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Originally Posted by Jimmy Krack Korn
CP computer experts, please help. I'm a computer dummy, I know very little.
Right now I'm having all kinds of problems with spyware and viruses after over three years of being problem free.
Are there any antispyware programs that are actually free? I've had people recommend Spybot and Ad-aware. I tried both, but they can only diagnose what's wrong, in order to 'fix' the problems I have to purchase the full version. I also paid for the full version of 'Brave Sentry' but it appears not to have fixed the problem as I still have messages coming up saying stuff like 'your computer is infected with a virus etc'. When ever I log on to the internet, I get the 'Internet security center' screen with recommendations to purchase more software to combat the problem.
I am VERY frustrated.
Someone please help this computer idiot.
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You mean like this?
It sounds to me like you are trusting every pop up that tells you you have a virus and downloading and installing stuff. "Brave Sentry" isn't a spyware removal program, it's spyware itself! So it'll never help you, it'll just keep putting on more spyware on to your computer. Never trust a popup.
You can try this:
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyaxe.shtml
Windows Defender is free and works well as has been suggested, I've also had good success with Webroot SpySweeper.
EDIT: And if you purchased that software with your credit card or something, I'd be watching your credit card account closely for a while, I wouldn't trust them with anything like that.