Computer Help- Viruses

Question

I have recently gotten a new HP and i've had it for several months, and I run up to date virus scans, but lately i keep getting TrackingCookies and AdWare Advertising. I chose to fix the problems, and then i run a virus scan right after that. There are normally the same problems [give or take a few] And now my comptuer has been opening up the internet by itself. Does anyone have an ideas on how to stop this...?

Answer 1

format ur pc

Answer 2

I think you gave a trojan horse, which automatically connects to the internet and tries to download other unwanted materials (e.g.: adult files, viruses, worms, spies, etc.).

Try to scan your PC for viruses with avast (www.avast.com) and after that I recommend you to use SpyBot (www.spybot.info) to scan your PC for spies and if you have pop-ups coming like: Attention, (name)! Som dangerous trojan horses/viruses were found in your system. Windows XP/Vista files corrupted only use FixIEDef (www.malwareteks.com).

SORRY FOR UNNEEDED LONG WRITING! :-D

Answer 3

another great program to try www.malwarebytes.org

used it on a few windows computers with great success

Answer 4

You have a virus. this is what I would do.

If you want very good protection against virus's. I would recommend that you purchase Kaspersky http://www.kaspersky.com/. (From a store like Future Shop, or Staples. So you have the physical copy of the program). From what I have heard about it. It seems to be one of the best protection programs out there And it has hourly updates.

And download all these. I use all of them myself, and all of them are free, they are very effective.

1 Ad-Aware 2008, Much more effective than previous versions and faster, does not suck up system resources like the previous versions, also there various skins to suit your preferences.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/30...

2 Spybot - Search & Destroy, its a little out of date but it works.

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-De...

3 SpywareBlaster, blocks potentially damaging applications and programs from running.

http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3...

4 Simple File Shredder, it isn't an anti spy, but it shreds unnecessary files including cookies and it speeds up system performance.

http://www.download.com/Simple-File-Shre...

5 MRU-Blaster, detects and cleans MRU (most recently used) lists on your computer. By looking at these MRU lists, someone could determine what files you opened/saved/looked at, what their file names were, and much more! (And, in many cases, the lists are displayed in drop-down menus automatically.) (From website.)

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/mrublast...

Also. I suggest that you stay away from online anti-spy scans. As it is not hard for a cracker to hack it, and insert some malicious code into the program which after scanning will give you even more virus's. (That's how my computer got infected once, and after that I have been advising people to stay away from them).

I personally don't like AVG, it screwed up my computer after I Un-Installed it, and Avast didn't work for me. And Trend Micro, has poor detection rates (I tried it a few week's ago (downloaded) and scanned, it found 3 items. I ran Ad-Aware after that and it found 18 items that trend micro passed right over).

And I would advise you to stay away from P2P, programs. As they are an excellent vector for infections.

Hope this help's

Answer 5

Have the people at btexpress look at your computer. The site is btexpress.page.t and it has great deals. See for yourself  

Answer 6

You will aways get TrackingCookies.

But you do have spyware:

run:

http://www.superantispyware.com/