my computer has lots of really bad problems preventing me from doing anything?

Question

ok so i was on my computer and it was running exponentially slower
so i thought i would open up spybot, but the spyware had already disabled it. i went to google to redownload spybot but when i enter stuff into google and click on it instead of going to the sight it opens a new tab and redirects me to yet more spyware. i decide to email myself the adaware link and manage to get that downloaded. after much frustration i manage to finally perform a scan without an error occurring. i end up deleting about 149 problems, but there are still hundreds of thousands of problems. but only about 30 or so malware problems in actuality. when i go to the internet to test to see if i got the problem, i come to see that i didn't. i open back up adaware and when i get to 15 problems the program crashes and i can't delete the problems.

oh and some other stuff is going on such as google chrome, internet explorer, and firefox are all opening popups even when they are closed. so they open themselves up and go to spyware sites. one time it nearly downloaded even more stuff to my computer.

so the symptoms are:
redirection from links in search engines
popups from closed browsers
slow computer(not very slow just a little)
it disables adaware and spybot

help please

Answer 1

I believe your main infection is the 'Brontox' virus ..



A fix is possible, I suggest visit the Sophos anti-virus site & follow the instructions (you do not have to buy any of their products)



Once you have got that out of the way, you should be able to run standard anti-virus tools such as AVG.



PS - you got this Virus by downloading a 'screen saver' animation, maybe from an eMail that seems to have come from a friend ??????



In future NEVER EVER 'open' attachments that you are NOT expecting (many of us have moronic friends that get their eMail address books 'hijacked' and end up spreading viruses .. .)

Answer 2

Have you deleted all your cookies and internet files ...go to start control panel internet options and delete them both on and off line...clear history then go into start accessaries system tools and do a disc clean up this will get rid of all your old files that have not been used.... If you have Mcafee do the clean up from there... then do a restart. and then run your anti virus after that go back into system tools and defrag..this will put all files in order and quicken your computer up.

As far as popups go download a popup blocker.



Sometimes if you have spyware and an antivirus they clash which messes up your computer get rid of the anti spyware. I found this happening to my computer when I installed spybot



If this fails to clean your computer I can only suggest you go into add and remove and delete anything you don't use otherwise go into your program files and delete anything that you know you have removed and some files are still on your computer these can be letting in spys..



Good luck

Answer 3

It sounds like TDSS trojan, I had recently. It blocks most online scanner sites. Download SDFix from here if you can: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/sdfix.php



If not, do a Google search then click on "cached" instead of the usual link. Or download it from another computer and save to a thumb drive. Go into Safe Mode and run the install and the program from there. It found all traces on my computer. If you can't get to Safe Mode install in Normal mode and run it.



Once it's done download and install Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here: http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button



to clean more traces.



If you can't run SDFix, or Anti-Malware, go to the Malwarebytes folder in the Program Files, copy all the files to a new folder called MAM in the root directory..... C:\MAM\ Then in that folder rename the file MBAM.exe to something else like MAM.exe and double click it - it should run now.



Good Luck !



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Answer 4

anyhow I cant believe i read all this crap, but it sounds like you have a mess. seeing how you have so many freaking problems. i suggest downloading stopzilla from stopzilla.com. this sucker is powerful i've been using it for over 2 years. since you are having trouble downloading free products i suggest this seing how you say you have hundreds of thousands of problems. the free version should at least stop some of this craziness for you to where you can download a solution to this mess

Answer 5

to velocity up your pc with out extra hardware, attempt this little tweak. that is going to assist you regulate the CPU allocation share of each application. for this reason, permitting the courses you desire to run swifter. to do this you would be able to desire to press and carry Alt. on a similar time as retaining alt press F4 then a grasp CPU window could pop. replace it as you will.

Answer 6

You need to wipe your drives and reinstall your OS.