Comments | wednesday42: Great. A Virus.

wednesday42

Great. A Virus.

Dec 18, 2011 20:54

So, while using R's laptop, I discovered that his machine has been infected by a virus. Fan-freaking-tastic. OTL ( Read more... )

the tube of you, f*** it already, sometimes technology blows, stress, this is important., not in my happy place

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blythechild December 19 2011, 16:08:45 UTC

I got this on my work desktop last summer. I got help by using another computer to go online and download a fix from Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware site (awful name for a help site, but that's neither here nor there...). Once I had the fix on a memory stick, I booted up in Safe Mode and followed the instructions. It took about an hour to clear out the virus.

This isn't the same virus, but the similarities are close enough: infinite "virus warning" pop-ups, only access to browser takes you to a pay-to-fix website, etc. It's a pain in the ass but it is totally fixable. I hope that you clear it up soon.

And, yeah, ENUFF WITH THE USELESS JAVA UPDATES ALREADY! Fucking PC products and there endless updates... *grumble*

doctor_anon December 20 2011, 00:20:46 UTC

Ugh, I'm so sorry. I had that one on my laptop...and we had it at work, too. There's nothing like a sick computer to give you a huge dose of aggravation and worry and late nights.