i hate the viruses!!!
By sparksssss
@sparksssss (478)
Philippines
September 23, 2010 6:47am CST
sigh! i really hate this! i got the viruses from the other sites and i don't know what to do. i already changed and downloaded the new anti-virus which is spyware doctor. i already detected the viruses from the folders. so now, what will i do? do i need to delete the files or i need to re-format now my pc?? pls help me cause computer is not my field. help me and tnx in advance.
6 responses
@AutumnGold (1056)
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23 Sep 10
Hello Sparks. I had a bad virus on my computer a few weeks ago and whatever I tried to do to get rid of it failed. I eventually had to format my hard drive and reinstall my OS. There is a good free download called Darik's Nuke and Destroy which completely cleans everything from your hard drive, much better than a normal format. Before using this you MUST have a system restore disc to reinstall your OS. Before taking such drastic action you could try downloading the free version of Avast and run a scan with that, also download Spyboy Search and Destroy and finally download Malaware Bytes and scan with all of those. If the virus is still there after that then a format is the only way to get rid of the virus.
I've recently switched to Linux as my OS, it's free and completely virus proof because it doesn't recognise viruses or spyware. It's much faster than Windows and it does everything that Windows does, only better.
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@AutumnGold (1056)
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23 Sep 10
Spydoctor is a good antispyware but for more malicious threats you need to run a good anti virus, Avast is excellent. Malwarebytes will also detect infections that other scans miss. I had a trojan hijacker on my computer and I couldn't even get on websites, it just kept redirecting me to other ones, how annoying!
@ReViewMeMedia (3785)
• United States
23 Sep 10
I use Microsoft Security Essentials and Spybot Search and Destroy and MalwareBytes. I've never had to reformat my computer after I started using those, reformatting is such a pain, takes forever, and doesn't necessarily get rid of the virus.
@sparksssss (478)
• Philippines
26 Sep 10
hey i want to pm you pls confirm my request so we can talk about this. i don't want to reformat my pc because i'm super busy and i don't know how to reformat this. i don't want to trust the technician anymore because before, the technician stole something to my cpu and he replaced it to fake item. so i wan't to fix this all by myself. please help me. tnx
@nagatron123456 (888)
• Philippines
25 Sep 10
You are not the only one who hates virus, plus all anti-virus software cannot kill 100% virus in your computer. It is like you detected the and kill the tail but the head is still there and that head can cause file damage. So if there are viruses in your computer and it annoys you, the only way to solve it is to REFORMAT.
@pcsourcepoint (631)
• New Zealand
24 Sep 10
Sometimes the restore files might also get infected, so you should turn off system restore, if you choose to do anti virus scans. Then turn back on later. SuperAntiSpyware is a good free spyware program to run (if pc is infected), in addition to many others, e.g. MSE, Spybot, Avast, Malwarebytes, Trojan remover.
@nikhilmuley7 (203)
• India
23 Sep 10
if there is a virus in your system and not detected by antivirus i suggest you to format your disk.
