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myLot reputation of 99/100. lamb101 (1250)   ranked 89 out of 5,749 in computer7 months ago

hi there

i have a huge problem right now on my home computer i am in safe mode trying to get rid of the virus as it's attacked my root system files & all.
i installed avg & it hasn't even picked up anything/ any of the other's as of yet but hoping that A2 & avast & avg forums can help me.
my A2 & avast & avg all picked up 1 called Puppies.dir.dat & now when i boot-up into the computer i get the blue screen & have to reboot & go into my comp thru the safe mode to do any-thing.
i was starting to wonder weather the problem was with the ad saying "you are number 999,999..."/ the free lotto one.
sometimes when I've answered a discussion i get a message asking if i want to navigate away from the page after i hit the post comment & get into the ad tags, after i have it then when i've clicked yip the page closes & a site I've never even asked to open suddenly opens up like it's on auto-pilot/ something. It's not always on mylot that this happens.
the other popup seems to be the 1 where it says "message alert: you have 1 message waiting for you",
another i have seen since having problems is a yellow background with the words
"Winner - if flashing you've been selected & Claim Your Prize!

the other was that i have started to have problems since i opened the 2 tags up the top called "tasks & the other is blogs" also.
latas lamb101
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. BarBaraPrz (3429)   ranked 616 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

I can't help you resolve your problems (I'm one of those smug Mac users), just wanted to remind you not to click on strange messages...
Good luck in getting things back to normal.


myLot reputation of 98/100. kimbers867 (1201)   ranked 390 out of 5,749 in computer  7 months ago

We have decided that once our computers die, we are switching to Mac's. I used Mac's back in the late 80's/early 90's and loved them!!!!


myLot reputation of 96/100. Debs_place (6723)   ranked 659 out of 5,749 in computer  7 months ago

Go Mac...I am a Mac user too, so are my son and husband.


myLot reputation of 99/100. lamb101 (1250)   ranked 89 out of 5,749 in computer  6 months ago

hi there
never to mind i have sorted the problem out now we had to in the end reset the whole comp with a complete dismounting of everything thumbdownyawn
i don't like those daang pop-ups what so ever so I'll never surrender
into clicking on them.
latas lamb101
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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2. myLot reputation of 76/100. suspenseful (17124)   ranked 41 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

That is why I do not use AVg, it does not do a good job of removing viruses or detecting trojans (which I think is what you got.) I use Avira Antivir and it does a good job.and you could try that, but it seems that it might be too late.
Oh I get those fake run a virus screen and get away from the page, and usually in the former the only thing you can do is to boot down your machine and start it up again.
What I would suggest is to try Avira Antivir http://www.free-av.com/,, get rid of your old anti viruses to avoid conflict and see if it works. In the meantime, put what you need on separate cds, dvds, or what have you, just in case, you may need to format your computer.
Sometimes that might be the only thing left.


myLot reputation of 99/100. lamb101 (1250)   ranked 89 out of 5,749 in computer  6 months ago

hi there
i have got rid of avg big time i don't like it much @ all.
the things i have heard of about avg the new version ain't very good as more of people i talk with say that they know of people that have had so many problems with it with heaps of virus's that it ain't funny.
thanks for the link also.
latas lamb101
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


myLot reputation of 76/100. suspenseful (17124)   ranked 41 out of 5,749 in computer  1 month ago

I found that I was like you in that I always had trouble with avg, but it was supposed to be the popular one. But popularity does no good when tr*jans come in and mess up your computer. I had to format my hard drive after that. And thanks for the best response. happy

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. kimbers867 (1201)   ranked 390 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

So sorry to hear about your computer problems. Can you do a system restore?

Good Luck!

Keep us posted!


myLot reputation of 99/100. lamb101 (1250)   ranked 89 out of 5,749 in computer  6 months ago

hi there
we did try to do a system restore but to no avail we in the end did a whole format after saving every-thing onto DVD's etc.....
latas lamb101
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


myLot reputation of 98/100. kimbers867 (1201)   ranked 390 out of 5,749 in computer  6 months ago

So sorry it was a problem. Computer are great as long as they work! LOL

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4. myLot reputation of 96/100. Asylum (3387)   ranked 645 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

This could be any of a myriad of items known as Malware or Adware, which are not really covered by Anti virus programs. You could try some of the specially designed software, such as Adaware etcetera, but they are really intended to defend against such things rather than remove them.
One option would be to run System Restore to turn your computer back to before the problem arose, providing that it has not been disabled.
As a last resort you could always format the drive and re-install Windows.


myLot reputation of 99/100. lamb101 (1250)   ranked 89 out of 5,749 in computer  6 months ago

hi there
thanks for the info & we ended up trying the system restore but to no avail so we ended up doing a whole format & went thru the re-install process OMG what a migramole that was.
latas lamb101
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

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5. wiljanyum112004 (45)   ranked 1,763 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

It's really hard to get rid of such viruses or malwares or etc. Just be careful in those prompt boxes appearing in your screen, or those warnings about a script.. If you really wanted to surf the internet with confidence, I think you can try to use a software the freezes your hard disk. I recommend you to use "defreeze" especially when your an internet surfer. Even though you activated some viruses in your computer, you just have to reboot your system.

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6. myLot reputation of 19/100. PrarieStyle (1140)   ranked 1,750 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

Try to download this http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html I use it as well as AV. It picks up a lot of things AV misses.
Like someone above said, can you try System Restore?

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7. myLot reputation of 91/100. beautyqueen26 (9134)   ranked 55 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

You might try the free spyware cleaner from
Spyware doctor.

They saved my last computer from the Virtumonde virus
that spawns thousands of pop ups per hour.

http://linkbee.com/spywaredoctor

Just download and install and run a full scan.

Be sure to disconnect from the Internet before doing
that or else the virus will only contact the Internet
for a new batch of viruses.

Also, scan while offline.

Unplug completely from the Internet.

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8. myLot reputation of 89/100. candy2306 (471)   ranked 2,185 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

Oh, that's so sad lamb101! I'm sure that you must be very tensed handling this issue. Especially when you find your files are missing. Blue screen, tell me about it! I've experienced that myself. Hope you get to cleanse all the virus out of your computer. Good Luck.

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9. myLot reputation of 92/100. glords (1434)   ranked 2,010 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

I wish I had some advice for you, my husband insisted that I get a MAC to prevent such virus problems. Every time my mac has an issue, I just take it into the apple store and they fix it for free. I hate it when the computer is in the shop. I feel so disconnected from the world. I hope your computer gets back to normal asap.

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10. buitzh (72)   ranked 2,181 out of 5,749 in computer   7 months ago

This will be a taskful and kind of a hassle thing to do but this is most likely very effective.

Take your HD out and back up the important files. then you re format everything.

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