Question by Chippy: Adware? Spyware? A Pain!?
Hello all,

Currently when i am online, using any web browser, sites will come up in separate windows and appear that way on the task bar. They are not pop-ups from sites im viewing (i know this as i use firefox which has a blocker and these windows appear while im on sites that would not have pop-ups, especially advertising plastic surgery or blinds etc.) but rather for some reason websites are being loaded onto my computer without me doing anything! My initial responce is that it was adware or something. I installed spy bot in order to scan for this as well as a boot scan by avast. Though they found some issues that i have dealt with, the problem still is present. Any ideas of what exactly is going on here and how i may get rid of it would be fantastic and will stop hillary blinds disrupting my youtube viewing!

Thank you!

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Answer by B M
Run these, in safe mode

SuperAntispyware (Free Edition)

http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Run this after you go online. But now run it with the others in safe mode.
Ccleaner (will clean up crap after going online)

When in safe mode files are more vulnerable and can be caught/seen better

http://www.ccleaner.com/download

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Question by Dallas: My computer has been infected with spyware, please help.?
My desktop background says “Your computer has been infected with spyware please remove all spyware”. Now my computer continues to log itself off and keeps restarting itself. Please help me I’m not sure what to do. Can you give me specific details of what to do, I’m not a computer whiz. I’m using a friends computer now, she says something about a spyware blocker. Is there any free blockers. Thanks any info is helpful

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Answer by ESET_R
i suggest downloading Eset NOD32 Anti-virus at the link posted below. and much more windows apps.

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Question by Jess: Can anyone recommend a good and trusted spyware remover?
I keep getting a message on my computer (not the one I am using right now), that there is spyware on my computer and I’m not sure who to trust to remove it. Can anyone suggest anything?

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Answer by recentcoin2000
Keep in mind that everyone of these things is either free of charge or open source. That also means that the updates are free. Running the software with out the updates is the same as not running it at all. In addition to anti-virus software, you should also have anti-spyware software.

You should use more than one anti-spyware package because there is no one spyware package that will detect everything. Each one will pick up things that the others miss. Part of this is based on what gets submitted to the people who make the software which in turn is based on what the users encounter. There are so many that its hard to create a comprehensive list of everything out there that spies on you.

When you’re done, be sure to go to Windows Update and apply ALL of the patches. Don’t just run the “Express” updates. Run “Custom” and pick all of the software that’s available to you. It make take several times before you no longer have patches. Once that’s done, be sure to turn on your automatic updates. For Windows XP – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525. For Vista – http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/faq.mspx

Make sure that you’re not running a cracked version of Windows or other software packages. Software doesn’t get cracked for the benefit of humanity. It gets cracked because a hacker somewhere wants you run his software on your computer. That means he can use your computer to serve porn and send spam. Or capture your user names and passwords for identity theft.

1) Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

2) Windows Defender – http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

3) Lavasoft Adware – http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.phpi

4) Clamwin Antivirus – http://www.clamwin.com/

5) Fsecure Black Light – http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

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Question by Kevo H: What is the best anti-virus software for a gaming computer?
hey guys im just wondering what is the best or at least great anti-virus software that i can buy for my computer. I use it mostly for games online like Age of empires 3 and company of heroes, mostly RTS games. occasionally wolfenstein. anyway what would be best for that sort of thing but good also in general for like surfing the internet?

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Answer by alienunitard
I’ve used many, but keep going back to AVG and Trendmicro… and Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.

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