antivirus??

[maria chiara]

Hi everybody,
my pc is an acer aspire 5920 and I have windows vista; as antivirus and
antispyware I used AVG free and in windows pack there was windows defender
antispyware.
Now I probably have a virus that has blocked AVG and windows defender and
any internet connection, so I can't use any on-line antivirus. There is
anything else to do instead to format system with acer procedure??
Thanks a lot.

 

[buddyb]

Some info and links.

1. read the postings of David Lipman. He has helped me more than once.
URL: Generic Trojan / Adware Removal Procedures
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html


http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
http://ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/clean.exe
Regards
buddy b

 

[tashfeen]

hi, you might want to try scanning your computer from a bootable
antivirus cd. do you have one of those? if not, remember it as a
future reference. alternatively, download the portable application
suite from a friend's house or cybercafe:

<http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http:/
%2Fportableapps.com
%2Fsuite&ei=O9UtSMPQEYLepgTen7TGAQ&usg=AFQjCNGeyErd78YZF_Mq8y0ub0javsuRLw&sig2=_sjm9jfZa0fgZqkw4SD30A>

and put it on your USB drive. then use the ClamWin antivirus from the
suite to scan your computer; unfortunately, i don't know how much help
this will be, but it's still worth a try.

if all fails you have to do a format. however, if you have valuable
data that you'd like to preserve, try to burn them on a cd or dvd if
you can; don't worry about them being infected for now, you can deal
with that when your computer's fixed and you have a good antivirus.

speaking of which, i think you need a new antivirus. read my reviews
to decide which one you want to go for:

<http://avscan.blogspot.com>

they're not too long or geekish, so that shouldn't be too hard.
you'll also be needing a good antispyware and firewall:

<http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/miscellaneous-security-software-
part-1.html>
<http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/miscellaneous-security-software-
part-2.html>

finally, computers often goof up due to unforeseeable reasons, so it's
best to save restore points or image files that you can just revert
to. read this:

<http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/04/really-useful-stuff-acronis-true-
image.html>

hope this helps.
cheers!