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Strange virus infection?
« on: May 11, 2012, 07:50:58 AM »
Summat has got into my pooter. Random words in e mails and websites, including this one, get highlighted and seem to be hyperlinks to ads, mainly for I phones. AVG doesn't do anything. Any suggestions?
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 08:01:06 AM »
AVG Freeware is good but not that good ..... try upgrading to the "Paid for" version.
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 08:03:05 AM »
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 08:25:44 AM »
Take the pooter to an expert and have them "clean it" ..... It'll cost more than upgrading AVG.

I run AVG "Free" and also "Spybot" (it too is freeware) on the principle that what one doesn't get the other might.

Spybot asks every time anything tries to "change" my pooter .... which can be bloody annoying when it asks 15 times during a regular update session but has prevented several unauthorised attempts to change things.
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2012, 08:27:22 AM »
It will all stop if you buy and iPhone. Listen to the voices ...Steve Jobs is talking to you from beyond the firewall  whistle:
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2012, 08:31:28 AM »
THW has an iPhone and a Mac Book. She is forever going up to the Apple Store in Regents Street to get them fixed. So far they haven't charged her anything as all her problems have been "Known" but last visit they told her that she needs to upgrade and offered her £200 in part ex for her Mac Book if she spent £900 on a new one. Included in the "deal" was an offer to transfer all her data "Free of Charge".  ::)
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2012, 10:25:01 AM »
Try Malwarebytes - it is very good and free

Used it last night on a suspect drive.
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2012, 02:27:38 PM »
Well that didn't werk  evil:
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2012, 02:42:34 PM »
Try a "restore" to before the problem started. It may be that your settings have changed in some way and a restore should cure it if that is the problem.
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2012, 04:12:40 PM »
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2012, 04:13:18 PM »
Wot you said  cussing:
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2012, 04:52:01 PM »
OK.

Try different browser and email client to see if it still happens.

You could also try StopZilla to see if that finds a problem.

If Malwarebytes and StopZilla don't find anything then there is probably no infection (AVG has no finds)
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2012, 05:03:18 PM »
Quote from: tel on May 11, 2012, 04:52:01 PM
OK.

Try different browser and email client to see if it still happens.

You could also try StopZilla to see if that finds a problem.

If Malwarebytes and StopZilla don't find anything then there is probably no infection (AVG has no finds)

You klnow it will turn out to be PICNIC in the end.
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2012, 06:35:04 PM »
Emphasis on the 2nd syllable in this case  whistle:
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Re: Strange virus infection?
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2012, 06:38:16 PM »
Do you want a big boot up the astis?
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