Quoting Post Topic Is it safe? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]return2me[/m] at 3:54 am on June 8, 2009[quote]did you get it off of an ad? if you did, chances are they dont exist.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post hearts not broken Posted at 3:54 am on June 8, 2009 If my crappy free trial virus scanner says where the bad files are located, is it safe to go and delete them myself?

Replies Charolastra Posted at 10:47 pm on July 2, 2009 If your computer is telling you to download an anti virus software then chances are it's a rogue anti-virus scan that will install more viruses on your computer so getting rid of it only makes it that much harder. Only trust credible names and sources like Norton and Mcafee, if you're going to use anti-virus protection at all. Spybot and Ad-Aware work relatively well but most of these fail incredibly when it comes to actually getting rid of each and every virus on your computer. It's often because the viruses are running in the background and these software don't have enough rights to terminate and delete them. You could individually try to find and delete them but the viruses could very easily populate themselves back up again when internet connection is available. But this would actually help a bit in the short-term. You can do this by making a note of where all the .dll extensions are and restarting your computer in safe mode so that you will be able to delete them. You can also go Start -> Run -> "msconfig" and then disable some of the start-on-boot programs here. This will help greatly but never a permanent solution, once again. Running a registry cleaner will also help. You can do this by downloading CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/ This will clean up your registry after you've manually gotten rid of the viruses on your computer so they don't repopulate themselves. The only permanent solution to fixing all your virus issues is actually just reformatting. If you're going to do this, make sure to back up. And if you need help knowing how to reformat, PM me and I will help. I converted to mac in 2005 having dealt with all these problems and I haven't had virus issues since, so maybe that's a solution too. :) oink Posted at 12:11 pm on June 8, 2009 Quote: from hearts not broken at 11:55 am on June 8, 2009 No they exist, I can see them in the folders in question... and no I didn't get it off an ad, my computer suddenly just gave off this virus warning message and made me download this Personal Virus Protection thingy... It would help if you told the name of the anti virus you downloaded, if it said to download it it is probably a rogue anti-virus and so will create more problems. farmer5123 Posted at 4:38 am on June 8, 2009 Try getting free AVG, If your computer came with virus protection software that you didnt know about, then you might have a virus. Ancient Rights Posted at 4:07 am on June 8, 2009 What virus scanning program is it? Most of them should take automatic steps to delete or quarantine the file. Fuberd Posted at 4:01 am on June 8, 2009 Helps if you fucking answer people. This is a problem i can solve for you Fuberd Posted at 3:57 am on June 8, 2009 red screen? for a desktop picture LadyAlice18 Posted at 3:57 am on June 8, 2009 you're computer should never tell YOU what to do....it should only do things if YOU have told it to do it... I would probably say that this free thing you have is an actual virus itself tbh. hearts not broken Posted at 3:55 am on June 8, 2009 No they exist, I can see them in the folders in question... and no I didn't get it off an ad, my computer suddenly just gave off this virus warning message and made me download this Personal Virus Protection thingy... return2me Posted at 3:54 am on June 8, 2009 did you get it off of an ad? if you did, chances are they dont exist. All 9 previous replies displayed.