FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Antivirus Vista 2010 & Antimalware Doctor These two random programs keep harassing me no matter what I do. I need help and urgent! Lol, seriously, this is harassment. I can't do anything without being prompt to upgrade to the full versions every 5 minutes or so. What can I do? There is seemingly no way to uninstall. OMG.
You've got Spyware (also possible virus). Chances are, those aren't really AVs. Try: http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/ http://www.gmer.net/ Then install & use http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
you must have clicked on one of those fake antivirus warnings that come up once in a while....It happened on my pops computer and he just "restored to an earlier date" I cant recall what the feature is officially called... But it worked.
download spybot or adaware, and an anti spyware such as avg. Then I would recommend you restart in safe mode and scan. Might take awhile, but if nothings getting rid of it my suspicion is its loading on startup. You can also try downloading avast as it has a boot time scanner.
be careful with hijack this. Review what its asking to remove, there are some things it will find that are legitimate.
This is not a virus (though you may have one...but it's unrelated), it's malware. It's made to annoy you, and get you to buy their "anti-virus" protection which is totally bogus. You'll need to google steps on how to fix it, but a restore probably won't work on it (didn't on mine). Use spybot with caution...it tried to remove it and ruined my copy of windows. Get malware bytes (or something to that extent) it's free and built forthis kind of crap. I got this a few months ago, gave a half assed attempt at fixing it beocre I sis a fresh install of windows. It's in your registry files, so back important stuff up before going down this road... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks guys, but nothing is working. I'm going to throw the Vaio in the lake and buy a macbook pro. I can't even attempt a system restore because it doesn't work. **** Windows. Done with it.
Still ordering Macbook Pro just under a year after buying my Sony Vaio VGN-FW390. I think it's time. UPDATE: I had the Malwarebyte installed already and it didn't work the first time, but I tried to scan it during safe mode as suggested by unlucky. I have not been harassed thus far since restart. Thanks to everybody. Back to illegal downloads... safe & sound... FEELS GOOD MAN.
The next time the fake Anti Virus Alerts pop up dont click on anything, even the X to close is fake. When it pops up do a ctrl-alt-del and open the Task Manager and End Task the Antivirus Alert
lol @ all you mac lovers....why does windows have the most viruses per OS? because it's the most used! you think as macs gain popularity viruses won't turn to them? Anyways, here: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
Macs are fantastic, and it is very easy to install Windows on them for those programs that aren't compatible with mac. Malawaybytes worked well for me when I used Windows.
Yeah trick is to use your AV/Spyware killers in safe mode when something like that happens. Now that its gone, try and keep 1 anti virus and 1 anti spy/malware program updated so it can detect and kill this stuff before it gets installed. Ive got avast, and will be downloading spybot again, though I hear good things about malwarebytes. AVG ive heard is getting rather bloated ala Norton. MACs are not virus/malware proof, there are just less of them out there for MACs - still need to be careful.
update it an run it all the time. for prevention, i think spybot is the best. i occasionally get those type of pop ups too, but they are never a problem. currently not running a firewall. i have symantec endpoint from my school and it runs just fine. never hogs anything
Be careful of clicking on the free anti virus adware that are offered on some sites.They are one of the most popular methods to introduce malware into your PC. This program will eliminate malware. http://www.malwarebytes.org/ I would also add the WOT add-on to your Firefox browser as it will warn you when you click on a dangerous add or spam site.
windows is not the problem its the user you are being harassed by rogueware never click on anything that wants to help you everyone knows that
I've been a user for 2 weeks and I've learned that in the previous decade of computing I've wasted an enormous amount if time dealing with Windows and it's issues. I'm now in a position to live up the oath I made about a year ago....to NEVER give M$ another nickle for the rest of my life.
Been a Windows guy my whole life. Got a 13" Macbook Pro about 5 months ago and never looked back. As you use the thing you start to realize that this is how computers are supposed to work. There's VERY few things that I can't to.
