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detected spyware infection?
On the my toolbar there is this red circle with a white X. and it says windoes has dected spyware infection. and all this other stuff. How can I fix this?
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Programs to get and run.
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AVG Virus scan.
One of the best out there, updated regularly. I'd say second only to Norton, but better imo because you can uninstall it without destroying your computer.
Its a trial version, worth buying but if you want to just install and run it once completely free.
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Malware bytes. Good anti spyware program.
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Spybot search and destroy.
Absolute must. Best program I've found to date. Its updated sometimes almost daily. Teatimer is great, it keeps track of your system for you and logs changes made. It automatically blocks a bunch of sites and you can scan for hundreds of thousands of possible spyware.
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Peer Guardian 2. Directly blocks IP addresses known to be associated with anti P2P (anti piracy groups) and with spyware. Good thing to have running alot of the time, it blocks hostile IPs from being able to access or be accessed by your computer. If you download anything via any kind of program this should be running, always.
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Security task manager. Also a trial version, but it monitors your processes and shows you anything thats out of the ordinary. Spyware running? This can tell you what the program actually is, and can show you what all your system processes are and what theyre connected to so you recognize the processes listed in your task manager.
If you don't use mozilla firefox you should be.
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and get Noscript
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These two are your front lines of defense, as most keyloggers are designed to exploit internet explorer in order to load onto your computer.
Noscript kills the programs that try to invade your computer. Good program, though you'll have to tell it to allow alot of websites you go to frequently.
Once all these come up clean (let AVG do a boot scan, takes like 45 min) and you've used the immunize function on spybot and run a bot check, you should be OK.
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First run a scan through your Virus Detection software. If you don't have one, download McAffee or a reliable Virus Detection software. This might resolve the problem. It could be possible its a spamware program or spam bot caught in your windows trying to get you to download a false virus detecting program so be sure not to click any popups that tell you to download a certain program. In which your Virus Detection software should detect as well and remove.
Do not try to remove it yourself by tinkering around your system, unless you know exactly what your doing. If the virus scan doesn't find it, call the Geek Squad or computer expert to help you.
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