Archive for June, 2010

malware virus removal?

I think that I have this on my pc, also have personal antivirus that I can’t get rid of. How do I fix this?

Where can i find free comprehensive antivirus & malicious adware and trojan removal for windows 98?

My computer is vulnerable, and I get notifications of malicious spyware and adware installed. Including notifications for trojans. I also receive malicious pop-ups. How do I remove trojans, adware/spyware and viruses for no charge?

Blockheads 5-How to get rid of Viruses

Larry and Fred explain how to get rid of viruses on your computer

where can I find free spyware removal that won't ask me to pay for it before it removes infected files?

I have tried spydoctor, spybot, and a few others that download for free and then scan my computer, but once they find the infected files they tell me that I have to purchase the program in order to remove the infected files that were found.

new malware.j removal?

So my computer has this thing called new malware.j that macafee keeps detecting on something called svchost.exe. I read somewhere that svchost is a processor or something but viruses can disguise themselves as that so I’m guessing that’s happening right now. Is there a way to remove it?

Best Anti-Spyware Engine Norton 2009 vs Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition? ?

Please Resolve It through your experiences with them:- In following features 1.Speed(detection) 2.Effectiveness 3.Freeze and kill 4.traces removal etc..

How do malware and viruses get their name?

I do a lot of work with computers for family and friends, including malware and virus removal. I’ve been doing it forever now, and I have always wondered how malware gets its name. Do security vendors (McAfee, NOD32, etc.) just give them arbitrary names or do the malware writers name them? Some of them seem [...]

How do I manually remove a Trojan Horse virus when my explorer won’t stay open?

Here’s the story: Earlier this evening, I was trying to transfer some files, when Windows Explorer randomly crashed. I thought it was a glitch, and opened it up again, only to have it crash again almost immediately. After restarting twice and having the same problem, I had AVG scan my computer and it turns out [...]