Recent content by Lena Brinkman

I ran Ccleaner, Spybot, and Adwcleaner. Adwcleaner was the most helpful and seemed to get rid of the remaining malware. As of now most of my problems have been resolved (including some browser problems I didn't mention in this thread). @Saltgrass Thanks for the info. I'm not so freaked out by...

I haven't had a chance to run any more anti-malware programs but I will do so now. @ussnorway You know what? I actually did make a backup recently because it kept pestering me to do so. That's what it could be. @Saltgrass I did what you said and looked at all the partitions. They all seem...

@ussnorway Will do. I won't touch it then. @bassfisher6522 Would you have any recommendations as to which malware/spyware software I should use? I currently only have Malwarebytes and the built in Windows Defender.

Lately, my computer had been running slower than usual and ads from various websites/companies had been popping up while I was using my browser. I determined this was caused by malware and set to work deleting the files manually (deleting all extra add-ons and temp files, unhiding my files and...