virus help

Cntl alt delete OR push the power button and reboot. When you come back up run a virus scan and malware scan before you start the browser or anything else.

I restarted it and so far it seems to be ok. I'll run a scan. Thanks.

;)

Quite often that **** will insert itself as the default page to load when your browser starts up. If it does, you can fix it in your browser settings.

Gary, can you elaborate a little please? Specifically, what would I look for and change in "settings." Thanks.

Depending on the browser you're using, you need to access the Settings or Options pages. Then you would have to reset the Homepage option to something other than the redirected homepage. Set it to something like "www.google.com" or something like that.

Actually, my wife had Googled a recipe for blueberry cobbler and was reading it when the thing popped up. I ran a deep scan, which took a couple of hours, and nothing showed up. So far, so good.

Did she get the recipe? Sounds delish.:B

HaHa, oh, yeah. Maybe the virus was nature's secret way of telling me I didn't need a cobbler.

At least you weren't like my Dad and actually called the number! He talked to someone and then actually let the guy remote into his computer!

After a few minutes, the guy said he can remove the "virus" for $300. My Dad balked at that and didn't give him any more info, but before he could disconnect the remote connection, the guy had deleted his MS OFFICE programs...

That's all the guy ended up doing, but dang.. My Dad is a retired Mechanical Engineer from HP and did very well there, but when it comes to computers, he knows nothing... Which is ironic having worked for HP... But, he dealt with the plastic injection molding part of HP for printers...

Anyway, he got lucky in only losing Office... I restored it for him the next time I visited.. Parents... ha, ha!

Mitch