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 Post subject: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:08 am 
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My laptop caught a bug recently, and now it's been hell to use the internet. I've ran my Webroot Antivirus about a dozen times, and while every once in a while it comes up with relatively harmless tracking devices, it hasn't really been able to fix my browser.

Okay, symptoms are:

-When I type a website into the address bar, "it" redirects me to a (seemingly) random other web page. However, entering the website once more usually works.
-Clicking on any google link redirects me to a random page, no matter how many times I try.

I'll try to post more symptoms as I come across them.

Any thoughts? Questions? Comments?

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:25 am 
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Maybe you should just reboot... :S


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:44 am 
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Have you tried Malwarebyte? I think it's still free. My mom's desktop had a pretty nasty virus once and that fixed it right away.

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
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I guess this is my fault for not specifying, but I consider myself relatively tech-savvy. I'm no wizard when it comes to computers, but I can find my way around easily enough. I wouldn't have posted my problems on the forums unless I had tried everything I could think of. Rebooting my compy was one of the first steps I took. But thank you for suggesting it, I don't want to sound ungrateful. =)

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-Jareth, Labyrinth

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
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Malwarebyte... hm, I've never heard of it, but I'll give it a quick try. Thanks!!

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-Jareth, Labyrinth

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
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Yes Malware is also pretty good! Or you could trick Norton, thats what I do. :p


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:51 am 
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Okay, I'm running Malwarebyte. I want everyone to cross their fingers for me.


Cross them. NOW!!!! >=(

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:54 am 
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*CROSSES THEM!!!*


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
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HA! I'm watching Malwarebyte go through all of my files, most of which I'd forgotten about. Like Sins of a Solar Empire. I didn't even know that was still on my computer...

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-Jareth, Labyrinth

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:18 pm 
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It does a pretty thorough job for being a free program.
I ran it specifically for the one virus and it found something like 70 infected files. Needless to say I was pretty satisfied.

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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:21 pm 
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Yeah, I ran Webroot right before I posted on the forums, and it came up with zip. Malwarebyte claims its already found 10 infections. o.O

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Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked that the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?

-Jareth, Labyrinth

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Vincent Dawn- 2nd Year Slytherin
Robert Strider- 1st Year Huffterpufft


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
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Okay, not to toot my horn too early, but I think it's working!! It might have already identified the culprit, my computer isn't freaking out and sending me to other pages anymore!! This is good news, I love my laptop. I'd hate to take it out back and put it out of its misery. Which it knows I will do.

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Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked that the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?

-Jareth, Labyrinth

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Saroph Wildanter- 6th Year Gryffindor
Vincent Dawn- 2nd Year Slytherin
Robert Strider- 1st Year Huffterpufft


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:56 pm 
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Awesome! :D


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:37 pm 
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Okay, scan is done and my computer is doing great!! Thank you sooo much for suggesting that program, Evil Gambit! I gotta find a way to thank you. Maybe a seductive dance is in order...

<Zybl0re> get up
<Zybl0re> get on up
<Zybl0re> get up
<Zybl0re> get on up
<phxl|paper> and DANCE
* nmp3bot dances :D-<
* nmp3bot dances :D|-<
* nmp3bot dances :D/-<
<[SA]HatfulOfHollow> i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet


There. I hope that's payment enough.

Seriously though, I gotta do something about Webroot. Malwarebyte's Quarantine list looks like this:

Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Adwaaaare
Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Trojan
Adwaaaare

Whereas Webroot's looks like this...

0.0

<.<

>.>

...POPCORN!!

0.0

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Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked that the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?

-Jareth, Labyrinth

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Saroph Wildanter- 6th Year Gryffindor
Vincent Dawn- 2nd Year Slytherin
Robert Strider- 1st Year Huffterpufft


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 Post subject: Re: Help my laptop!!
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:02 pm 
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Heh, I was afraid you had a backdoor or something! x) But geez thats alot of horses! :lol:


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