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My computer got a virus or a spy-ware need help?

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I was download some video clips and suddenly my computer got all but and in the middle of the screen it says "WARNING SPY-WARE DETECTED ON YOUR COMPUTER INSTALL AND ANTIVIRUS OR A SPY-WARE REMOVER" I download an antivirus program but the warning sign is still there and my computer is freezing or running really slow. What can I do? Also what can I do to prevent this from happening again? Thank you so much

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Here is a free copy of Anti Virus and Anti Spy-ware

http://free.avg.com/
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You need to reformat your computer... There's no way to take them away... It is a virus that automatically saved in your computer whenever you go to a site or something that has virus...

After your computer formatted, install an anti-virus to avoid harmful virus... Buy an anti-virus and not to download them... Sometimes there are anti-virus that can be download which is fake and it's a virus only... So I recommend you to BUY...
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You should go to the recovery system in your backup and restore part of your start window and run a system recovery it will whip the problem clean and give you a chance to start a new and see were you went wrong. If that does not work take it in to the geek squad they rule...
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Download AVG Free and run a scan. I'd also recommend to stop watching "video clips" from that website. Unless it was youtube!
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download avg free(only 50 mb). it is very well free antivirus. and then install it and scan ur whole comp. thats it.
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Looks like a pop-up ad tricked you into installing something bad on your computer...

I would suggest looking into a computer support forum, as this kind of thing usually requires back and forth conversation between you and another person. Just google "computer support forums" and youll get a trillion of them. The forum setup is better adept to help spyware problems than Yahoo answers.

Also - be sure you dont have to pay for any of these forum services, there are tons that do it for free :)
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restart your computer in safe mode and uninstall that program u downloaded

and use avg its the best thing to get rid of virus's

dont use it all the time i say maybe use it when your computer acts like it is now
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wow everyone seem to get that can you tell me what you download on ur comp recently cuz i got that and so is my bro's comp it's so weird
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Restart your PC in safe mode with networking

http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.s...

Download, install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes

http://www.malwarebytes.org

Run a full scan with Micro Trend House Call

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

After the scans, restart the PC and update your anti-virus, remember to only have one anti-virus installed on your PC

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-... [Free, if you do not have one]

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The warning is malware, it's a ploy to get you to download and buy their software or

to hack/infect your computer.

Restore your pc to an earlier time...start, all programs, accessories, system tools, system restore...choose a date on the calender before you received the warning...wait for pc to automatically restart...it will be like it never happened.
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Never download antivirus advertised by popups, its always a virus.

Download AVG 8 for free, and run a complete scan.

AVG is the best free protection
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You have a variation of the smitfraud spyware

Download " Smitfraudfix " it is free and run it in safe mode it will run in dos box and when finished will five a report of what it found and fixed then reboot
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www.avast.com

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it's just a rogue program that forces you to download the antivirus program and later they want you to buy the "full version" of the software.

1) install a "real" anti-spyware program, although many people recommend Spyware Doctor, I personally don't like it very much. Try install MALWAREBYTES' ANTI-MALWARE. update and scan the whole system, delete the scanned viruses and restart.

or

you can type the virus name that attacked you (e.g. AntivirXp08, I got attacked once by it, and deleted permanently by malwarebytes) in google and search for the best solution. I think different spyware have their own "best" treatment"

2) I think the source is an unsafe website and download. Once I wanted to see a video and I have to install a codec or something like that, then suddenly I was attacked by that spyware. So you better be careful on downloading anything. Make sure the website is secured.

hope it helps!!
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