3 Responses to “I have some major adware/spyware plus a trojan on my computer. Please help!?”

1. AnswerMEthis says:

   September 3, 2010 at 10:20 pm

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   PCTools harvest do get excellent reviews. The excellent thing is they have free versions of their harvest. They work fantastic. Spyware Doctor from the Google pack is a must. I highly recommend it. I bought Webroots Spysweeper and spyware doctor finds stuff spysweeper does not. Having both is a perfect combo and I recommend running two anti-spyware harvest.

   PCTools Anti-Virus
   http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

   PCTools Threatfire – Malware Protection
   This free tool makes your current anti-virus better. Certain Download
   http://www.threatfire.com

   PCTools Firewall Plus
   http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

   The Google Pack includes a free starter journal of Spyware Doctor.
   http://pack.google.com/
   Reviews
   http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136191/article.html

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   You can do an online scan for viruses and spyware for free from the major vendors. Some of these require Internet Explorer to run because of Active-X

   Trend-Micro
   http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
   Computer Associates
   http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pestscan/
   Panda Software
   http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
   Symantec Security Check
   http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/?langid=ie&venid=sym
   Mcafee Free Scan
   http://us.mcafee.com/root/catalog.asp?catid=free
   Kaspersky Scanner
   http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
   Microsoft Protection Scanner
   http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm?s_cid=mscom_msrt
   F-Secure
   http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/olsbeta.shtml
   BitDefender
   http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
   NOD32
   http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php

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   ANTI-SPYWARE INFORMATION
   Its excellent to run two anti-spywares even if some superfluous resources are taken.

   SuperAntiSpyware does an brilliant job. AVG’s full version gets fantastic reviews.

   Adaware
   http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware

   Microsoft Defender
   http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/defaulting.mspx

   AVG
   http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

   Spyware Terminator 2
   http://www.spywareterminator.com/

   Spybot Search and End
   http://www.safer-networking.org/

   SuperAntispyware
   http://superantispyware.com/

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   Anti-Spyware for a cost.
   Personally I bought Webroot’s Spysweeper, their product is fantastic and well worth the money. Watch Best Buy ads because sometimes it goes on sale for $10 to $15.

   Webroot Spysweeper
   http://www.webroot.com/consumer/equate/freeware.html?rc=4929
   PCTools Spyware Doctor
   http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

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   ANTI-VIRUS INFORMATION
   There are free anti-virus scanners availble. They work well. I like AVG and PCTools anti-viruses the best of the free anti-virus programs.

   If you are not willing to spend money it is excellent to have some kind of anti-virus software

   avg
   http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

   avast
   http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

   Avira AntiVir
   http://www.free-av.com/

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   For a Cost
   This is my sanction for anti-virus. Free are excellent, but they are not as accurate as the top paid anti-virus software

   Top-Tier
   Kaspersky
   http://www.kasepersky.com

   Nod32
   http://www.eset.com/

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2. terran_ghost says:

   September 3, 2010 at 10:43 pm

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   You can try running an antivirus program in Windows safe mode (go to safe mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key on the keyboard when windows is starting up) running a scan in safe mode gives your antivirus a better chance for removing adaware/spyware. AVG antivirus is a pretty excellent free antivirus program.

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3. MoishePippik says:

   September 3, 2010 at 11:05 pm

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   1. On a clean PC, prepare a boot disk (CD or floppy) with some antivirus and antiadware tools.
   2. Set BIOS on the infected PC to boot first from the disk, not HD.
   3. Boot from the disk and run the antivirus tools.
   4. In an extreme case, you force need to use another PC to salvage data on your HD, and completely reformat the HD. This is not trivial, as it exposes the other PC to infection; get knowledgeable help.
   Some freebie tools you may have already tried:
   Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool This may be run from the command prompt with command-line argument /F:Y to force complete scan and fix — may take hours.
   AVG antivirus free version
   Avast antivirus free version
   Kaspersky antivirus free version
   Spybot adware removal and immunization tool
   Regrettably, no one tool works for all, and heuristic algorithms to recognize viruses are not yet reliable, so virus definitions should be updated daily.
   Even so, booting from an infected disk, or visiting a site with the latest malware may still cause problems.
   Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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