Help SPYWARE taking over my PC!

slimshady · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 8:24 pm

guys i need some help...spyware started taking over my PC....I have no desktop or icons and cant go into the task manager cuz it says its been disabled by the administrator. I also cant search in any search engines cuz it closes my browser! I need to startup spybot but cant get to it! should i reinstall windows or wont that help this problem?:sadwave:

OnlyMe · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 139 **Location:**

Sucks to be you

Technical Help much? oO

ericxdeath · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 8:25 pm

Just format your comp, should work fine I suppose.
tech support section ftw?

slimshady · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 8:36 pm

so reformat is what i need to do?

how can i do it if i cant get to my computer or anything?

MaTeJ · **Joined:** Oct 2007 **Posts:** 251 **Location:**

For task manager: http://www.patheticcockroach.com/mpam4/index.php?p=31

For spyware: Ad-aware, a-squared anty-malware, and many others

But your best shot would probably be reformat, beacuse even if cleaning virus your computer may work slow ... or other things

ericxdeath · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 8:50 pm

I don't know about your comp, but when I got mine it came with a recovery cd and a windows xp cd..If you still have the windows one you should try that, assuming you have all your driver software and such.

2k9bom · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 152 **Location:**

you probably got infected with a rat and my best guess is prorat or poison ivy. just google them and there are removals for it(antiprorat)

theblindarcher · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:01 pm

this is sorta off topic but when you remove like a trojan your computer go back to normal right?

William-CL · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 7363 **Location:** N/A

ericxdeath wrote:

Just format your comp, should work fine I suppose.
tech support section ftw?

That's everyone's answer for Viruses on here lol.

Razorhead · **Joined:** Apr 2008 **Posts:** 820 **Location:**

theblindarcher wrote:

this is sorta off topic but when you remove like a trojan your computer go back to normal right?

It depends; some trojans add and/or change system files, causing troubles. Others just take interfere with programs/...
In the first case: removing the trojan/virus/... will delete the virus but u will have to restore the damaged files yourself.
In the second case: removing the trojan/virus/... will make your computer back in order

An anti-virus AND a spyware-checker should keep ur computer clean. Just remember to update the program and weekly run a scan.

Anti-Virus: AVG (free), Avast (free), Norton (i don't advise this one), McAfee, Panda,...
Anti-spyware: Ad-Aware(very good & free), SpySweeper,... Hitman Pro (automated program that installs 5 or more programs, updates them and then runs a scan)

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