Need help with a virus

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Does you computer have red fluid filled bumps?

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treated that with penicillin

reboot into safe mode
run malwarebytes anti malware
run adaware

always works for me


try this before you give some place money to fix it

that was gonna be my next suggestion.


there is a guy on here Hopeful Doc that is really good with this stuff

I've tried this a couple of times recently and it seems to work well. If it doesn't get rid of the problem, it should at least get you to a point where you can back up your files.

Download the file, run it then burn the files it creates to a DVD or thumb drive. After that, hit F12 to get to your boot menu and boot to whichever device you have the file on.

It runs a mini-Windows Defender, but outside of Windows. Good luck!

Let me see if I can remember how to boot directly to the antivirus program. There's a way to do it but for the life of me I can't recall how to force it.

Start in safe mode without networking.

Find "Antivirus XP 2012" and delete it (or run a trusted antivirus/malware program to delete it)

If that doesn't work, try System restore while in safe mode.

go to your internet settings and uncheck the box that says use a proxy server.

download malwarebytes and run it. If you have to download to a thumb drive and install it like that.

If that doesn't work go to bleepingcomputer.com and download comobfix to a thumb drive. I've had to use it for that very same virus.