Solve : Stupid Virus or Whatever?

1.	Solve : Stupid Virus or Whatever?
Answer» lol. I know, horrible title. I thought I'd tell a little story and follow up with a question or so. A couple days ago, my retarded step dad uninstalled my AVG. Sometime between then and an hour later when I got on we had some kind of virus or something. I'm assuming it's spyware/adware. whatever, I don't know the difference but it's so annoying. I get a pop up like every minute or two and my computer is like 5 times slower now. Everytime an ad pops up, its directed through zedo. I was wondering if ANYONE knows any quick way to stop this. I looked it up and found an article about corrupted core.sys. I don't have core.sys so that can't be it. Anyway I want to format my hard drive but I want some stuff off it first and I really don't want to copy it if this is being so slow. Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. JJ 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? lol. thanks for whatever replies I get to this.have you tried the malware forum?I started some of the steps before posting. But then I realized its probably not worth a day or so of scans and such. If theres a quick fix I'll take it if not I'll just get my neccesary files off and just format it. The way I look at it its going to get formatted either way. The problem is my mom SAVED a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to. I wish they wouldn't touch my computer. ugh.So it isn't worth a day or so of scans, but it's worth a week of effort installing the proper drivers & applications, changing settings back the way you like them, etc... Adware/malware is not something you should just "WAIT for a good time" to fix- the longer you leave it, the more buddies they are likely to download and run, slowing your PC down even more. I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Really? Theres nothing like a fresh start. I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months. I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before. A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk. Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:44:14 PM Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. jj 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? Its not as hard as you think it is. Your computer might have a recovery partition. When you click on "My Computer", do you see a small partition other than the C drive? If you need help wiping out your computer, post back and I will walk you through it. Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:49:20 PM The problem is my mom saved a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to. If you dont have an external hard drive to back up to, you can use online storage. It is way easier than trying to back up to CDs. http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/Yeah, I have the recovery drive but I dont know how that works. A good walk throught would be APPRECIATED. And as for the stuff to save thanks for the link. Im going to start saving it all this weekend. If I'm not too busy lol. Quote from: JJ 3000 on December 05, 2008, 03:05:27 AM Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Really? Theres nothing like a fresh start. I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months. I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before. A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk. I really meant more for my own computers; since I patch a lot of the DLL's to change limits and so forth (such as changing the connection limit in tcpip.sys). Sure, it isn't too troublesome to repeat, but it is time-consuming just trying to remember what I have applied. Anyway- Gamerx365- in order to use the recovery partition, you need to boot from it. different systems have different methods of doing so, but the most common (I have found) is to press F12 immediately after the post, but before windows starts loading. A menu will be presented listing various boot-up options. Speaking of out of the box- the first thing I do when I get a "out of the box" computer is format it gamerx365 As BC mentioned, the first step is determining which key accesses your recovery partiton. It will, most likely be, an Fkey. Try F9 through F12. Tap the key repeataedly as the computer is first booting up; before windows loads. Then you want to look for an option to restore to factory settings. When you start seeing messages about all of your data being lost, then you will know that you are on the right track.Thats it? sounds easy alright. thanks. I'll try it as soon as I copy all my data.Yeah, it worked out. It feels great just to clean everything off of here. lol. Thank you very much.So is it working better now? Most of the time those recovery partitions have a lot programs that just clog your system up. I would go into "Add/Remove Programs" and delete all of that stupid HP software that you dont want.agreed. Honestly all that cruft they install is the major reason I usually go for a squeky-clean new install when I get a new comp; assuming I have the operating system disc available.yeah I deleted a bunch of crap already. including norton.

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lol. I know, horrible title. I thought I'd tell a little story and follow up with a question or so.

A couple days ago, my retarded step dad uninstalled my AVG. Sometime between then and an hour later when I got on we had some kind of virus or something. I'm assuming it's spyware/adware. whatever, I don't know the difference but it's so annoying. I get a pop up like every minute or two and my computer is like 5 times slower now.

Everytime an ad pops up, its directed through zedo. I was wondering if ANYONE knows any quick way to stop this. I looked it up and found an article about corrupted core.sys. I don't have core.sys so that can't be it. Anyway I want to format my hard drive but I want some stuff off it first and I really don't want to copy it if this is being so slow.

Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. JJ 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? lol.

thanks for whatever replies I get to this.have you tried the malware forum?I started some of the steps before posting. But then I realized its probably not worth a day or so of scans and such. If theres a quick fix I'll take it if not I'll just get my neccesary files off and just format it.

The way I look at it its going to get formatted either way.

The problem is my mom SAVED a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to.

I wish they wouldn't touch my computer. ugh.So it isn't worth a day or so of scans, but it's worth a week of effort installing the proper drivers & applications, changing settings back the way you like them, etc...

Adware/malware is not something you should just "WAIT for a good time" to fix- the longer you leave it, the more buddies they are likely to download and run, slowing your PC down even more.

I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM

I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Really?
Theres nothing like a fresh start.
I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months.
I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before.
A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk.

Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:44:14 PM

Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. jj 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box?

Its not as hard as you think it is.
Your computer might have a recovery partition. When you click on "My Computer", do you see a small partition other than the C drive?

If you need help wiping out your computer, post back and I will walk you through it.

Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:49:20 PM

The problem is my mom saved a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to.

If you dont have an external hard drive to back up to, you can use online storage. It is way easier than trying to back up to CDs.
http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/Yeah, I have the recovery drive but I dont know how that works. A good walk throught would be APPRECIATED. And as for the stuff to save thanks for the link. Im going to start saving it all this weekend. If I'm not too busy lol. Quote from: JJ 3000 on December 05, 2008, 03:05:27 AM

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM
I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Really?
Theres nothing like a fresh start.
I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months.
I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before.
A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk.

I really meant more for my own computers; since I patch a lot of the DLL's to change limits and so forth (such as changing the connection limit in tcpip.sys).

Sure, it isn't too troublesome to repeat, but it is time-consuming just trying to remember what I have applied.

Anyway-

Gamerx365- in order to use the recovery partition, you need to boot from it. different systems have different methods of doing so, but the most common (I have found) is to press F12 immediately after the post, but before windows starts loading. A menu will be presented listing various boot-up options.

Speaking of out of the box- the first thing I do when I get a "out of the box" computer is format it gamerx365
As BC mentioned, the first step is determining which key accesses your recovery partiton. It will, most likely be, an Fkey. Try F9 through F12. Tap the key repeataedly as the computer is first booting up; before windows loads. Then you want to look for an option to restore to factory settings. When you start seeing messages about all of your data being lost, then you will know that you are on the right track.Thats it? sounds easy alright. thanks. I'll try it as soon as I copy all my data.Yeah, it worked out. It feels great just to clean everything off of here. lol.
Thank you very much.So is it working better now?
Most of the time those recovery partitions have a lot programs that just clog your system up.
I would go into "Add/Remove Programs" and delete all of that stupid HP software that you dont want.agreed. Honestly all that cruft they install is the major reason I usually go for a squeky-clean new install when I get a new comp; assuming I have the operating system disc available.yeah I deleted a bunch of crap already. including norton.

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