Perfect_Chaos (2015-01-05 23:02:48)

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Have you ever had one, if so, how'd you get it and what type was it? Just to be clear, I mean computer viruses, so don't be a smartass.

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carlos11 (2015-01-05 23:04:03)

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Nope.

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CoolApps (2015-01-05 23:10:10)

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Don't think I've ever got a virus, I however had a very dangerous trojan a few years ago which I've managed to remove.

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Perfect_Chaos (2015-01-05 23:15:18)

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I'm including trojans too....

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Cr1tiKaL (2015-01-05 23:18:34)

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Change the title to "Malware, Trojans and Worms". This will give us a better indication on what you are actually talking about.

Anyway, I had a virus named 'iStartSurf' which is a browser hijacker, which is promoted via other free downloads, and once installed it will change your browser homepage to iStartSurf.com and default search engine to search.yahoo.com.
This in itself is not considered malicious as there are many legitimate programs that change these settings as well. What is considered malicious, though, is that it will also append the argument http://iStartSurf.com to random Windows shortcuts on your desktop and your Windows Start Menu.

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Draazen (2015-01-05 23:48:21)

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I have IspeedPC on my computer right now.. Dunno how to get rid of it.. My girl did something. Idk what..

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Jason2k14 (2015-01-05 23:49:57)

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Yo girl is bad, Draazen. Mm mm mm, shaking my head.

I think I've had a trojan before.

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Perfect_Chaos (2015-01-06 01:16:39)

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There was one that popped up an ad every time I clicked on a link.

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Dimentia (2015-01-06 01:32:55)

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Ohhhh, boy. Lemme tell you something.



My pc is slow. You know how slow you get when getting out of cob webs, in Minecraft? Ten times that. It takes an hour just to boot up the start screen. It's several years old, and the last scan it had 1179 viruses on it.

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Perfect_Chaos (2015-01-06 01:35:16)

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What the did you download?

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Dimentia (2015-01-06 01:42:10)

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Um, let's see.....

These cursors that are cool
Virtual pets
Cursor maker (that was actually really friggin cool)
ANOTHER bad cursor maker
And visited alot of websites.

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Draazen (2015-01-06 04:45:16)

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Anyone Know how to get rid of IspeedPC? I don't wanna buy a ton of Anti virus ...

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Gumball (2015-01-06 04:46:11)

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Nope.

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Draazen (2015-01-06 04:53:11)

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Well firetrucks you ..

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BioMan8 (2015-01-06 05:37:33)

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inb4 Draazen causes a flamewar

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There are free antiviruses that effectively remove adware, malware, and trojans, such as Malware Bytes or Windows Defender.

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