re: Best way to get rid of malware for SaleItCoupon links?

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Best way to get rid of malware for SaleItCoupon links?
I got some malware on my laptop that runs Windows 8 from stupidly clicking on something from FirstRowSports while trying to stream a soccer game this summer. (I thought I needed to download some FreeHD viewer in order to watch the game.)

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in all complete honesty, you need to nuke the planet from space, its the only way to be sure.

coming from personal experience, i've tried to 'chase' malware throughout my computer..once it gets on there though, you're pretty much SOL..it was always one step ahead of me, erasing key system DLLs and changing its own name to match those, etc.

i fancied myself a pretty clever sort and wouldn't give up the chase..but damned if i didn't come up on the losing end..anti malware, antivirus, browser dumps, registry cleaners, etc the whole 9 yards.

it still won and even when i felt i had it on the run, i never felt 'clean'.

COLOSSAL and I repeat COLOSSAL waste of time and energy.

my absolute best advice is to backup anything crucial..and reinstall windows from scratch.

its really the only way you're going to feel 'clean'.