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I was on a website for old Harley motorcycles and now my desk top computer is f%&ked up. Every time I try to open the Internet browser a screen pops up saying that I have to call a   1-800 to get the problem fixed. 

About 8 or 9 mouths a go Wo46 got hit with the same thing but I was able to clean it up by running a virus software this time it won't do shit. 

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A similar thing happened to my parent's computer.  I brought it to the IT guru who works at our company, and he restored it by using a back up files (back up registry, perhaps?) that some Windows computers automatically create.  He said sometimes viruses don't destroy both the working files and the backup, and we were lucky.  He restored the computer from the back up files and that fixed it.  It think there may have been some updates to catch up on, but he saved the day.  Good luck!

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6 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said:

back up files (back up registry, perhaps?) that some Windows computers automatically create.

They're called RESTORE POINTS in System Restore.  If you go to your START menu and search for RESTORE, you should see "Restore your computer to an earlier time"  That will take you to the system restore in control panel.  You can start the wizard and pick a restore point to go back to, some time before you think you got the virus.  That is, if you didn't have it disabled. 

Then, https://www.malwarebytes.com/

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33 minutes ago, Rick5234 said:

They're called RESTORE POINTS in System Restore.  If you go to your START menu and search for RESTORE, you should see "Restore your computer to an earlier time"  That will take you to the system restore in control panel.  You can start the wizard and pick a restore point to go back to, some time before you think you got the virus.  That is, if you didn't have it disabled. 

Then, https://www.malwarebytes.com/

Thanks I will try this later today 

What happened to the days you had to visit porn sites to get a computer virus now all you have to do is click on what looks like a innocent website and BAAM!!!

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5 known mac Viruses since macs were invented

  • The 'Flashback' Trojan for Mac. – Flashback is a Trojan that has infected more than 650,000 Mac systems worldwide. ...
  • The 'Mac Defender' rogueware. – A .zip file is downloaded automatically via JavaScript. ...
  • The 'Koobface' worm for Mac. ...
  • Phishing attacks. ...
  • Mac systems can infect other operating systems.

Known PC viruses

there are well over 100,000 known PC computer viruses

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11 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

What did you do?

This

6 hours ago, Rick5234 said:

They're called RESTORE POINTS in System Restore.  If you go to your START menu and search for RESTORE, you should see "Restore your computer to an earlier time"  That will take you to the system restore in control panel.  You can start the wizard and pick a restore point to go back to, some time before you think you got the virus.  That is, if you didn't have it disabled. 

Then, https://www.malwarebytes.com/

I did something like this years ago but forgot all about it.

 Thanks for the help

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7 hours ago, Rick5234 said:

They're called RESTORE POINTS in System Restore.  If you go to your START menu and search for RESTORE, you should see "Restore your computer to an earlier time" 

Maybe that's what the IT guy eventually did, but my parent's computer started, came up to the same screen listing an 800 number, and froze.  No access to the start menu or any subsequent screens for restoring the computer.

 

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Best thing to start with, before you get infected -run ad blocking extensions on all of your web browsers.  I prefer UBlock Origin.

A lot of websites use third-party ad distribution.  Internet ad distributors are the Wild West of businesses.  People bid on blocks of ads to run at periods of time for xx days on certain tier websites, and those people bidding don't get vetted well by the distributors (if at all).  Easy enough to sneak in rogue stuff in the ads.

That's the biggest reason I run blockers and then unblock for sites that I actually feel vet their content a bit better.  As for the 800-number stuff, most (though not all) of that, if you reboot (usually hard power off) and on, it goes away.

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