Apparently my computer has aquired a rather nasty Virus that won't allow it to go to the trend micro , microsoft or any other website that offers antivirus software. Is there any way to locate and get rid of it? Looking at the proccesses running i don't see anything abnormal, but the computer is constantly redirecting links I click on to spam sites. Any Idea's?
Safe mode won't help. I'd guess the Hosts file has been infected. Nuke that mo-fo and see if you can get outside the spamnet.
Safe mode has got me where I can go to Antivirus websites, who's got the best antivirus stuff nowadays? Thank for ya'lls help!
http://www.ubcd4win.com/ Has saved me numerous times. Boot from it, it loads an XP shell that has an AV program. Try that.
^that. the best way to nuke a virus is to deal with it before it has a chance to start running and in a manner that will keep it from infecting the anti-virus program trying to kill it.
Use the Stinger. Is it a virus or Malware? http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx
Thanks for the help, downloaded the malewarebytes and avast stuff and they got rid of a bunch of crap and everything appears to be ok. Going to safemode was they key for my system.:up:
Now that it's fixed, go buy yourself a mac and forget about the vast majority of spyware and viruses.
If I were goin to do sumthin like that I'd of done it before it was fixed. Its nice to have google working properly again.
what browser do you use? i had a virus back in the spring and ie let it right in, been using google chrome ever since, got a couple warnings but just hit the back button
