Computer help?

[yeahyeahjess]

Does anyone know anything about viruses? I'm unsure if my comp is fucked and I need to redo something

Comments

[petchy_14]

Two programs I use: Avast! And Malwarebytes. Both are free, and both have good scans/searches I'd suggest using. It sounds like a virus.. So maybe if you find something you could use a restore point to go back?

[yeahyeahjess]

Which would you recommend more? I think I tried Avast once, but it was so confusing to me. Or it was possibly AVG.

[petchy_14]

AVG is rubbish, so stay away from that; Avast! is real easy to use (it also works as a background protection thing, like a Firewall but better) and catches a lot of stuff. But I'd gotten a Virus slip through, and I used MWBytes to get it. Because they're free they are very basic, simple programs. Try Avast! First, and then if you find something, (/ DON'T find something!) get the other as a second opinion ^_^

[yeahyeahjess]

Ah. If you use it as a Firewall, then do you disable the firewall that comes with your computer?

[sil30stm]

Yeah, I'd also recommend you avast! I used to have AVG, and then I got avast! and it caught a few infected files, also I really don't recommend you McAfee, it has never worked for me, so yeah, first check with the antivirus(:

[yeahyeahjess]

Mkay! I did Avast and it came up clean, with a system and boot-up scan.

[sil30stm]

Nice picture, anyways, well that's good that it came clean, but you say it only comes with adobe thingies, right? have you installed some add-on or something for photoshop or whatever? maybe it's not even a virus or something, perhaps I'm not sure what the files can open with?

[yeahyeahjess]

It can come with the Adobe things...the other day it came up with a TS2 icon, and now it's back to this exclamation point.
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/773/screenshot071.png

And hmm. These are what add-ons/extensions I have.
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5645/screenshot069.png
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9186/screenshot070g.png

I also use that Persona thing for the Firefox.

[dark_dwellersim]

For future reference, download this program, FROM THIS LINK:

http://download.cnet.com/Hitman-Pro-3-32-bit/3000-2239_4-10895604.html

That site has safe downloads and because that program is so good, there are evil virus copies floating around. That program does an automatic scan and gets rid of everything from cookies to root kits.

[yeahyeahjess]

Thank you!

Does this cancel anything out, like McAfee or Windows Firewall.

[dark_dwellersim]

No it does not. :) I have it and avast working simultaneously.

[yeahyeahjess]

Okay! :) I guess I should figure out if Avast cancels out McAfee then.

[ambient_ghoul]

I'd recommend using Microsoft Security Essentials. It's a completely free program and works really well. Just make sure you only have one anti-virus program on your computer because they can cancel each other out.

[yeahyeahjess]

Is this Security Essential an anti-virus? I'm not sure what it would cancel out.

[ambient_ghoul]

Yeah, it is. Here's a link to MSE. Here's an explanation of the multiple anti-virus program problem.

[yeahyeahjess]

Thank you very much! :)

[yeahyeahjess]

Really? So even if I did system restore, if it was something through a Windows update, it would still be there?

Avast did a full system scan and a full boot scan and found nothing, so I'm off to try the mwb next.