i was just using the internet and i got a pop up for some free anti virus software. i then closed it. next thing you know, i keep getting all these pop ups saying my computer is infected and this random anti virus program starts to scan my PC but this program really is not installed on my PC. i get a hole bunch of random windows security pop ups also.

i cant download a new AV program or any program any more it keeps stopping the program from installing.

i really do not want to reformat my PC. so please any ideas would help.

Thanks

dude.... that REALLY sucks... depending on what's got ahold of your machine there may not be much you can do.... if you're using XP, Vista or 7 you can try a system restore to the last time it saved restore point... you may also try installing spybot search and destroy and ad-aware, download and install them in SAFE MODE and see if what has your machine is some sort of spyware they can clean out for you, as a matter of fact this should be your first move.... if neither of those things fix it there may not be much else you can do with it..... I absolutely HATE when that happens and its the main reason why EVERYONE should be using software that acts as Anti-virus, Anti-spyware, pop-up stopper, firewall and identity protection all at once and all the time... Or, if you don't use ALOT of windows based software you can switch to Ubuntu it's pretty safe from Viri...... or, dual boot it and watch all your porn on it... lol

in all seriousness though, I feel for ya.... it really sucks when your machine gets whacked....

I would download malware bytes, It got rid of my virus

Steps. 1. Download it 2. Restart computer 3. before computer begins to start up click f8 4. Go to safe mode 5. restart computer again 6. let it restart regularly 7. do a full system scan using malware bytes 8. NO MORE VIRUS!!!

Hope it works out for you, best of luck,

Joe

dude.... that REALLY sucks... depending on what's got ahold of your machine there may not be much you can do.... if you're using XP, Vista or 7 you can try a system restore to the last time it saved restore point... you may also try installing spybot search and destroy and ad-aware, download and install them in SAFE MODE and see if what has your machine is some sort of spyware they can clean out for you, as a matter of fact this should be your first move.... if neither of those things fix it there may not be much else you can do with it..... I absolutely HATE when that happens and its the main reason why EVERYONE should be using software that acts as Anti-virus, Anti-spyware, pop-up stopper, firewall and identity protection all at once and all the time... Or, if you don't use ALOT of windows based software you can switch to Ubuntu it's pretty safe from Viri...... or, dual boot it and watch all your porn on it... lol

in all seriousness though, I feel for ya.... it really sucks when your machine gets whacked....

I used Ubuntu once in the past, I had a REAL hard time getting my sound to work and other stuff. I really enjoyed the features you can use with ubuntu. its a very fun OS lol

I would download malware bytes, It got rid of my virus

Steps. 1. Download it 2. Restart computer 3. before computer begins to start up click f8 4. Go to safe mode 5. restart computer again 6. let it restart regularly 7. do a full system scan using malware bytes 8. NO MORE VIRUS!!!

Hope it works out for you, best of luck,

Joe you are the man. thank you so much i seem to be in good shape now. THANK YOU!!!!

Joe

Glad to see you got it fixed. I love to learn new things, and if Malware Bytes was able to fix your machine then I'll have to add that to my arsenal of software for helping people out. +1 to you Joe.