Help me remove this spyware cr@p from my computer!!

[Ken785]

I tried to watch the "21" movie on this wesite (because i refuse to pay to watch it) and they had me download this "plug in" to watch it, i was suspicious because it was a ".exe" file but i downloaded it anyway and all of a sudden i get pop ups everywhere and my system alert tells me i have it all over my computer...

theres even this spyware that disguises itself as my windows system alert and tells me to download spyware software to remove it...HELP ME!! I currently have Norton antivirus and im running a scan now, hopefully that'll remove it, but what is is there, im having pop ups as i type, and it is really annoying!!

 

[lordson]

AVG spyware works

itll take time

download it and run it

AdaWare is good too

so is Spybot

sometimes Adaware freezes on me, so i wou;dn't recommend that

 

[Bible_Belt]

http://www.avast.com/

 

[redspicyflag]

Spyware blaster

Firefox

Oh try google movie forumz to get movie links, where you don't have to d/l

 

[Colin O'Brien]

Spybot it http://spybot.com/en/index.html

 

[[S]alvatore]

You running Vista?

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=139681

I had it about a week ago due to my dad downloading some stupid poker game infested with ****. Took me about an hour all up to get rid of it.

 

[WhitePimp]

http://www.ccleaner.com

Works great at decluttering your computer

 

[speed dawg]

You are going to have to get rid of the virus or none of the spyware removers will work. They will just keep cleaning the spyware that the virus spews out. What's happening is the virus you downloaded is opening up a backdoor and constantly letting spyware in, so until you kill the source, the spyware will just keep coming. Also, do not buy what the popup spyware removers tell you to. That's a ply to get your credit card info.

You're going to have to find out what virus you have. Most of the time spybot/adaware/etc. will show that. Then look up on the internet how to get rid of it. It's going to take awhile. You may have to run your computer in safe mode, go through the registry, and tediously search through hundreds of files to get rid of all the virus's hidden files.

If you or someone you know doesn't have computer knowledge, and/or you don't have anything important on the computer that you can't take off quickly, I'd pay $100 and have a pro wipe it clean.

Sucks, man. I've been there and feel for you.

 

[reset]

I tried to watch the "21" movie on this wesite (because i refuse to pay to watch it)

What do you want a high-five for taking a stand against paying for things?

 

[Bible_Belt]

If you can't get it clean, back up your files and re-install Windows.

 

[Ken785]

What do you want a high-five for taking a stand against paying for things?

No, I just have an issue with the casting of that movie Vs. The original MIT group....

 

[EricInTheHouse]

Always download from a known source.. I have AVG free edition and just last night it cought a virus called JS/Downloader.

Spybot is great.... Sometimes AVG doesn't remove the virus though... I think it is because I have the free edition, so I'll have to buy it in order to get the virus removed..

I believe I'm going macintosh in my next roundabout with computer shopping.

 

[Desdinova]

theres even this spyware that disguises itself as my windows system alert and tells me to download spyware software to remove it

I had that problem as well. You're probably best off to re-install Windows. I tried for weeks to get that piece of 5hit off my system with no luck.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

I had that problem as well. You're probably best off to re-install Windows. I tried for weeks to get that piece of 5hit off my system with no luck.

Yepp, stupid viruse play havoc on the O.S., and sometimes the anti virus itself will remove the infected files completely instead of the virus within the file... My AVG removed a virus "goldun.mr" and it also removed most of the windows bootup files with it, lol.. Most noted was the file WIN32/CONFIG/SETUP.. With that file removed, the entire system crashed and is nothing but a black screen..

Cost me 85 dollars on ebay to get a full version of XP to load again..
Viruses are gettin worse daily.. I have all the firewalls and whatever and the damn things are still hitting my machine..:crazy: