big prob

[Corn99]

i think my computer has worms and virusus.for one thing when i log in the ie opens (without me clicking on it) to a page inf3ct3d.com or something ,not to mention many programs i ve never seen are on that process list on the task manager,not to mention errors with my softimge and sonic heroes*begins crying like a little girl*.then on my c: appears 3.exe files out of no where(autoprotect.exe,msdw32.exe(something like that),and i cant remeber that last one.)but last but not least my screen changes from the windows xp interface to classic inface out of now where.

[Gryph]

Yeah, you've definitely got some crap.

 

What anti-virus software do you have? Is it updated? Also, scan for spyware.

[Corn99]

i used norton(2004 i think) but that came with my pc and thanks to a visit from a nephew thatr defense in gone.right now i have a old copy of pc-illin like 2002 or 01 but i dont feel like installing it.

[Gryph]

Well...you better get some new antivirus program to sweep through your computer. It's the only way to fix it.

[wacko_jacko]

You can try one of the online scans. Or maybe one of the freeware antiviruses like avast! of AVG.

[Ghosty]

TOTAL WINDOWS RESTORE!!!! Ya, Just Backup All Your Crap On A Partition Or Slave HDD. Thats What I Do And Need To Do.

[Corn99]

iam just gonna reformat this piece of crap but first buy a norton anti virus.

[Agozer]

Buy? There are perfectly good free anti-virus programs and firewalls. Why would you buy one when you can get something for free on the net?

[Corn99]

ok ill look into a free one if iam not satified then i get norton.

[Gryph]

Norton sucks though. I hear 2005 is better but 2004 was horrible. There are other better antivirus packages: Kasperky, NOD32, and Panda.

[wacko_jacko]

The two popular free antiviruses are AVG Free and Avast Home Edition. With Avast, you have get a free registration key, but i prefer it to AVG. Both these antiviruses have realtime scanning and FREE updates to its virus definitions.