Thread: Virus??

^ I haven't.

Maybe they are just accidental pervs.

^ We share the same computer.

No, there's a Lenovo-specific adware/malware called Superfish that came preinstalled on Lenovos until about a month ago (due to public outrage, lenovo removed it). I bought one about 3 weeks ago, so I barely escaped (there's ways to test if you have it).

BTW, one of the reasons I bought the new computer was because of this peculiar key dance the old one did: you could hit a key, while entering text (like now), and the fuckin' cursor would jump somewhere else and you just kept on typing until you looked up and what you just typed was all mixed in with what you typed earlier. Follow? Well, I finally decided I wasn't all thumbs and that the problem was my computer, on which I had spilled a glass of beer. Had it cleaned up and all, keys weren't as bouncy as before but it seemed almost normal, except for this key dance. So bought my new Lenovo Z5070 and, lo and behold...........HELLO KEY DANCE. No better than my old computer, which was a Sony, so I couldn't blame the computer company but I could blame Win 7. And, in fact, yep, Microsoft is the culprit. (I forgot to mention this only happens with the touchpad; mice are alright). So check out https://code.google.com/p/touchfreeze/ and download it if you have the problem. I don't anymore thanks to touchfreeze and that's the reason I have been going on and on. Unbelievable. FUCK BILL GATES

^looks useful, but on many laptops you can simply disable or enable the touch pad by pressing one of the F keys- I believe it's F6 , pressed on its own on a Lenovo.

^ If you read the touchfreeze site, wtf is the touchpad for, a fucking adornment? Some of us believe that's what makes innovations like the notebook/laptop enticing.

Been quiet for 24 hours but still have virus(?). Now running 2 anti virus. Tried at least 3 malware/spyware programs amongs other suggestions. All fooking useless.Thanks for all who posted, I appreciate your assistance.

^^
I don't know.
My Samsung laptops touch pad behaves itself, In fact I turned off all the fancy touch gestures ages ago.
Not that I use it much - I have a cheap Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse attached that I use at home , much more comfortable as I can sit back, no hunching over .
When I take the laptop out I try to take the mouse too .

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Been quiet for 24 hours but still have virus(?). Now running 2 anti virus. Tried at least 3 malware/spyware programs amongs other suggestions. All fooking useless.Thanks for all who posted, I appreciate your assistance.

Save all your documents, movies, photos etc. onto a HDD, then completely clear the fucker.

What operating system are you using? Win 7?

Originally Posted by Luigi

What operating system are you using? Win 7?

Yes I am. The only things I have to save are photo's which won't take a minute tomorrow. Too late now.

^ Where do you live? Take it to where you bought it or a computer repair shop. Pay somebody to get rid of it.

I'll tell you what I don't understand...WTF would anyone buy the pro versions of these (useless) spy-ware systems when, they clear them up and they come right back?

Had free up-grades with most of them and they still can't clear them!

Originally Posted by charleyboy

I'll tell you what I don't understand...WTF would anyone buy the pro versions of these (useless) spy-ware systems when, they clear them up and they come right back?

Had free up-grades with most of them and they still can't clear them!

Well to start with, you haven't got spyware, you've got something else. Putting Sudocream on your elbow when you've got a broken toe isn't likely to help either.

Trying to figure out what you have got, and then how to cure it is the issue.

Which program found and deleted the file? And what was the file name?

Remember that most issues with computers comes down to user error.

Help us out with concrete and factual information.

What is it I have? I get a new page appear for no explainable reason. Malware programs don't pick it up. Spyware progs don't pick it up. ABP doesn't pick it up. So whats left? This is the site.

Free Porn, Sex, Tube Videos, XXX Pics, Pussy in Porno Movies - adultyum.com

Originally Posted by blue

remember how long you have been getting it ?
maybe try going back and restoring the computer to point before it got infected
eg on win 7
How To Use Windows 7 Restore Points - InformationWeek

did you try it ?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

What is it I have? I get a new page appear for no explainable reason. Malware programs don't pick it up. Spyware progs don't pick it up. ABP doesn't pick it up. So whats left? This is the site.

Free Porn, Sex, Tube Videos, XXX Pics, Pussy in Porno Movies - adultyum.com

Thank you Boloa. Tomorrow when I have a little more time I'll follow the vid.

did you try resetting firefox back to factory settings, as already suggested,
you will lose bookmarks etc .
and did you try running ADW cleaner , guides here-

Reset Mozilla Firefox to default settings (GUIDE)


If its happening on more than one browser,it might be a program that's starting up with windows ?, to find all the progs doing this

you can press 'start' and typing or paste into search box:
msconfig
then click on the result and in the pop up box select start up, and the programs with a tick are the ones that will start themselves up, when windows starts .
untick any you don't recognize, or need to auto start and click ok and restart computer ..

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Thank you Boloa. Tomorrow when I have a little more time I'll follow the vid.

Cleaning out and resetting your browser is the easy bit...........the reigisty item removal is easy it you write the process down.

Type in .... regedit

GO TO... HKEY_CURRENT_USER > software > Microsoft > Windows > currentVersion > run > then delete the reigsty xihgel

Restart your computer ....solved ( hopefully )

Originally Posted by Luigi

Remember that most issues with computers comes down to user error.

Or the users being tricked !!!

Scammers Are Using a Fake Version of AdwCleaner to Trick People

Adwcleaner is a great tool but use a trusted site only to download it

AdwCleaner Download

Originally Posted by blue

did you try resetting firefox back to factory settings, as already suggested,
you will lose bookmarks etc .
and did you try running ADW cleaner , guides here-

Reset Mozilla Firefox to default settings (GUIDE)


If its happening on more than one browser,it might be a program that's starting up with windows ?, to find all the progs doing this

you can press 'start' and typing or paste into search box:
msconfig
then click on the result and in the pop up box select start up, and the programs with a tick are the ones that will start themselves up, when windows starts .
untick any you don't recognize, or need to auto start and click ok and restart computer ..

Actually, no need to lose one's bookmarks. Very easy to 'export' them first. You can import them later at anytime you want.

I forget that some people don't change their start-up programs. Should be none selected really. The only ones I have are DFX (audio enhancer) and AVG.


Anyone that hasn't done it should immediately go to search-'msconfig' - start up - and untick every program bar their antivirus that has a tick next to it.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Anyone that hasn't done it should immediately go to search-'msconfig' - start up - and untick every program bar their antivirus that has a tick next to it.

I agree to an extent....a have Eset ,Bit Torrent,Google Chrome and Opera on mine, Cleaning out tour start up menu does speed up your boot time

How to Disable Startup Programs in Windows

Originally Posted by boloa

Originally Posted by Luigi

Anyone that hasn't done it should immediately go to search-'msconfig' - start up - and untick every program bar their antivirus that has a tick next to it.

I agree to an extent....a have Eset ,Bit Torrent,Google Chrome and Opera on mine, Cleaning out tour start up menu does speed up your boot time

How to Disable Startup Programs in Windows

I've gone on some computers and there are 150 programs running as standard and something like CCleaner has never been used once.

I love the local computers that came with a fake version of Windows (nothing wrong with that) that had been loaded with the type of shite the Thais use straight from the shop (there is something wrong with that ) and all set to load automatically on start up. 50 chat and webcam programs running simultaneously.

I believe in running a slim PC, as little programs as possible, only running when I tell them to, the majority of files stored on HDD's. Main PC Kept clean with a decent clean up once every week or two. Run Ccleaner at the end of each day, other programs previously mentioned updated and ran once a week usually.