My computer has gone crazy

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    Ahnimus wrote:
    mm nope, as long as you have an administrator account (default), you should be able to scan all the files. Unless they are in use. If a file is being used, or is a system component in use, then you won't be able to scan it until you reboot.

    Sometimes virus files will need to be unregistered with the system to delete them, or you can use a delete on boot tool.

    Well it showed I had encrypted files that it said would have to be scanned manually :confused:
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    small town beck wrote:
    Well it showed I had encrypted files that it said would have to be scanned manually :confused:

    Any idea what files they are?
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    Any idea what files they are?

    There are 117 of them. Some say Spybot and one says MSOE but I think the majority of them have Spybot before the rest of the title.
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    small town beck wrote:
    There are 117 of them. Some say Spybot and one says MSOE but I think the majority of them have Spybot before the rest of the title.

    Maybe they are previously quarantined files. Or what program are you scanning with?

    Sometimes certain anti-spyware programs will identify certain other anti-spyware programs as being spyware.
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    Maybe they are previously quarantined files. Or what program are you scanning with?

    Sometimes certain anti-spyware programs will identify certain other anti-spyware programs as being spyware.

    Maybe that could be it. It is Freedom Anti virus.
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    small town beck wrote:
    Maybe that could be it. It is Freedom Anti virus.

    I've never heard of it, I stick to using Spybot, Adaware, Housecall Antivirus and HijackThis. If you download HijackThis and print a log we can look at what's going on more closely and manually remove anything.

    But I would suggest running that phishing filter update first. Because the bug in the phishing filter is supposed to bog down the computer a great deal.
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    What brand and model is your PC?
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    What brand and model is your PC?

    Thanks so much for your help. I will do the patch thing now as I was puttering. I have a Dell, it is about four years old. But beyond that it is pretty much all I know :o
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    small town beck wrote:
    Thanks so much for your help. I will do the patch thing now as I was puttering. I have a Dell, it is about four years old. But beyond that it is pretty much all I know :o

    Oh ok. Let me know how the patch works out. :)
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    Ahnimus wrote:
    Oh ok. Let me know how the patch works out. :)

    Well it seems with the patch and all that other stuff that my computer seems to be running better. I had a SHITLOAD of spyware on there :eek: I don't know where it all came from.

    Of course, mind you maybe I should be a tad concerned about the black box on the bottom of system tray :confused:

    I do appreciate the input!
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    if you don't have Windows Defender on your computer, get it...it works great.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • Posts: 10,560
    small town beck wrote:
    Well it seems with the patch and all that other stuff that my computer seems to be running better. I had a SHITLOAD of spyware on there :eek: I don't know where it all came from.

    Of course, mind you maybe I should be a tad concerned about the black box on the bottom of system tray :confused:

    I do appreciate the input!

    You can eliminate things from your taskbar by going to:

    Start->Run and type in "msconfig" then click on the "Startup" tab along the top. Look at what is on the list and go to http://www.tasklist.org/ to find out what they do, then remove them if they are related to spyware and such.

    In most cases you can deselect everything on that startup list and it will greatly increase performance. A few things need to be there. Or if you don't feel confident, just post the list here and I'll have a look.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire

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