-- Posted by dumb whore at 2:04 pm on June 11, 2009 here's my situation: system security 2009 downloaded itself and it's obviously not legit but i can't seem to remove it. i can't even run my computer in normal mode. oh and i don't have like 100 dollars buy spyware removal. i just used windows defender scanner and it says my computer is running normally and other scanners can't find it. i guess it's completely hidden somehow because it's preventing me from using programs in normal mode. help me.   -- Posted by surfergurl at 2:05 pm on June 11, 2009 you need to use and download malwarebytes and run a quick search -- Posted by Ralovic at 2:06 pm on June 11, 2009 download avast antivirus and spybot: search and destroy. malwarebytes is also good. -- Posted by MajorT0M at 2:06 pm on June 11, 2009 Take a hammer to the thing... ..might work :) -- Posted by Ralovic at 2:06 pm on June 11, 2009 and, they are free. -- Posted by Bagheera at 2:07 pm on June 11, 2009 Quote: from surfergurl at 10:05 pm on June 11, 2009 you need to use and download malwarebytes and run a quick search I had the same thing, this is the only thing that resolved it. -- Posted by dumb whore at 2:17 pm on June 11, 2009 Quote: from Hannibal at 4:07 pm on June 11, 2009 Quote: from surfergurl at 10:05 pm on June 11, 2009 you need to use and download malwarebytes    and run a quick search I had the same thing, this is the only thing that resolved it. does it actually remove the threats or just scan for them? -- Posted by dumb whore at 2:41 pm on June 11, 2009 malwarebytes worked! thank yall so much! -- Posted by krisminar at 9:19 am on June 17, 2009 you can use free spyware like spybot or terminator software it would search and destroy malwares found on your computer. Its guaranteed -- Posted by allsmiles at 7:56 am on June 20, 2009 You're lucky. I had to wipe my girlfriend's machine yesterday cos she had it - it restricted the execution of files so I couldn't install/run antivirus, get to a command line or regedit. :/