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DoughnutsAngel7

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I came to my computer today, and there were a ton of pop ups that looked legit saying I need to download/register for their virus removal, because they detected a ton of viruses and spyware on my computer. AntiVirus XP 2008, and Vista Anti Virus 2008. I keep continually getting notifications from taskbar saying 'You have a security problem!' There are a ton of things missing from my startup, where the time used to be it now says 15:59 VIRUS ALERT! My background is changed to just a sign that says, "Warning! Spyware detected on your computer Install and anti virus program or spyware remover now. I downloaded 30 day trial of mcaffee, it turns up no viruses in the scan, but for some reason did not scan more files that 423. I downloaded AVG because I hear that was a legit anti virus software, and i left the scan on and it came up with 20 threats, and I left it on while it was still scanning and when I came back the computer had restarted and a blue screen came that said there was a problem, and if this was the first time I'd seen it to restart. I restarted and started the virus scan again. It is still going, and the vista 2008 doesn't pop up anymore. I am still getting notifications saying 'Antivirus has found six viruses on your computer.' and the background with the warning is still there, and my start menu is still messed up.
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DoughnutsAngel7

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and now I just tried to log into my aol email and it didn't work.
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yep, you have malware on your machine.

you need to post a hijackthis log at this part of the forum: http://www.geekstogo...o-Here-f37.html

for instructions on how to download and run hijackthis and a few things you can do before you get that far, then read this: http://www.geekstogo...-Log-t2852.html

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