virus removal

  1. Windows 10 Anyone know how to get rid of Avast antivirus.

    Hi My wife's new Dell computer came with Avast Antivirus installed. Avast is practically a virus itself. It keeps popping up windows that want you to upgrade to pay service etc. It's a real pain. It has no uninstall function if you try to uninstall it in the normal way it just gives you the...
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    Windows 7 Too much procces in task manager

    Hi everyone, i have too much procces in task manager, before my pc get virus but i delete it with antivirus, but after that virus i have too much procces here and i have fps drops in games. can any one help me how to disable them or something. here is a picture Link Removed
  3. Windows 10 My First Malware in Years...

    Hi Today Windows Defender came up with Malware for the first time ever! It found "Trojan:Win32/peals.flcl" When I looked at the location it said it was in a file called Desktop Lara that's been on my computer for years. If offered to remove it so I did. I then ran Malwarebytes and...
  4. Windows 10 Pups won't stop trying to get in...

    Hi Every Time I run Malwarebytes it finds and removes several unwanted programs. This has been going on for some time. Here's a screenshot that shows what the Pups are... It's always the exact same programs, anyone know how to stop these from coming back? They aren't getting installed...
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    Windows 7 running multiple anti-malware programs like spyhunter4, 360 total security, and tweakbit pc suite 9

    I don't know if these programs cancel each other out or what. But I have used the different ones to get rid of different issues the other two didn't seem to catch. Can anyone tell me if this is going to cause more havoc than it's worth?
  6. Windows 10 Funnysearching browser hijacker (Chrome)

    After installing another piece of software, I accidentally installed a bunch of adware as well. I was able to remove almost everything permanently except for the Funnysearching browser hijacker. My anti-malware programs (Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, Malwarebytes, and Avast!) say that they...
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    Windows 10 Which Anti Virus?

    I am running Windows 10 and Internet Explorer. I have depended on Windows Defender to protect me from virus , malware, Trojans, etc. But, my system became infected with safesear.ch. Windows defender did not detect this virus. I used Malware Bytes to remove it. So, what anti virus would you...
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    Windows 7 W7 Toshiba 645D-S4040 I did an overwrite fresh W7

    It was acting like virus, so I i did a fresh and killed (Totally overwrote) the mfr installation. I got the disc from craiglist for 15 dollars. At least it removed all names and puffery from the operating system. It worked on two others so seems valid. Even gives key #. Q1: I do not have all...
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    Windows 10 HELP FAST!!!! [Windows 10 Installation]

    Hi, my computer had many viruses and i could not enter google services like google and youtube and these sites. So, i choosed to reinstall my windows os from the control panel! But, the installation was stuck on 14% in about 8 hours or somethings... Then i turned my computer off, And when i...
  10. Remove the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam (Removal Guide)

    A big thanks to John Carrona Sr and Corrine Chorney for sharing this: ''This guide is for the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam program from the Rogue.Tech-Support-Scam family. When this infection is installed it will pretend to install an update on the computer that prompts you...
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    Windows 7 What Clean install or Reformat Install Do???

    I'm going into a Clean install, and what does it do???? 1 - Does it Fixes Audio Problem and DNS connectivity 2 - Does it all Delete Users 3 - Does it Remove Viruses?? Please REPLY Cuz i'm really going to reformat my PC
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    Windows 10 spyware or not

    Can any one tell me what this is and if it's spyware how to get rid," Desktop.ini", I keep deleting but it keeps reappearing, Thanks
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    Windows 10 System Error Warning

    So I called the number. They said to take my computer to Best Buy and have them do an OTR, run an infection sweep, do a malware removal and a full system tune- up then buy Stopzilla for $99.00 and have that installed because my MacAfee is worthless. He said it would cost about $350.00. My...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 freaking out

    I have a number or problems with Windows 10. I just did the upgrade from Windows 7. 1. The login screen freezing up. I got this to work by luck. You have 5 to 10 seconds to going into msconfig to put into safe mode. In safe mode I run my anti rook kit software and found 1 root kit virus...
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    Need to run Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit but don't have administrator pw

    I purchased a computer that was used some years ago from a friends computer guy. It runs XP. I picked up a virus a week ago & called the computer guy but he's retired :( So, trying to resolve the issue myself I started searching for a resolution my self on the internet & came across a site...
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    Windows 7 IE and Chrome not working

    Following the removal of Sendori by Sophos AV, IE and Chrome cannot display web pages. However, I can ping www.google.com. Also, Sophos AV and Malwarebytes are not able to update. MBAM found some malware but quarantining it didn't resolve the problem. Any ideas? Thank you.
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    Log files

    Hello Does anyone know where I can have a log file created and analyzed trying to remove malware?
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    Windows 7 Can i re install windows with backup disc's?

    So i'm pretty sure that i had a virus so i did a factory reset but i have heard from numerous people that factory reset is a 50/50 chance it got rid of the virus even though my computer is 100x faster than before i just wan't to make sure i get rid of it. So my question is, If i reformat my HDD...
  19. Windows 8 Finally fixed blue screens on friends computer!

    Hi I posted about my friend who was unsure whether the virus message he was getting was real or not. He finally figured that it was real and clicking on it got rid of the message at least. But I mentioned that he was getting constant blue screens when booting. Yesterday I went to his house to...
  20. Windows 7 2 Files are secretly downloading

    One of the files is called: iLiVid_setup ( I believe ) and the other is: video_downloader -------------------------------- I need help to try and remove this from happening, I checked when they were modified to see when they were downloaded and the video_downloader says it was 3am when it...