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Changed anti virus and seemed to have been hijacked

  • 25-06-2009 4:38pm
    #1
    TwistsAndTurns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Hi, If anyone could help or advise I would be greatful.

    Avast kept coming up as expiring in so many days so I uninstalled and installed AVG but this didnt seem to run properly. Uninstalled same and tried Comodo and could't open Firefox without running IE7 first. Tried a couple of microsoft fixes and now have none of the above browsers. I'am doing this on some form of MSN and in safe mode. Also seems I 'am not able to download.
    Since first posting I have been able to run an online virus scanner and removed a trojan and some adware. I can now browse the web using MSN but IE will not open(it makes an attempt to open its front page) I still cant download anything and also I'm not able to do a system restore. It also look like theres no antivirus running.


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  • #2
    Sea08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭Sea08


    If you still have it on your PC can you check the install file you used for AVG? Should be called avg_free_stf_en_85_374a1564

    I recently went to install AVG on a friends PC and the first link from google was a link to a false Antivirus, looked a lot like AVG and I nearly installed it. Only copped it because i'd installed AVG earlier in the week on my own PC.


  • #3
    TwistsAndTurns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭TwistsAndTurns


    Tks Sea08 for reply,

    Avg is completely gone off my computer and it was an ok version. What I have found out in the mean time is that one of the girls downloaded IE8 and this seemed to be conflicting with Firefox. I got rid of FF but IE8 has a program Internet explorer 8 release candidate 1 which cannot be removed if u already have XP service pack 3 on your system. Anyway I downloaded copies of Firefox and Comodo antivirus on disks from another computer and everything seems to be running ok now apart from the fact that I still cant download anything! Does any of this make sence to anyone :(


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