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    Nobody expects the Senior Member Lemur's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    It's not google, it's the virus, most likely.
    Yup, the virus/malware has probably hijacked your Hosts file.

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    Avast and spybot search and destroy. You really don't need more...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Yup, the virus/malware has probably hijacked your Hosts file.
    You just might be right. (You usually are.) Whatever is friggin' with my riggin' is not letting me DL superantispyware or update Ad-Aware or Spybot. I appear to be in the clutches of an evil madman.

    Since our learned and most excellent members suggest a browser other than IE, which is of course what I use, how does one safely - meaning without killing myself or my software - change from IE to Firefox?

    And is it easy to change over, or does it require a brain? Cause, you know...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beirut View Post
    And is it easy to change over
    Yep.

    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html

    Download. It'll ask if you want copy your bookmarks etc, tick yes, install. Search for the add-ons Noscript and Ad-Block. Safety.
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    Yeah, thats a nasty one. Do it quick.

    I had that problem earlier in the year, wouldnt let me access C drive (had to go into explorer, [delete your recycle bin in C:\ base]) or any antivirus stuff. I ended up reformatting.
    Last edited by pevergreen; 12-05-2009 at 15:58.
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    Default Re: Gah! Need better anti-bug stuff

    Well, I am Firefoxed.

    Not that it helps, I'm still kazood up the wazoo and can't seem to update or install any new anti-virus stuff or Google straight to a page without running into endless useless search engine pages.

    In any event, this is beyond what I'm prepared to deal with. This machine is a crazy conglomeration of my woman's French programs and my English ones, as well as having been subjected to my kids various live chat programs and online games, so I think it's time for The Big Flush. I was going to do it anyway, but this situation just seems to beg for it.

    Aside from whether I should re-install XP or go for the newer W7, since I'm going to backup my stuff on an external HD, re-install some form of Win and then retrive my stuff, what is the ultimate Must have list of stuff I should install prior to retrieving my old stuff off the external HD (and inspecting it with)?

    I'm guessing:

    AVG 9.0 Free
    Superantispyware
    Spybot

    Any other programs I should have or steps I should take?

    Thanks for the help.
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    I would definitely move to Win7.

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    Default Re: Gah! Need better anti-bug stuff

    Be careful, a virus (possibly the one you have) did the rounds through external USB devices, infected them, then everything they touched.
    Quote Originally Posted by TosaInu
    The org will be org until everyone calls it a day.

    Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan View Post
    but I joke. Some of my best friends are Vietnamese villages.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
    Be careful, a virus (possibly the one you have) did the rounds through external USB devices, infected them, then everything they touched.
    But if I scan everything I intend to reload (before reloading of course) with Spybot, Superantiyaddah-yaddah, and AVG 9, do ya think that will clear things out?
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