh, it'll come up anyway.

Later, Matt

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matt, was that supposed to be sarcasm? So hard to tell when people are sarcastic rofl...:weirdface

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lol !

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Sarcasm is so hard to type...:weirdface

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Ohhhh REALLY.......

Spybot should do the job.

That's why you never click on any popups or browse any that have popups. Fixing computers is easy and quick money. A lot of people should be glad because XP fixed for the most part the issue with some popups automatically installing crap on your computer.

If you want a free antivirus, go get AVG, or you can just do a weekly scan at security.symantec.com

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http://malwarebytes.org/

That is all.

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I use this, and my company (which is a hardware/software company) also uses this - great program!

I got a pop up here at work about 2 months ago about upgrading my virus protection. I kept closing it and ignoring it, but it kept popping up. I finally called my IT guys and asked if it was a Radiant (my company) program that I needed to allow to run (it wasn't).

They said that most of the viruses that they are seeing these days comes from Facebook apps. You know the ones - the quizzes, etc.

Download and run HijackThis. You will need to look close and remove any programs that are not legit. Then install ZoneAlarm Antivirus. ZoneAlarm works great but cost around $20 per year. You could also go with AVG Antivirus. It is one of the best free antiviruses out there, but not as good as ZoneAlarm.

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Spybot should do the job.

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Spybot is changing .. in the industry as more of a preventative tol than removal tool. Their resident protection is good ... and saves us around here (the company I work for as an IT tech) a lot of heaches, but we have run into a lot of stuff that Malwarebytes just destroys the first time that Spybot will not.

http://www.spywareremove.com/removeP...Antivirus.html
i wouldnt install anything to remove this .
hijack this is a great program to have though

Do you think spyware would actually let you uninstall it? Nope, you gotta go mideval on it. Avast! is pretty good at removing that stuff and it's free.

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-...html?tag=mncol

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solution = get a mac :)

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Yeah if you want to spend 2k for a 500$ computer.

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solution = get a mac :)

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Great fix! Any no, a mac holds its value way better than a PC

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solution = get a mac :)

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Cheaper Solution = Get Norton's or AVG

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They said that most of the viruses that they are seeing these days comes from Facebook apps. You know the ones - the quizzes, etc.

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Couple weeks ago I was hit with a few virus, and spyware when I was on Farmville.

I have a Macbook Pro 3 years old.

Never had any problems.

Never have to buy/download additional anti-virus/spyware software.

You get what you pay for. :)

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Yeah if you want to spend 2k for a 500$ computer.

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I bought my 17" powerbook G4 for 400$

I also have no virus software and have never had a problem

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Yeah if you want to spend 2k for a 500$ computer.

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Or you could get linux :P

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I have a Macbook Pro 3 years old.

Never had any problems.

Never have to buy/download additional anti-virus/spyware software.

You get what you pay for. :)

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I have an HP tablet 3 year old and have never had any virus/spyware problems. I have had virus protection in the past, but I don't really see why that's a negative.

The best and cheapest solution is to not download things that are obvious malware, but that's not 100% so yeah you can spend 10 minutes, one time, to install antivirus software. That's a lot less time than it would take to pick out a new mac.
But if you're really concerned, you can download Ubuntu, and that's free!

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I have an HP tablet 3 year old and have never had any virus/spyware problems. I have had virus protection in the past, but I don't really see why that's a negative.

The best and cheapest solution is to not download things that are obvious malware, but that's not 100% so yeah you can spend 10 minutes, one time, to install antivirus software. That's a lot less time than it would take to pick out a new mac.
But if you're really concerned, you can download Ubuntu, and that's free!

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Fair enough. Not everyone is for a MAC. :)

I'm just saying from personal experience. I have owned BOTH a PC and a MAC, and I will never go back to a PC.