Computer Virus Help (Page 1 of 5)

don't download porn my man
also I hear malwarebytes is good, and the one that comes with vista/win7 does a p good job as well
and get on facebook dude

Agree completely.

If you have microsoft, then all you need is most likely on your computer. It sounds like you need a virus scan, and a disk defrag which will help with your slowness problems.

Fixing the virus problem:

1, Check to see if you have "Windows Defender"  on your computer. Its just as good as any other Anti-virus program and it doesn't hassle you about renewing you're subscription 6 month in advance. 

If you happen to not have it installed you can download it for free. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download … tails.aspx

2, Once you download it, it might have some updates and what not, then i trust you can figure out how to scan your computer. It's pretty explanatory once you open it.

Fixing your slowness problem:

1, What you most likely need is a disk defrag.  left click your home or start menu for windows, in the search, type "disk defrag" and you should see something that looks like "disk defragmenter" or so. If you don't have it or a program that does more or less of the same, i'd find a usable version for Auslogistics defrager.

2, once you have got that last part settled, start your defrag.
If you are afraid that it's going to delete your "personal" files or your porn, don't be, all it does is get rid of useless files. I don't know how it works, but it does so i don't ask questions.

3, afterward, i'd suggest you restart your computer.

Last edited by Bit wish (Jul 21, 2013 11:09 pm)

sir, sir, calm down, I'm just trying to help

Digital Darwin you are joking right? That's been the most useless advice given so far in regards to actual antivirus measures goes. :\ (It can't really hurt to download windows defender anyway, though). edit: It's good advice, but not really the best in directly answering your question.

Anyway, AVG Free and Avast are two other options that you have. I can't vouch for their effectiveness except to say that they have detected and removed viruses for me in the past. Malwarebytes is lovely.

STAY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS TOO CONVENIENT LIKE "ANTIVIRUS 360" OR "ANTIVIRUS ONE" IT IS MALWARE!

BTW, if you want to keep your computer healthy, use common sense and practice safe surfingj, don't share needles and say no to Limewire.

Edit: Also turn off "hide known filetype extensions" in your windows explorer settings :3

Last edited by SketchMan3 (Jul 21, 2013 10:58 pm)

disable all the startup programs in msconfig & then reboot and install avg or MSE

what, i didn't think i was being a dick, i actually didn't say something dickish for once