pc's got an annoying bug.........any suggestions?

Joe J.

Joe J.

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has anyone else got a bug from the internet in the past few days? mine started with a whole "your computer is infected, please download this AV software" bs. anyway, got that taken care of with a few scans with Norton 360 and ran CCleaner as well. and windows and all my internet programs are up to date.

but now, this annoying thing keeps happening, I'll hear what sounds like commercials and internet ads on my speakers but they will not show up on the screen, and I haven't even opened a browser yet! also, I'll get these small windows opening up on my screen that say IE has experienced a technical error and has failed? wtf, I dont even use IE! I use Chrome. *edit: it actually says something about a runtime error.?

my operating system is XP and Ive noticed that the CPU usage will peg-out at any given time. WTF #2!! Its running 40 processes and it seems that half a dozen are "iexplorer.exe" or similar crap. and another 30 I don't think I even need. so here are my questions:

1> got any Ideas on how to fix that bug that keeps showing up unwelcomed?

2> how do I permanently end some of these processes so my computer will run better? or is there another solution to free up memory usage?

sorry for the long wided-ness, and thanks to anyone willing to help cause this :poop: is really starting to pi$$ me the F*** OFF!!! :shaking:
 
reboot the computer

go into safe mode (hit F8 repeatedly as it restarts) ... chose "safe mode with networking"

go online and download malwarebytes (www.malwarebytes.org)

install, update, and scan

reboot normally
 
the free version of the malwarebytes is demand-only. you'll be fine, especially in safe mode.

If you want, first, you can try your scan in safe mode...but i'll say that malwarebytes works 98% of them time, first time.
 
thanks for the info. that seems to have done the trick on the "ghost" voices. lol. Im no IT person thats for sure but not a computer noob either, but sometimes this crap makes me feel like one.

I was reading some of the info on the full version and it says that it can help with the processes running and taking up to much memory or something like that. So if it works as good as the virus remover, I'll prolly end up buying it in the next month when norton runs out. anyone have any experience with the full version?

oh and fwiw, malewarebytes found 48 threats on the first run. I ran norton quick scan twice and full scan once today and it found nothing. however I didn't run it in safe mode... which takes some getting use to btw cause it makes the tabs and stuff sooooo much bigger. It kinda reminded me of my old windows 98 os. lol.

thanks kaiser for the instruction, Ive never run safe mode before, and needed it. thanks again. :beer:
 
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