Dammit!

[RIVERRAT]

I was doing a Google search. Clicked on the first sight that came up. A warning from my virus protection came up saying the sight was unsafe. I thought I clicked cancel.... anyway my screen now has this green horizontal checkering since then. Any body help with this?

 

[MasterBlaster]

:what:

 

[SkwerI]

NEVER click on ANYTHING when a virus warning pops up. Including any button labeled 'cancel'.
Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up your Task Manager and close out the page using that.
And if you have time to think about it, disconnect your internet access cord quickly before the virus can download into your computer. You can reconnect after you get out of the virus page.

 

[RIVERRAT]

Well Butch I am lost. none of my spyware or virus protection picks it up.
I have checked all my files have yet to find anything.

 

[RIVERRAT]

NEVER click on ANYTHING when a virus warning pops up. Including any button labeled 'cancel'.
Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up your Task Manager and close out the page using that.
And if you have time to think about it, disconnect your internet access cord quickly before the virus can download into your computer. You can reconnect after you get out of the virus page.

Oh I unplugged my lap top. The pop up looked like a notice from my provider.....Stupid me!
Any ideas on how I should fix it?

 

[sawinredneck]

Download, install and run this: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

 

[Highclimber]

avast rocks I use it and it works way better than my old norton setup

 

[RIVERRAT]

Scanning now. Wonder why my virus soft ware wont pick it up when I scan with it?

Hey Andy, Google "merc sport jet installation" & click on the first sight that comes up

 

[sawinredneck]

HA!! Avast would have shut it down, if IE8 missed it.

 

[Paul B]

if I see anything that says virus like that I leap to flip the power switch on the power supply on the back of the computer (so far in my 25 years of computing I have done that maybe 3 times), screw shutting windows down properly.

 

[FJR]

Download CCleaner. Run the initial scan and then run the registry scan. Do this after avast. Then use the run command and type in msconfig. Goto the startup tab and remove and unwanted items. Usually there are quite a few spyware and malware programs hiding out there that are never found with Avast and CCleaner.

 

[RIVERRAT]

Nothing showed up.....this is really getting on my nerves

 

[Paul B]

system restore to a couple days ago and see if that helps.

 

[sawinredneck]

system restore to a couple days ago and see if that helps.

YUP!

 

[RIVERRAT]

Paul I did that. Went back 30 days.

 

[Paul B]

and it didnt work? if not then perhaps its time to shuter down and bring it to a computer shop in the morning before it gets buggered any worse.
Did you try the CCcleaner? AVG antivirus? download ANY free antivirus or spam or hard drive cleaner you can find and run them until something finds something, otherwise, computer store.

 

[RIVERRAT]

and it didnt work? if not then perhaps its time to shuter down and bring it to a computer shop in the morning before it gets buggered any worse.
Did you try the CCcleaner? AVG antivirus? download ANY free antivirus or spam or hard drive cleaner you can find and run them until something finds something, otherwise, computer store.

Ill run some of that stuff in morning. It doesn't seem to be getting any worse.

 

[Tree Reb]

You probably didn't see this thread, http://gypoclimber.com/showthread.php?t=13125

I had a bit of trouble but this download fixed it. Might not be the same problem but it's worth running it.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

 

[olyman]

also--start the comp in safe mode-then run the antivirus or whatever. some are tied into before startup--

 

[sotc]

When I took my computer in the the shop the guy asked what anti virus I was using. He turned his nose up at my norton. Every year he finds the best one and puts that on his clients computers and he has some serious commercial accounts. For 40 bucks he put webroot on my computer as it is in first place this year for protection. Norton has dropped to 13th!

 

[edenarb]

Using Kapersky, CCleaner and Spybot at the moment, seemy to work OK.
Spybot prob wont sort a virus but its free so may be worth a try, Google it or use this link http://pcbestfix.com/spybot.html

 

[gf beranek]

My computer has been clean for about 6 months now and I have learned the clues of when a bad site starts popping windows telling you to click OK to fix the bug.

Like Brian said, Control, Alt, Delete. and close the bugger in the apps, and or programs. Clicking any thing else is going to bugger your computer.

The hackers all ought to be sent to the big house and throw away the key.

 

[RIVERRAT]

I agree Gerry. I can understand robbing a bank & why a person might commit some crime. But for the life of me I cant sort out why some one would sit around creating with a virus.