Funnily enough, my desktop only started playing up after I clicked on one of those 'applications' on Facebook. Like most addictions, it's dangerous people.

The things you are talking about there is a new nasty currently called Scareware that tells you to download this super new antivirus programme for free to remove.



You install and run and it finds the virus's / trojans but you need to pay to remove.



You pay and the fake virus / trojan messages go away but you never had them in the first place.



It is another trojan scaring you into buying fake software to remove a fake trojan if that makes sense.



I had one that actually beat me this week abd I had to re-build the machine from scratch as it was too deep routed. Doesn't happen very often.



Mr F your project is all done and boxed ready for collection you will be pleased to know

Be very careful if you attempt this, any data on the thing will be wiped so you must have backed up your docs and photos etc before you try this.



The factory restore disks that come with main stream pc's do just that, restore the machine to its default settings that it left the factory with - it's data.



Mr F found that out when his daughter found the restore button on his. Ooops

yeah very true!



when i did system reboot i moved all my pics and what have you over onto my hard drive D. as all the windows dater and system files are on my c drive.



i didnt know about these false trojans i guess you just gotta be realy carefull. the koobface one i had was very nasty.

Any way of knowing for sure if it's gone from an uneducated perspective such as mine?

Hit it with a hammer. Works for me every time.

Yes I had one of those tonight, in a crumpled heap on the bench.



Will have to tell customer it fell down the stairs

Use Malwarebytes



I say that because I have used Spybot and all the other incarnations which do work to a point but one will find and remove somethings then you run another and it finds something that the previous one didn't find.



I once ran 3 programmes on the same computer and then after a reboot ran Malwarebytes and it still found some nasties.



Run malware first and the others found nowt when ran afterwards.



In my opinion if malware finds nothing on your system then you are safe.



Dont just run antivirus on your system either, you need a firewall as well.



Best bang for your buck is Kaspersky and it is the most user friendly to setup in terms of firewall permissions ETC.

I agree with Geordie.....Malwarebytes....download now!

Ta very much. Malwarebytes tis then.

Piggin hell, where did you spring up from.



Nice to see you about again.



Stick around, we have educated conversation on here now

Lol Geordie



I read everything on here but a lot of it is total hmmmm crap

forgive me for saying that!



However, when it comes to trojans and stuff....yeah I know a lot about that....but still need help from time to time