Posted: 2/11/2008 2:59:58 AM EDT
Okay, so I was bored the other night and went to some "explicit" sites.Now my computer is completely screwed. It freezes up, shuts down randomly, and just acts wierd. Unfortunatly, I know more about guns than computers. Is there anything I can do to restore it to it's proper working status? 
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If you have antivirus, make sure its updated, and run a scan. If you dont have antivirus, download, install, and run this: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Download and install these 2 programs too: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html Finally, if youre using Internet Explorer, stop. Download and use this instead: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ |
This wont always cure your problem |
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For future reference, if you in the mood for some good time without a lot of hassel. search for forums dedicated to that kind of material. You get decent stuff without any viruses. Ive been doing that for a while now with no anti-virus and malware programs and havnt had a problem in over a year. |
I know, but it might and it's easy for him to do. If it doesn't work then we can start on more complicated stuff with him. |
Doesn't work sometimes. I've played with viruses/trojans that inject stuff into the sys restore files so when you restore you still have the problem. Want a pretty much guaranteed (usually) fix? fdisk the drive and remove all partitions (only do this if you have a restore disk and it does NOT need the recovery partition of your computer's drive), then recreate them. After that, re-install your OS and go from there. While you're at it, you could install a Linux distro so you don't have to worry so much about viruses, trojans, spyware, etc... |