Frustrated and Ready to Scream!

CatStarESP4 · #1 01-09-2004, 07:17 PM

I recently came home from Florida and my mom asked me to run a virus scan on our computer. We found three viruses on the system. Two of them were easily deleted, but the third one couldn't. I ran the scan at least two more times to see if it would finally be deleted. No luck! I tried to contact our antivirus provider, but they charge for advice. I tried to get help from their website, but I didn't get the answers I wanted. I am getting frustrated and I on the verge of screaming. Does any have any advise on getting rid of this cyber pest? Advice is appreciated!

Tippiechick · #2 01-09-2004, 10:51 PM

If you aren't using Norton Anti-Virus, I highly recommend it. It just removed three virus/trojan horses from my comp. Something else I found out about while working for Dell is a FREE program called SPYBOT. Accept no imitations, though. Only download from: DOWNLOAD.COM!!!!!

Spybot rids your comp. of trojans, spyware, etc! It makes all of the difference in my comp. I can tell if I haven't ran the program b/c my pc runs slower and does "odd" things.

It's worth the time to invest in Norton and the FREE download of SPYBOT.

honeychile · #3 01-09-2004, 11:03 PM

Try www.getvirushelp.com. It's free, and fairly comprehensive.

Good luck!

AGDee · #4 01-10-2004, 12:16 AM

What is the name of the virus? You can find manual methods of deletion of most viruses on http://www.trendmicro.com

Look in the virus encyclopedia.

Dee

CatStarESP4 · #5 01-12-2004, 06:22 PM

Thank you all for the advice! I have some good news to report. The virus somewhat disappeared from the system. I don't know if I did something or is vanished on its on. I ran a virus scan and it reported no viruses, but I ran it again since I couldn't believe the previous report. I feel like celebrating!