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Try downloading and running 'malwarebytes', I find it better than AGV for locating a bug once it's on the computer.
Can someone tell me how to get rid of a popup virus?
On any web page i visit, it underlines certain words, creating a hyperlink to "work from home and make $$"-style websites. If you hover anywhere near the hyperlinked word, a popup appaers.
Have scanned with AVG - nothing showing. Thanks.
Try downloading and running 'malwarebytes', I find it better than AGV for locating a bug once it's on the computer.
Can someone tell me how to get rid of a popup virus?
On any web page i visit, it underlines certain words, creating a hyperlink to "work from home and make $$"-style websites. If you hover anywhere near the hyperlinked word, a popup appaers.
Have scanned with AVG - nothing showing. Thanks.
Try this.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/937993
And only go to pr0n sites that you trust
Thanks skc.
Turns out it was an add on for Firefox I installed a few days back. I would have thought they'd all be checked by Mozilla.
I ignore all notices to update Firefox because every time I've done so, a problem has resulted immediately afterwards.Thanks skc.
Turns out it was an add on for Firefox I installed a few days back. I would have thought they'd all be checked by Mozilla.
I ignore all notices to update Firefox because every time I've done so, a problem has resulted immediately afterwards.
Running Vipre antivirus, Malaware Bytes and Super Antispyware, and haven't had any problems for some years.
Been running a Macbook Pro for some years, with no AV, and haven't had any problems.
writing from my phone. laptop now not starting. desktop lpsu blown up. ayyyaya
Will it start in safe mode? if you can and have internet,use this.
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
A reasonable security measure is to NOT use teh administrator account in windows.
Set you personal account as a standard user.
You can always do s/w installs by running the program as an administrator - windows wuill ask you for the password fro the admin account.
Because you are a standard user it's a lot harder for a virus to install itself and make changes to windows.
I did this for one of my housemates a couple fo years back when he got infected by a very nasty virus. Took me 4 hours to finally remove it. Since changing him to a standard user he's not had another issue.
I turned mine on tonight and it wouldn't go.
Absolutely nothing. Dead as a dodo.
Spare power cable, different power point, checked internal cable connections, nothing.
I have a spare PSU so I can test it with that tomorrow. For now though, I'm reduced to laptop.
This happened with my PC recently. It turned out the power cable had worked just loose enough to make a bad connection. But power surges can cook your PSU for sure, was there a burning smell.I turned mine on tonight and it wouldn't go.
Absolutely nothing. Dead as a dodo.
Spare power cable, different power point, checked internal cable connections, nothing.
I have a spare PSU so I can test it with that tomorrow. For now though, I'm reduced to laptop.
I hooked up a spare to the motherboard connections only and while there was power to the mobo (CPU fan started), this power supply immediately fried. It was the original that came with the PC.Definately sounds like power supply.
A reasonable security measure is to NOT use teh administrator account in windows.
Set you personal account as a standard user.
You can always do s/w installs by running the program as an administrator - windows wuill ask you for the password fro the admin account.
Because you are a standard user it's a lot harder for a virus to install itself and make changes to windows.
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