A few pop-ups have been coming up on a computer of mine, all wanting me to use this anti-virus stuff because my computer supposedly has the Trojan virus. After a while when I open up windows, it starts creating new tabs all with blank pages. How can I get rid of it myself?
Answer:
Well, if you are getting pop-ups you have adware. Adware stands for ADvertising supported softWARE and its responsible for annoying pop-ups and website redirection to suspicious / dangerous / fraud / porn websites. This time it obviously wants you to buy a rogue malware program that will only do further damage to your system. Tools that will remove it : ♣ Malwarebytes AntiMalware ♣ SUPERAntiSpyware ♣ Spyware Terminator ♣ Windows Defender ♣ Ad-Aware SE ♣ Spybot Search & Destroy ♣ HijackThis I`d give special attention to the first 3 programs listed. SUPER has an extensive scanning, it scans everything. Every bit. Spyware Terminator & Windows Defender are known for their aggression when removing and HijackThis is extremely useful for removing their registry entries. When everything else fails, HijackThis might solve the problem. Especially if combined with ComboFix. However that tool is not advised to novice computer users. How to set/configure SUPERAntiSpyware : http://www.ecuhq.com/tested-programs-how-to-use-f32/superantispyware-how-to-use-t121.htm HijackThis is able to remove malicious registry entries. Pretty useful for final cleaning. How to use HijackThis : http://www.ecuhq.com/tested-programs-how-to-use-f32/hijackthis-how-to-use-t67.htm All available at : http://www.filehippo.com http://www.download.com http://www.softpedia.com If the problem is, however, an actual VIRUS problem : ♣ AntiVir Avira ( highest detection rate among all antiviruses, 99,6% ) ♣ ClamWin ♣ ThreatFire ( both being an addition programs to anti-viruses, with strong on demand scanner ) How to configure Avira correctly : http://www.ecuhq.com/tested-programs-how-to-use-f32/antivir-personal-edition-classic-how-to-use-t143.htm How to configure ClamWin : http://www.ecuhq.com/tested-programs-how-to-use-f32/clamwin-free-antivirus-how-to-use-t140.htm How to run in Safe Mode : http://www.ecuhq.com/security-f5/run-com… You could also try going back in time : http://www.ecuhq.com/tricks-f6/create-a-system-restore-point-checkpoint-t28.htm If this has been happening for some time now, dont bother going back, but simply destroy all restore points, since virus may be backed up inside. 1. Click Start / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore 2. Look on the left and click on : “System Restore Settings” 3. Check a box, at : “Turn off System Restore on all drives” 4. Click Apply / Yes / Ok 5. Click Start / Accessories / System Tools / System Restore 6. Click Yes 7. Uncheck that box 8. Apply / Ok My post should solve all your problems. Hope it helped. If interested in computer security, feel free to visit : http://www.ecuhq.com
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