Virus?

[Dukeicon]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

[stf]

Well, so much for thinking it was a false positive! Ballsed up by the virus (using bfs iPhone). It came up as an error with adobe, so ran avg straight away and came up with a false virus scanner and then said it couldn't run anything. Been through safe mode, now using rkill and malbytes to get rid. Last time I think it's "he who cannot be named" Twitter trying to score points!!!

[fatyeti24]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

[Paadzer]

Looks like windows won't re-install

[MikeyB37]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

[festival_badger]

Cross your fingers, do a dance to the great PC gods and hope for the best.

[dirty_dog]

go to http://download.cnet.com/windows/ and download malwarebytes and scan your pc. this is much better than scanning with your anti-virus and it gets rid of most things.

[Dukeicon]

Don't let Neil hear you say that!

[LondonTom]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

[Ommadawn]

Linux is the way to go!!

No help whatsoever, I know.

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

My PC got f**ked.

Thankfully I sorted it with Norton.

[sisterofmercy]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

[LusciousLucy]

IS THIS THE REASON I DONT HAVE A LESS THAN YEAR OLD LAPTOP FUNCTIONING AT ALL????

Sorry for shouting but I would really like to know so that I can tell the doctors this when they come to pick it up on May 10th cos that is what I have had to do!

I switched on my pooter on Friday night after having technical issues which werent sorted over the phone with the TechGuys at Currys and within 3 mins of the pooter being on the machine just ceased...shut down...never to open again!!!

I am now using my dad's ancient old laptop and hope that this thread has the right info I need to check that this one isnt infected too.

[LittlemissC]

what a shitty state of affairs - hope you all get your pc's sorted, did a check on my notebook earlier and it seems I was lucky

[mikeb]

Firefox + Adblock Plus = No Ads = No Virus

Edited May 2, 2010 by mikeb

[LusciousLucy]

Just had a look for that TSSD.exe thing on my dads pooter but I cant see anything. Its just shit and old and slow!

[Dukeicon]

*VERY* false sense of security TBH, that's not necessarily true at all. Just cos you can't see a blocked Ad on the screen doesn't mean it hasn't downloaded and all that. It's not the Ads you can see that are the problem here but more likely something that the Ad server sends at the same time as well that you can't see ... until Windoze decides to launch it in Acrobat in 1 way or another ! You're probably fine for any 1 of several different reasons but blocking Ads is unlikely to be the primary one INHO.

[MissB]

ADBLOCK.

Do it.

[Scouse Andy]

You sound like our IT department!!

[**claire**]

It's really messed up my work laptop as well - got to take it to the IT dept on Tuesday & hope they don't shout at me...

I'm on my very slow home laptop now & hoping it'll be ok - I have Norton on here - or should I avoid this site for a bit?!

[StoneCircle]

[Grimmy]

I'm getting those warnings too, must be coming from here

[Paadzer]

Windows won't re-install or repair my laptop ,thanks efests for ruining my laptop and weekend

[dan8k]

efests should have someone to address issues at the weekend, bit shoddy no to.

[jamiejc]

*VERY* false sense of security TBH, that's not necessarily true at all. Just cos you can't see a blocked Ad on the screen doesn't mean it hasn't downloaded and all that. It's not the Ads you can see that are the problem here but more likely something that the Ad server sends at the same time as well that you can't see ... until Windoze decides to launch it in Acrobat in 1 way or another ! You're probably fine for any 1 of several different reasons but blocking Ads is unlikely to be the primary one INHO.

Edited May 3, 2010 by jamiejc