my computer keeps popping up as infected….it is telling me to buy Eco anti virus witch i know is a scam. how do i remove it myself?

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My computer has been infected by a trojan virus called infostealer.lineage. I can’t seem to get it off my computer, i’ve tried using Norton and Trend Micro, Ad-Aware SE, Spy Bot, Windows Defender, AVG Anti-Spyware and I still can’t seem to get rid of it. A message keeps popping up saying my computer has been infected by a trojan virus, but when i try to get rid of it, none of my anti-virus programs can seem to detect or get rid of it. If anyone knows how to properly remove it from my computer please let me know!!

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I used my three recovery CD’s I had made a year ago and re-did everything. I ran AVG, Norton, and several other anti-virus programs. Here is what is going on: From my Yahoo main page, I do a search. On the search results page, EVERY search result is a re-direct to buy junk or fake anti-spyware programs! When I have Google search as main page, this doesn’t happen. I can’t find any original discs, just my three recovery discs. Those took 2 1/2 hours to re-do the hard drive! I thought that would take care of it. Okay, DON’T click on this or cut and paste it: http://rds.yahoo.com/*bleep* is what is the problem. That "bleep" is a bunch of letters and numbers that re-direct Yahoo search to send me to a website to sell me junk. This virus/adware program seems to be the only one left on my computer. FIVE anti-virus sites have failed, and three recovery discs have failed, and I can’t find any original software for my HP Pavilion laptop (bought in 2006). Ideas??
By the way, I did ALL of the anti-virus stuff in Normal mode AND safe modes.

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i keep getting pop ups to buy anti-virus, spyware, healing, etc…

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Hi, I’m wondering is there any kind of safe anti-virus/spyware software out there that’s free and I don’t need a credit card for to download or buy anything?

Please help! What do I do to get rid of it?
What’s the best to use?

Please help

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Please help me, my sister was using my computer and now it seems like it has a virus / spyware or whatever it is and its really annoying and I’m scared it might have stolen some of my passwords.
It is called av.exe - thats what appears on my task manager. I looked up some pages that say that help remove it but all of them imply downloading something and when i try to download it, it seems a bit too suspicious, like another spyware.

ALSO, MY ANTI VIRUS EXPIRED AND I DONT THINK I CAN BUY ANYTIME SOON.

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Every time I log in to my laptop I get a blue screen that’s says "warning spyware detected on your computer install an anti virus or spyware remover to clean computer". What do I do?
And it wont let me go to my screen it just stays like that

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I have a problem with my computer, there’s a file I found in the folder of MY DOCUMENTS, it’s "SPIDER.SAV". I think it’s a virus, coz i try to delete this, but after rebooting my system, it was still there, I have tried many Anti-Virus, but they didn’t detect it as a virus. can someone from the group knows how to remove this.

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why it is better to run the anti virus and spy ware removal tools in safe mode?

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im still deciding what to buy norton 2009 or kaspersky 2009….
but kaspersky has 2 flavors and norton has 3?!? kaspersky has internet security and anti-virus and norton has gaming security, internet security and anti-virus whats up with these? and what should i get?
i browse the internet a lot and download a lot too…. sometimes i play online but not that much…

thanks

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I think there is some kind of adware in my system which is showing me some anti virus scan reports saying I have trojans and spywares in my PC. How to remove this virus??

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New Laptop Problem, i bought new dell studio 17 laptop. But my internet explorer still takes time to open with/without internet.

Dell Studio 17 inch screen, 4gb ram, 500 gb hard drive, intel core 2 duo T-6500m, processor speed 2.1 ghz, Windows Vista premium.

Now my problem is that internet explorer or firefox still takes time to open, infact its the same as my desktop which is 1gb ram 80gb hrd drive and 2 ghz . Now i asked the geek squad or technicians in best buy and he told me that there is some super fetch thing in new computers so he said it will be abt a month for my laptop to get use to what I do i.e i work on multiple explorers(5-8)and couple spreadsheets. NOW i don’t what should I do? will it really make or real fast after a month or so, but what it don’t.
SHOULD I WAIT OR SHOULD i RETURN AND GET SOME ELSE, COS I CANNOT RETURN AFTER 14 DAYS ARE OVER. please HELP TO MAKE TO MAKE A DECISION.
And if i should return it what kind i should and with what specification.

Be free to be subjective and tell in detail whats going on.

internrt explorer/ fire fox does take time but not really long time. Point is that my 1gb ram take same or almost same time . and I was expecting that 4gb would be real fast.

and I dont want to buy anything expensive than this cos those are for gamers of artists ..but all i need to open multiple explorers fast.

I also installed kaprasky anti-virus but was told it does not make computer slow as compared other anti-viruses in the market.

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so one of those geek squad guys at best buy told me that if i want the best anti-virus program, i have to get one from a company known for anti-virus programs and the best anti-spyware would be a different company who specialize just in that. basically, there’s no one brand i could buy, that could do both and match the two separate programs in quality. is this true? or was this guy just trying to sell me an extra program when one could do both and be is just as good? i don’t know if it matters but he recommended web root (spyware) and trend (anti-virus).

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I am unable to navigate to any web sites because of this pop up and I already have an anti virus on my pc it wont let me continue unless I buy the program.

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I just put my new computer online and downloaded avg syware and antivirus, I also have ada-ware and spy-bot insalled but I keep getting notices that my computer is infected eventhough I have used all programs and scanned repeatedly. Is there anything else I can do. Also with every warning the same anti virus or spyware programs keep coming up and I am wondering if those sofhtware manufacurers have the virus in there to get you to buy the program.

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Hi i don’t know alot about computers and but bought a macbook today ive always had PC’s before this and was just wondering if im suppose to have anti virus for a mac or not,

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My computer is already infected with spyware, and trojans and what not. And these windows keep popping up telling me to buy the anti-spyware for my windows xp, but if i bought it.. would it take out the viruses out of my hard drive and everywhere else they might be..or would it just prevent more virus infections? are the ones online even legit? or should i just go out and buy nortons? I think im just going to go to a computer specialist so they can take them out, But i’m just curious because that way I wouldnt have to spend so much money.
By the way, ive already tried the "free" anti-virus things online like that superspyware thing, and the other ones people suggested. Someone told me they were free, and they were NOT.

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ok I just bought my laptop a few days ago. and then while I was in facebook, my browser(firefox) just redirected me to another site and then the site did like a virus scan on my laptop and it says that my laptop has a lot of viruses in it. I tried to cancel it but whenever i click "cancel" the site was recommending me to download something. I didn’t download it but I used my anti-virus (Avast!) to scan my hard drive but it didn’t find anything. So what do you guys think? Does my computer have a virus or it’s just nothing? It just started to do it yesterday and it happened again today. And it just redirected me to the website when I was in facebook(today and yesterday).

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ok i have avast anti virus so can you please tell me how to remove a virus using that program or remove a virus without using aprogram or another free program would be great thanks

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i have the pc antivirus 2010 virus on my comupter…can any one tell me how to remove it from my computer. i scaned my computer with avg anti virus and that did not work. please help!

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I have a spyware virus and it says I have 38 infections when yesterday my laptop was just FINE!!! I try to download a new anti spyware or microsoft defender and new anti virus stuff when i install it a message says the application cannot be opened because it’s infected!!!! WHAT DO I DO??? PLEASE HELP!!! Also this thing called Total Security keeps popping up saying i could fix the problem but i have to register and pay!!! I NEED HELP!!!

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i’ve ran the anti-virus scan so many times, no effect.;(

somebody pls help me.

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Every five minutes I get this pop up that says "Your computer is at risk and WARNING Attack Detected" It keeps on and on and on every five minutes or so and my Windows Vista keeps popping up wanting me to buy spyware and anti-virus programs.

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I bought a laptop with McAfee virus protection already on it. I have had the laptop for a couple of years now and have not continued this virus protection. I was using Avast virus protection (free online download) for awhile, until I got a virus and ended up buying Webroot to get rid of the virus. The virus is now gone but whenever I turn my laptop on, McAfee always pops up and says that part of it is incomplete. It is annoying because it keeps popping up about every 2 minutes. I tried to go into add/remove programs and remove McAfee but it will not allow me. I click on the "remove" box, the hourglass thing appears for a second but nothing happens. Any help on removing the program would be appreciated. I no longer need it since I have Webroot Anti virus.

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Is it because you supposedly buying a OS that gets no viruses? Isn’t cheaper to buy an anti virus on windows? I use windows for years and I only have minor issues.My friends are pushing me to get a Mac but I need a really good reason if I have to spend over 00 on a laptop. Is there something extraordinary Macs can do that windows can’t?

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