Re: Annoying virus - can't tell what process it's associated with...

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"lilone" <lilone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I caught a virus on my computer yesterday.

It brings me pop-ups every now and then and it has been really annoying. I
scanned my computer using Spybot and Symantec Antivirus (with the most
updated definitions) and deleted whatever they found. Symantec found a
virus
called "Downloader" which I think I have seen before. It is saves as an
htm
file. Symantec automatic scan in the back pops up every now and then
saying
it found that virus and it cleans it sometimes but sometimes it can only
clean it partially.

I have tried to match up what I see on Windows Task Manager and
Sysinternals
Process Explorer but I don't see anything strange or maybe I just can't
recognize it.

Another problem that arose after the virus infected my computer was that
Automatic Updates got turned off and I couldn't turn it back on through
Security Center, Control Panel or services.msc. It automatically turns off
itself once I try to enable it. So I tried going on Internet Explorer to
go
on Microsoft.com to find an answer. However whenever I try, 40 pop-ups
come
at once and freezes my computer (which is currently still freezing.)

Oh and another thing I noticed was Firefox (the browser I usually use)
wouldn't load up half of the websites I tried to visit. I had to switch to
IE
because the websites still work there but I tried not to log on to too
many
things as I don't want a Trojan or anything to be able to log what I did
or
get my information.

Please help me!! Thank you sooo much in advance!!!


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