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b_young
02-27-10, 09:35 PM
I have this on one of my kids laptop and cannot get rid of it. When I download a virus scan it blocks it. If I go to a site that says something about it, it redirects it. I even bought a McAfee full protection kit and it blocks it. What do I do?

UmneyDurak
02-27-10, 09:41 PM
Format, install Ubuntu, tell the kid to quit downloading porn. lol
b_young
02-27-10, 09:49 PM
Format, install Ubuntu, tell the kid to quit downloading porn. lol

I suspected the second part. What is Ubuntu?

no1mad
02-27-10, 10:02 PM
I suspected the second part. What is Ubuntu?

Info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)
Greyryder
02-27-10, 10:39 PM
Sometimes, you can get around the virus/malware preventing scans, by renaming the executable of the scanner you're trying to use. Like, renaming mbam.exe to bacon.exe, or something like that.

Why do I suggest "bacon.exe" you ask? Because, bacon is just that awesome. ;)
b_young
02-27-10, 10:47 PM
Bacon does make everything better. I will try that and then maybe have some bacon.
Caspar_s
02-28-10, 06:38 AM
Or you can use a boot cd and use that to clean the virus off the drive.

Ultimate Boot cd (http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) (haha, just typo'ed that as the ultimate Botto cd...)
Ultimate boot cd for windows (http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm)
jsharr
02-28-10, 07:56 AM
If you can get to malwarebytes site, donwload and run malwarebytes. Maybe donwload it to another computer, burn the file to a cd and then install it on the bad computer that way.
skijor
02-28-10, 08:09 AM
If you can get to malwarebytes site, donwload and run malwarebytes. Maybe donwload it to another computer, burn the file to a cd and then install it on the bad computer that way.

Don W. Load is a pron star. He's infected plenty.
jsharr
02-28-10, 09:23 AM
i learned something today.
Helms91
02-28-10, 09:32 AM
Don W. Load is a pron star. He's infected plenty.

That was a big time LOL for me.
Wordbiker
02-28-10, 09:49 AM
If you can get to malwarebytes site, donwload and run malwarebytes. Maybe donwload it to another computer, burn the file to a cd and then install it on the bad computer that way.

A CD? Whuzzat?

http://www.ecbuyph.com/pqi/images/pqi-usb-thumb-drive.jpg