pop up and virus troubles

R1C0CH3T · 06-09-2006, 08:36 PM

hi
i have mcaffee anti virus, and firewall. also have ad aware se personal. when i first put this pc together, i accidentaly downloaded the wrong file, and now i have some troubles. after about five minutes of my pc bein on, a casino ad comes up, or an adult friend finder comes up. also, every couple minutes a "warning" comes up in my start menu tray that says my pc is infected, i click on it and it goes to a site that wants me to buy antivirus. thats a bit ironic. ne ways, ive scaned my pc multiple times, and every time i scan w/ ad aware, there's always 7 files in some MIU or MUI file that i always delete, but every time i scan they're still there. im thinkin about just reformatting since this pc is only about 2 days old. any help?

CaptainOblivious · 06-10-2006, 12:05 PM

if it's only 2 days old..then reformat that sucker!

satman · 06-12-2006, 07:01 AM

Try a program called Trojan Hunter from www.misec.net it worked for me. It removed every trojan only prob is you can only have it free for 30 days.

06-09-2006, 08:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
R1C0CH3T Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 785	pop up and virus troubles hi i have mcaffee anti virus, and firewall. also have ad aware se personal. when i first put this pc together, i accidentaly downloaded the wrong file, and now i have some troubles. after about five minutes of my pc bein on, a casino ad comes up, or an adult friend finder comes up. also, every couple minutes a "warning" comes up in my start menu tray that says my pc is infected, i click on it and it goes to a site that wants me to buy antivirus. thats a bit ironic. ne ways, ive scaned my pc multiple times, and every time i scan w/ ad aware, there's always 7 files in some MIU or MUI file that i always delete, but every time i scan they're still there. im thinkin about just reformatting since this pc is only about 2 days old. any help? __________________ Intel Q6600 w/ CM Geminii MSI P6N Deluxe SLI BFG 8800GT w/ 22'' Acer LCD OCZ 2x2GB WD 400GB SATA Razer Barracuda AC-1, Razer eXactmat Logitech G15, MX Revolution, X-230 Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 case w/ Zalman ZM-MFC1 Fan controller

06-10-2006, 12:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
CaptainOblivious Formerly known as H4x3r Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 971	if it's only 2 days old..then reformat that sucker! __________________ http://thetimetaker.blogspot.com/

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06-12-2006, 07:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
satman Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11	Try a program called Trojan Hunter from www.misec.net it worked for me. It removed every trojan only prob is you can only have it free for 30 days.