Anyone know how to get rid of this b.s.? Installed itself sometime in the last 20 minutes and it's becoming hard to do much of anything on the computer. I'm not about to download something to get rid of it, unless I absolutely have to.
I had something similar happen to me with a different POS. I finally downloaded and installed the paid version of AVG. Awesome program and have yet to have an issue with it. I took off all the other crap I was using.
Just did a system restore and that got rid of it, thank God.
I'll keep AVG filed away for *next time*
I used to recommend Norton or Mcafee along with spybot as really good protection. In the last 8 months or so I have become convinced that AVG (the paid version) beats them all hands down.
I used to recommend Norton or Mcafee along with spybot as really good protection. In the last 8 months or so I have become convinced that AVG (the paid version) beats them all hands down.
Norton has been crap since around 2006-2007 they take up so much background resources to run all the time. AVG is real nice tons better than Norton or Mcafee. I run AVG and Malwarebytes and they seem to do well for me so far. None will find everything so its always good to use two different types.
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Damn thing is a PITA, there is a .exe that will kill the process which will then allow you to run malwarebytes. Unfortunately the last one I had to deal with I ended up backing up all the important data and reformatting the whole damn thing.....stupid people bringing infected audio CDs from home....
I went into the program folder renamed mbam.exe to svt.exe and it worked.
although i have seen when installing it will not put a mbam.exe in the malwarebytes folder. then just do a google search for mbam wont start or something like that and they will have you download just the .exe thats already been renamed and you put the exe in the program folder and run it and it worked. good luck
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I fix several computers with the spyware/addware apps a month. If you got it on your computer it didnt just happen for no reason. You clicked something that caused it to install. Its funny seeing users get all defensive claiming that they didn't do anything to cause it.
I fix several computers with the spyware/addware apps a month. If you got it on your computer it didnt just happen for no reason. You clicked something that caused it to install. Its funny seeing users get all defensive claiming that they didn't do anything to cause it.
+1 Rootkit spyware is my #1 side job I get ungodly amounts of money to fix. This isn't aimed at OP or anyone in here but I don't use any programs and FYI anyone who needs to use a scanner to fix a virus or spyware knows NOTHING about computers.
I fix several computers with the spyware/addware apps a month. If you got it on your computer it didnt just happen for no reason. You clicked something that caused it to install. Its funny seeing users get all defensive claiming that they didn't do anything to cause it.
They are getting smarter though, Some Malware comes in through Rouge scripts on pages.
Norton has been crap since around 2006-2007 they take up so much background resources to run all the time. AVG is real nice tons better than Norton or Mcafee. I run AVG and Malwarebytes and they seem to do well for me so far. None will find everything so its always good to use two different types.
That's simply not the case any more. Norton 2009 and now 2010 were completely rewritten. Took less than a minute to install on my machines and the resource footprint is very un-intrusive. One of the best anti-virus/firewall products out there now.
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That's simply not the case any more. Norton 2009 and now 2010 were completely rewritten. Took less than a minute to install on my machines and the resource footprint is very un-intrusive. One of the best anti-virus/firewall products out there now.
Glad to hear that. I had free full norton and it was so bad and slow my machines down so much I ditched them in either 06 version or 07. May have to take a look at them again.
+1 Rootkit spyware is my #1 side job I get ungodly amounts of money to fix. This isn't aimed at OP or anyone in here but I don't use any programs and FYI anyone who needs to use a scanner to fix a virus or spyware knows NOTHING about computers.
You're right, I don't know anything about computers. How it started was actually while surfing the normal stuff.. I got some message about some program trying to access/change something on my computer and hit 'deny.' It came up a few more times and I continued to hit 'deny,' but one time I just clicked the X on the message box and that's when it started.
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They are getting smarter though, Some Malware comes in through Rouge scripts on pages.
Don't know what this actually means, but if you look this thing up, the consensus is that it's a Rogue thing.
I fix several computers with the spyware/addware apps a month. If you got it on your computer it didnt just happen for no reason. You clicked something that caused it to install. Its funny seeing users get all defensive claiming that they didn't do anything to cause it.
That is incorrect. I know a couple sites you can go to and not have to click on anything and you will get malware loaded on your computer. I have seen a link typed in. The page loads than the info bar at the bottom says downloading site and the page closes and you now have malware on your computer.
+1 Rootkit spyware is my #1 side job I get ungodly amounts of money to fix. This isn't aimed at OP or anyone in here but I don't use any programs and FYI anyone who needs to use a scanner to fix a virus or spyware knows NOTHING about computers.
This statement is full of shit. I would get into it with you but I could not deal with you on this topic within the roadside rules so this is all I am gonna say about it.
I had something similar happen to me with a different POS. I finally downloaded and installed the paid version of AVG. Awesome program and have yet to have an issue with it. I took off all the other crap I was using.
The only problem I've had with AVG (paid) is when they installed the version 9 upgrade, it installed some active components/processes on all my HDs, so now, I can't run the checkdisk function from within O&O Defrag. Must run CHKDSK upon a reboot. No big deal.
Oh, and I can no longer disconnect my external USB drives using the Safely Remove Hardware process because of the AVG component/process....
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This statement is full of shit. I would get into it with you but I could not deal with you on this topic within the roadside rules so this is all I am gonna say about it.
I didn't flame him, I flamed his post. and I only get into it with people who make exaggerations, misinformation and in some cases down right lies in their computer posts. Everyone seems to think they are computer experts and in reality you can count on one hand the number of people that really know what they are talking about.
Most of the folks that post up computer questions are not very litterate when it comes to technical issues so specificity and accuracy is extremely important in responses. something that is rarely present.
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