Dear TechSpot,
After a long and fun time reformatting my computer I finally got it up and running again, but without any firewall or antivirus to speak of. Without realizing this I of course quickly got infected with a multiple string of lovely spyware and malware, and now Im attempting to fix this, but its beginning to feel impossible. While I managed to get Microsoft Firewall up it is not really helping at this point, so I decided to install some free anti-virus programs, like panda and spydoctor. At first spydoctor was doign a great job, it found all the viruses and was ready to delete them...but of course after all this it tells me I have to buy spydoctor first in order for it to delete said viruses. So I installed Panda, which required a computer restart in order to fully install. So after the restart I thought it would be a simple as booting it up, scanning, and then deleting, but things are much worse now. My computer has grinded to a halt, Im barely able to move the mouse and opening up the internet is nigh on impossible. Every program that I attempt to open runs at impossibly slow speeds. Its almost like the virus has won.
Any ideas?
Brett
After a long and fun time reformatting my computer I finally got it up and running again, but without any firewall or antivirus to speak of. Without realizing this I of course quickly got infected with a multiple string of lovely spyware and malware, and now Im attempting to fix this, but its beginning to feel impossible. While I managed to get Microsoft Firewall up it is not really helping at this point, so I decided to install some free anti-virus programs, like panda and spydoctor. At first spydoctor was doign a great job, it found all the viruses and was ready to delete them...but of course after all this it tells me I have to buy spydoctor first in order for it to delete said viruses. So I installed Panda, which required a computer restart in order to fully install. So after the restart I thought it would be a simple as booting it up, scanning, and then deleting, but things are much worse now. My computer has grinded to a halt, Im barely able to move the mouse and opening up the internet is nigh on impossible. Every program that I attempt to open runs at impossibly slow speeds. Its almost like the virus has won.
Any ideas?
Brett
