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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

Ad-Aware by Lavasoft
http://www.lavasoft.com/

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I have AOL virus scanner left over from when I was on AOL but that can’t find anything.  I also had a free trial scan from Malwarebytes antimalware but that didn’t work either.

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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!  [sm=anger.gif]

Okay, I had to get that out of my system first.

My computer has been infected with adware.  Even when I am off line I get ads popping up on my screen.  When I am on line it kicks me off line (my internet connection is Roadrunner, if that’s at all relevant).  I’ll be trying to post here on Collarme or listening to a tune on Youtube and –click – it’s gone (when that happens sometimes the ad pops up and sometimes it doesn’t).  I’m ready to punch the screen out!

-- brief departure: if anybody out there works for Pep Boys auto parts (one of the ads that keeps popping up on me) , please inform your senior management that I now hate your company with a passion and will never set foot in one of your stores ever again.  In fact, I am now dedicated to bad mouthing your company to every one I meet.  FUCK PEP BOYS!  [sm=sodoff.gif]

okay, back to the main topic --

I have AOL virus scanner left over from when I was on AOL but that can’t find anything.  I also had a free trial scan from Malwarebytes antimalware but that didn’t work either.

Any suggestions?

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

I think the best thing though would be to pry 80 bucks loose from your budget and spring for a copy of Kaspersky Internet Security Suite. My system's never been cleaner since I bought it last year. For years, I'd been using AVG anti-virus and a tandem of Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Ewido Anti-Spyware, along with a Zone Alarm firewall, and thought I'd been running a pretty safe system. An hour after I installed Kaspersky, I found viruses and Trojans that had been on my hard drive for weeks, and in one case, a virus that was 6 years old. Zone Alarm let 'em through, and Ewido, AVG, and Lavasoft failed to find them. Considering how much money I move around in my bank accounts and brokerage accounts on these computers, that 80 bucks for Kaspersky may have been the smartest money I ever spent.

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ORIGINAL: blacksword404

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

I think the best thing though would be to pry 80 bucks loose from your budget and spring for a copy of Kaspersky Internet Security Suite. My system's never been cleaner since I bought it last year. For years, I'd been using AVG anti-virus and a tandem of Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Ewido Anti-Spyware, along with a Zone Alarm firewall, and thought I'd been running a pretty safe system. An hour after I installed Kaspersky, I found viruses and Trojans that had been on my hard drive for weeks, and in one case, a virus that was 6 years old. Zone Alarm let 'em through, and Ewido, AVG, and Lavasoft failed to find them. Considering how much money I move around in my bank accounts and brokerage accounts on these computers, that 80 bucks for Kaspersky may have been the smartest money I ever spent.

Well I will have to check into that. I don't have any sensitive info on here but it's still good to upgrade when you can.

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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

Ad-Aware by Lavasoft
http://www.lavasoft.com/

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

I think the best thing though would be to pry 80 bucks loose from your budget and spring for a copy of Kaspersky Internet Security Suite. My system's never been cleaner since I bought it last year. For years, I'd been using AVG anti-virus and a tandem of Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Ewido Anti-Spyware, along with a Zone Alarm firewall, and thought I'd been running a pretty safe system. An hour after I installed Kaspersky, I found viruses and Trojans that had been on my hard drive for weeks, and in one case, a virus that was 6 years old. Zone Alarm let 'em through, and Ewido, AVG, and Lavasoft failed to find them. Considering how much money I move around in my bank accounts and brokerage accounts on these computers, that 80 bucks for Kaspersky may have been the smartest money I ever spent.