Downloader Viruses

It was Thanksgiving and I went to my adviser's place. He had a Toshiba laptop with a weird error. None of the browsers could connect to internet. However, if you ping any website using command prompt you do get replies. That means the laptop connects to the internet but not through a browser. I tried various things such as disabling Symantec antivirus, even disabling firewall and trying to run browser as an administrator but to no avail. Finally, before giving up I wanted to try the virgin OS, it was XP in this case. ∞¢§ ¶§• ¶¢¢ºª˚ ©†∆ ˙∆˙∆˚˚˚∆˚∆˚˚˚∆. After that I uninstalled Norton antivirus and then ran this tool to remove the residues. It asked for a restart and Voila. Everything was working fine. The browsers connected to internet without any problem. Since we can't post links here see the related link section for the original post that I found. The issue was with Norton for sure. But what was the issue? The thing is that laptop these days come with a pre-installed version of Norton. If you uninstall that one and install a new version it might conflict with earlier version and cause weird issues in your OS. You need to run Norton Removal tool once you uninstall their product. In short, Norton Sucks. I don't recommend a product which needs a special removal tool. If I were Symantec I would bundle this tool in the un-installation package. Anyways, I hope this will come handy.

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Pretty much any antivirus will do. I use Avast, but AVG, Panda, and others should do fine.

I recommend against Norton/Symantec and McAfee, however, as my customers tend to have a LOT of problems with them. Which is ironic, because they are one of the few that cost money.

In case your computer got infected, try the following:

* Get an antivirus program (if you don't have one already) * Update your antivirus * Scan all your computer and delete, repair or quarantine the infected files.

* Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware * Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot and Superantispyware * Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt! * Install threat fire which will enhance your anti virus protection and protect you against unknown Trojans and spyware * Then do an Online virus scan

It should already on your computer you just don't activate it when you turn it on , but you should make it a start up program as it is by far the best antivirus out there, it protects against almost if not all viruses malware and spyware even before it can download itself onto your computer. it should automatically update itself, if not, i feel sorry for you because there is not much that anyone can do to help you. if it doesn't work, it probably wasn't installed properly when you got your computer. If you don't get it yet, its talking about your mental common sense not a antivirus program.

Computers are susceptible to viruses unless they are protected by special software and firewalls.

A Worm

yes

The red shield is actually a virus posing as a security centre: it really is best if you do not follow its 'advice' as by updating the virus protection it offers can potentially destroy key parts of your computer. Its associated in the family that contains My security shield - and i know that if you download My security shield it will disguise key files as viruses that are then destroyed in its scan. the virus can be destroyed if you start the computer in safe mode (F8 for pc) and then use Dr.Web CureIt and then Malwarebytes' anti malware (both free) I found My security shield was a lot harder to beat and ended up having to revert back to an older version of windows. there are a number of sites that give a step-by step on how to get rid of the virus, like this one:

http://www.malwarehelp.org/fake-windows-security-center-analysis-and-removal-2009.html

You can take your computer to a shop where they know what they are doing!

you could delete your system then buy a new computer buy a coding boot camp class for C/C++ and how to code and make OS then buy a 200$ remote HDMI then Plug a HDMIerfinder then boot your os on the other computer.

All viruses have nucleic acid and a protien coat called a capsid

These are fake antivirus programs, usually Norton misses such malware. Use MalwareBytes or SUPERAntispyware instead.

yes we need to install antivirus apart from windows defender

Yes, it is. Even more it was done so many times that it's hard to account for each case.

You need to have an admin account

You also need to have the sound drivers for the speaker icon

Click start>click run type in msconfig and then press enter. Goto the start up tab and uncheck everything except your

anti virus.click ok and reboot. When you come back to the desktop check the box 'do not show this message again" and

click ok .

then try and add the icon

The exceptions list that exists in many anti-virus programs allows you to specify 'exceptions' that the anti-virus program will overlook when scanning for viruses and monitoring suspicious activity. This can be useful if your anti-virus program is blocking a non-virus, stopping it from doing what it is supposed to be doing. For example, if your anti-virus program stopped the Google Chrome installer program from making changes to your computer you would want to create an exception - since the Chrome installer is a perfectly legitimate program that will not harm your computer.

Goglogo offers customisation features for your Google search page. As with any Internet Service or Product that requires you to provide private information, it is up to you to decide whether you can trust them with the keys to your email, contacts, calendar, and everything else attached to your Google account. Also be aware that content available through the service is from third parties and may not be trustworthy even if Goglogo is. No Anti-virus or Internet Security Software will prevent you from voluntarily giving away your private information, so it is always best to check thoroughly for reputable reviews before using the site and its content.

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That is a decision that is up to you.

How - follow the online instructions.

It depends on your computer, If your computer is old and it's CPU ( Central Processing Unit ) and Graphic card has been used a lot than yes you might have trouble using it. You would have trouble with more than just that.

The functions of software are to perform the work that you and I need to do. The type of function depends on what job it was written to do. Corel Wordperfect is a fine word processor, but it wouldn't be very helpful in compiling a batch of C++ code. Without software, a computer is an expensive doorstop.

Kaspersky Antivirus is recognised as one of the best antivirus' on the market. So yes, it is good enough to be used as a lone antivirus. It might let the occasional virus through but it will do so at a lower rate than other antivirus programs.

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