Mark Sanguinetti Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 I have a laptop with a computer virus or trojan. I have been trying to clean it up for the last couple of months. I have tried a number of things including Norton Anti-Virus software. Does anyone here have any ideas for cleaning out my system? If you have any links to try please post them here. One possibility is to reformat my hard drive. I hope it does not come down to this, but nothing else so far has worked. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3Cents Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 You might try taking it to CompUSA or someplace that has walk-in service. They can fix things like that for not too much money. They may or may not have to reformat the hard drive. I'd take all my data off just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Despair not! Check your private topics instead. I'm very confident that if you follow all my advice, your machine will be much improved, with viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, and other boojums scoured clean off if it. It will take about 2 days to do it all, though. You know, if it's been MONTHS, you should have asked. I mean, there's people who know more about pcs than me around here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawtucket Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Word, Can you send it to me also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 How do I invite you to the existing pt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawtucket Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 you can't. Copy and paste would work though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordWolf Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 If you can wait a bit, I'll send you an e-mail, much more coherent, with all my advice. It's not high-tech, but it IS effective, and it IS freeware stuff (or shareware, in the case of Spybot: S & D.) Most or all of it's on the Registry Keys thread, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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You might try taking it to CompUSA or someplace that has walk-in service. They can fix things like that for not too much money.
They may or may not have to reformat the hard drive. I'd take all my data off just to be sure.
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Despair not!
Check your private topics instead.
I'm very confident that if you follow all my
advice, your machine will be much improved,
with viruses, trojans, spyware, adware, and
other boojums scoured clean off if it.
It will take about 2 days to do it all, though.
You know, if it's been MONTHS, you should have asked.
I mean, there's people who know more about pcs than
me around here....
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Word,
Can you send it to me also?
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WordWolf
How do I invite you to the existing pt?
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pawtucket
you can't.
Copy and paste would work though
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WordWolf
If you can wait a bit,
I'll send you an e-mail, much more coherent,
with all my advice.
It's not high-tech, but it IS effective, and it IS freeware stuff
(or shareware, in the case of Spybot: S & D.)
Most or all of it's on the Registry Keys thread, anyway.
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