Hurlshort Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Ok, my wife somehow installed some ad program off of a pop up, and now I'm having trouble getting rid of all the hidden junk it's creating. I downloaded Ad-Aware and ran a full scan with it, and it found a few trojans and bad cookies, and I deleted them, but they seem to keep coming back. I'm not running anti-virus software on this PC because I have my router firewall, and that's always been enough until my wife made a mistake. I realize I can probably pay for anti-virus software, but I'm actually getting a new PC in a week, so it seems like a waste when this one is about to go into storage. Anyone have any good free suggestions for getting rid of these infections?
Deadly_Nightshade Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 Get an Anti-Virus that has multiple installs, they're normally no more then $5 extra... "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
tarna Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 (edited) Kaspersky has a 30 day free version that you can use to scan your system... http://usa.kaspersky.com/trials/home-users/anti-virus-7/ Also, Spybot is an excellent piece of software that every system should have. Best of all ...it's free! Feel free to donate to the author though as it does cost him and others to post. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html Both are excellent bits of protection. Ad-Aware is good but often you need to have several pieces of software to give you the coverage that you need these days when the sneaks are smarter than the average bear. :wink: Edit...you may also want to Run 'MSCONFIG'...'Startup' and see if there is anything running at start that shouldn't be. Edited December 5, 2007 by tarna Ruminations... When a man has no Future, the Present passes too quickly to be assimilated and only the static Past has value.
Hurlshort Posted December 5, 2007 Author Posted December 5, 2007 Thanks Tarna, those should really help me out.
Tale Posted December 5, 2007 Posted December 5, 2007 I like Trend Micro's Housecall. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
theslug Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 Yeah trend micros is pretty insanely thorough. AVG is completely free, constant updates and is pretty good, it's what I use. Adaware + Spy bot + AVG is end game. There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Gorth Posted December 10, 2007 Posted December 10, 2007 Maybe I should give that Trend Micro program a try. I have been happy with Zonealarm Pro for my internet security needs so far (except when it kills my system and I need to cut the power to reboot), but you can never be paranoid enough :ninja10: “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
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