Virus, Virus, Everywhere!
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From: Ron on 14 Jul 2010 04:48 I was looking over some Instructable and the anti-virus software that came with the new laptop started kicking up a fuss, supposedly about about detecting a virus. But when I tried to do something about it, every time I opened a program-- any program-- it would close immediately and I would get a message saying the program was infected. If it was only one program, that'd probably be true, but every program and file I have can't be infected! This is a very annoying situation, and probably a dangerous one too since I can't get anything done Does anyone know of a way to remedy this problem so I can shut off the anti-virus program (I tried Add/ Remove Programs but according to a window, that's infected too. Right...) so I can do a proper system check? Ron
From: Joe3301955 on 14 Jul 2010 05:19 Whenever my computer acts strange or hesitates, even though I have McAfee antivirus software, I found "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware" finds bad, bad, bad things that my virus program did not. I use the free version of it and give it about 2 hours to run a full scan. On Jul 14, 4:48 am, Ron <r...(a)dslnorthwest.net> wrote: > I was looking over some Instructable and the anti-virus software that > came with the new laptop started kicking up a fuss, supposedly about > about detecting a virus. But when I tried to do something about it, > every time I opened a program-- any program-- it would close > immediately and I would get a message saying the program was infected. > If it was only one program, that'd probably be true, but every program > and file I have can't be infected! > > This is a very annoying situation, and probably a dangerous one too > since I can't get anything done Does anyone know of a way to remedy > this problem so I can shut off the anti-virus program (I tried Add/ > Remove Programs but according to a window, that's infected too. > Right...) so I can do a proper system check? > > Ron
From: Ron on 14 Jul 2010 22:04 I hate Windows XP but it came with the laptop. But the AV program that I use is AVG, but I can't use any program at all: *everything* I try to run causes a message saying the program is infected! Unless I get a better idea, I may have to do a root canal and replace the OS-- preferably with something more reliable like Windows 2k. Ron Joe3301955(a)aol.com wrote: > Whenever my computer acts strange or hesitates, even though I have > McAfee antivirus software, I found "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware" finds > bad, bad, bad things that my virus program did not. > > I use the free version of it and give it about 2 hours to run a full > scan. > > > > On Jul 14, 4:48 am, Ron <r...(a)dslnorthwest.net> wrote: > > I was looking over some Instructable and the anti-virus software that > > came with the new laptop started kicking up a fuss, supposedly about > > about detecting a virus. But when I tried to do something about it, > > every time I opened a program-- any program-- it would close > > immediately and I would get a message saying the program was infected. > > If it was only one program, that'd probably be true, but every program > > and file I have can't be infected! > > > > This is a very annoying situation, and probably a dangerous one too > > since I can't get anything done Does anyone know of a way to remedy > > this problem so I can shut off the anti-virus program (I tried Add/ > > Remove Programs but according to a window, that's infected too. > > Right...) so I can do a proper system check? > > > > Ron
From: mike on 14 Jul 2010 23:33 Ron wrote: > I hate Windows XP but it came with the laptop. But the AV program that > I use is AVG, but I can't use any program at all: *everything* I try > to run causes a message saying the program is infected! Unless I get > a better idea, I may have to do a root canal and replace the OS-- > preferably with something more reliable like Windows 2k. > > Ron > > > Joe3301955(a)aol.com wrote: >> Whenever my computer acts strange or hesitates, even though I have >> McAfee antivirus software, I found "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware" finds >> bad, bad, bad things that my virus program did not. >> >> I use the free version of it and give it about 2 hours to run a full >> scan. >> >> >> >> On Jul 14, 4:48 am, Ron <r...(a)dslnorthwest.net> wrote: >>> I was looking over some Instructable and the anti-virus software that >>> came with the new laptop started kicking up a fuss, supposedly about >>> about detecting a virus. But when I tried to do something about it, >>> every time I opened a program-- any program-- it would close >>> immediately and I would get a message saying the program was infected. >>> If it was only one program, that'd probably be true, but every program >>> and file I have can't be infected! >>> >>> This is a very annoying situation, and probably a dangerous one too >>> since I can't get anything done Does anyone know of a way to remedy >>> this problem so I can shut off the anti-virus program (I tried Add/ >>> Remove Programs but according to a window, that's infected too. >>> Right...) so I can do a proper system check? >>> >>> Ron safe mode?
From: John Doue on 15 Jul 2010 06:41
On 7/15/2010 5:04 AM, Ron wrote: > I hate Windows XP but it came with the laptop. But the AV program that > I use is AVG, but I can't use any program at all:*everything* I try > to run causes a message saying the program is infected! Even when you try to launch ... AVG? -- John Doue |