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Shit Shit Shit


Question Posted Sunday November 23 2008, 11:55 pm

I am about to fuck up my computer.

Something happened and everything started going wrong. Pop-ups are showing up. But I have a good pop-up blocker. These things are popping up without an internet browser, so whatever the fuck this is, it is on my hard drive now. My computer is getting slow and fucking up. I went to system restore and every restore date is gone except 15 minutes ago and that one says, "Last Known Good Configuration."

I'm scared to use it, because now I really think I will fuck up my computer. What is going on? Somebody help me. ASAP.

P.S. I am not signing into any e-mails or anything, until I get to the bottom of this.


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Katlyn answered Tuesday November 25 2008, 12:45 am:
its most likely a virus you should take it in to get repaired because sometimes even turning on your computer can infect other people on your msn with it so i would get it fixed asap.

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theymos answered Monday November 24 2008, 5:08 pm:
Go to start, run (or press WinKey+R). Type:
msconfig
Go to the "startup" tab. Click "disable all". Go to the "services" tab. Check "Hide all Microsoft services", then click "disable all". Make sure you check "hide all Microsoft services"; if you don't, bad things will happen.

Click "ok" and restart. If you get an "access is denied" error, contact me.

When you restart, the popups should not appear, but some things will be broken. Follow these steps to remove the popups from your system:
-Install all of these antispyware programs, update them, scan your computer, and remove all of the spyware they find.
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-Restart your computer.
-Uninstall all of those antispyware programs. Especially superantispyware. The last one can not be uninstalled.

Go to start, run (or press WinKey+R). Type:
msconfig
In the "startup" tab, click "enable all". In the "services" tab, check "hide all microsoft services". Then click "enable all". Click ok and restart. The problem should be fixed. If not, contact me.

To prevent this problem in the future, regularly scan with any TWO of the antispyware programs listed above, except the last one (I recommend Spybot and Malwarebytes). Also, install any ONE of these antivirus programs (I recommend Avast):
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If you can't actually boot into your computer, hold down F8 while starting the computer and choose "safe mode". Then start from the beginning of this answer.

Contact me if you have any trouble. My contact information is on my column.

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