Hey,
since yesterday, random popups appear about spyware/virus protection. (IE)
Then these programs take place in the tray at the bottom, which I know i did not install.
Then Adobe Dreamever randomly pops up every 2min or so.
What is wrong? A virus? IF so, what do I need to do?
THanks,
Vedya
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You need to run a virus scanner and spyware scanner to get rid of all that junk.
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Run something like Panda from a flashdrive so you don't have to install it on your harddrive. For future protection against this stuff, I'd try Norton's.
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norton is terrible period
use avast
and do these things http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html -
Norton's pre-2008 - Terrible
Norton's 2008 - Great
Jcovelli, have you actually tried running NIS2008? -
Run SUPERAntiSpyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
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no... because it's terrible
http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-se...antivirus-2008-with/4505-3667_7-32588377.html
http://review.zdnet.com/internet-se...ntivirus-2008-with/4505-3667_16-32588377.html
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1272
(there's a few hundred others also)
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to jcovelli - NO, its not terrible. Norton, latest, are good and nice and great and right up there at the front with other AV's. Period.
To the OP, I would run a virus scan, spyware and malware scan - all of these complete scans.. it shud find all the junk you are seeing out there... as for the tools, I think u must be already using pretty good AV and ASW tools.. -
If you don't have either download Malwarebytes AntiMalware and Avira Free and run them both. Make sure to update before running.
You can find the links here.
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Since everyone is recommending apps. I highly recommend Avira AV and SuperAntiSpyware. Those 2 will clean your system. :]
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However, I've seen where similar behavior as the OP's lappy was cleaned it up completely by Malwarebytes.
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BTW, to the OP....Panda Antivirus is very good IMO. -
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id suggest avast free edition. Always done a great job on my laptop
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http://www.download.com/Norton-AntiVirus/3000-2239_4-10731885.html
The 4th link for "Norton antivirus 2008 review" on Google brings up this one http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/norton-review.html
It also gives Norton's a solid 3/4. Hope this opens your mind a bit. -
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I think the reviews sum it up pretty well. "Pretty solid protection, but 6X the size of the other AV Applications". I used NAV for years, and it never let me down. But I got tired of it getting larger and slower every year.
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Help, A Virus maybe?
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Vedya, Sep 1, 2008.