LadyConstanze
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ORIGINAL: slavefabian "Why aren't you using the very excellent and very free Microsoft Security Essentials?" Hello Jeff and thanks for the reply, actually, indeed I had the Micrisoft Security Essentials however it was removed and replaced with a bogus antivirus program which would automatically run every two minutes by itself. Everything is fine now and I've moved on, my pc is clean and I have very good security, be well and take care everyone, and Happy New Year!!! ~Fabian From everything you said, it sounds like you got this one: http://forums.techguy.org/virus-other-malware-removal/737855-my-computer-has-been-infected.html Always keep on top of security updates (I know it's a pest but if a kidiot targets you, they're looking for vulnerable computers, because the little shits don't know anything, they just run stupid programs), if you're running a firewall, only run ONE of them, running several of them they often interfere with each other and make you more vulnerable. Stay away from free porn, that's the stuff that causes most of the damages because it's quite easy to hide something in movies. You might want to ask a friend to do help you out and create another user account where you don't have admin privileges, it won't stop somebody who means business but you really don't come against those very often (it requires such a skill set, similar chance to meeting the world chess champion in a local bar) and it eliminates part of the danger. The casual drive-by will look for vulnerable machines, the less vulnerable you are the less chance you have of being hacked. And don't download anything that pops up and claims to be an anti-virus program, don't even click the "NO" button, shoot down your browser and start again to avoid it!
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