My friend clicked on a photo (not a link to a photo) in facebook today and now she is having all sorts of issues. The only web pages she can access are porn sites. She cannot do a system restore. Task Manager doesn’t work. She has tried unchecking the box that that causes internet explorer to use a proxy server and checking the box to automatically detect LAN settings but that doesn’t work either. Does anyone have a solution that doesn’t involve reloading Windows?
July 23rd, 2010 on 4:19 pm
Use Malwarebytes, Super Anti Spyware, Combofix on a flash drive downloaded from a clean PC.
Boot to safe mode. Run from there.
http://www.malwarebytes.org
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
July 23rd, 2010 on 4:19 pm
I’d recommend to use Alwil Avast Home Edition. its free and it does an excellent job in keeping and removing viruses. Avast blocks any sites that my have any type of malicious software.
July 23rd, 2010 on 4:19 pm
Clean the computer. If that doesn’t work, then reformat the computer, and it will be just as new as before!
I hope that helps!