Windows 10 Please help me with that virus

Neemobeer

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• Feb 25, 2016

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I would start by downloading and running Free Anti-Malware & Internet Security Software and Download Spybot - Search & Destroy You may need to run them in safe mode first.

 

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MikeHawthorne

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• Feb 25, 2016

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Hi

Also try Malwarebytes free!

You may have problems running these if the virus interfere with them.

If so come back.

Mike

 

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Josephur

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• Feb 25, 2016

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Also make sure you are downloading software from the software manufacturer directly. Camtasia does not contain malware, so if you torrented this software, or downloaded it illegally, or downloaded it from one of those shady sites that was not techsmith.com (the creator of the software) then that is most likely the reason you are dealing with this issue now.

 

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MikeHawthorne

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• Feb 26, 2016

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Josephur has a real point.

If a software is popular then many other websites will make it available to download, just to get you to their web page.
A lot of these have questionable reasons for doing so, mainly to slip adware onto your system, but sometimes it's stuff that's harmful and very had to get rid of.

So if you want to download Malwarebytes for example, do as Josephur said and get it from the people who make it.

In this case....

Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, & Anti-Malware Software

So be very careful where you download things from.

Mike

 

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davehc

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• Feb 27, 2016

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Viruses today are insidious. Even the best anti virus software can, not only fail, but be used to produce false results by hackers.

Advice for a all , when you are suspicious of a Trojan or virus attack - put your image back on (You did make one, of course??))

 

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MikeHawthorne

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• Feb 27, 2016

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Hi again.

If you do have a system image, restoring it is probably the easiest way to recover your computer.
I'm guessing that you don't, not enough people do this.

If all ease fails you could try saving your photos by creating a Ubuntu disk on another computer and using it to boot your computer.

It should give you access to your files and let you copy them to an external hard drive or to DVDs.

I did this successfully when my wife's sister's computer was infected.
We were able to save her files to a DVD before using a factory reset to clean her computer.

Download Ubuntu Desktop | Download | Ubuntu

If you don't have a 64 bit computer make sure you select the 32 bit version.
The 32 bit version will work on either 32 or 64 bit computers.

I always have a Ubuntu disk laying around in case of emergencies.

Mike

 

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