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help needed! new acer laptop with windows 7 has now got virus and need free way rid

  • 05-03-2010 02:22PM
    #1
    Andysavanah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    hi, i have a week old acer laptop with windows 7, i was checking my email this morning and some how a dodgy email conned me and now i keep geting warnings like steath intrusion, systemhijack, security breach, tracking software found etc, i had the latest mc fee software but have now uninstalled that and installed trail of norton instead. i need a free way of getting rid of this virus. can anyone help? :(

    thanks andy.


Comments

  • #2
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    AVG is a good Free Anti-virus


  • #3
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Re-boot in safe mode, download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware :http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

    Got rid of a really insidious virus from a neighbour's laptop around a month ago.

    After that, install AVG or Avira or Microsoft's own free anti-virus software - don't bother with Norton, it's mainly bloatware.


  • #4
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Moved from laptops.


  • #5
    Andysavanah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Andysavanah


    thanks for all your help! the mc fee one is gone as it let me down, the norton i downloaded seems to have removed it but i had to also do a system restore because it had to delete more files to get rid of it and then i couldnt open apps like firefox or e or windows media player etc. seems ok now but how can i be sure the virus is gone completly? im a newbie to this stuff :D. also do you reckon it would have got any personal info etc?

    thanks again! :)


  • #6
    Andysavanah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Andysavanah


    seems ok now:) thanks for all your help! :o


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  • #7
    cian1500ww
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭cian1500ww


    Download Microsoft Security essentials, haven't seen any better yet.


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