Leggomy Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Trying to figure out if my wife got some malware on my pc or what. i see links and pop up ads when you hover over on all posts now. I see no other threads about it worried it is only me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denyus Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Download and run Spybot Search & Destroy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael_Peres Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Trying to figure out if my wife got some malware on my pc or what. i see links and pop up ads when you hover over on all posts now. I see no other threads about it worried it is only me. Yeah dude. You ara infected with some kind of malware/adware cause theres no ads in the swtor forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggomy Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Ok ran that spybot thing it found like 5 different malware things installed on my pc. My wife says all she did was get on facebook lol. I told her facebook is where everyone gets viruses and malware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arekkusu-III Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 She probably clicked an advertisement on google or something by accident, nothing to worry about just make sure to run your checks and you'll be fine ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggomy Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 I dont get the whole facebook thing. Maybe cause Im in my 40s I dunno. Anyways at least I dont have ads popping up everywhere now heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure_Prower Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I dont get the whole facebook thing. Maybe cause Im in my 40s I dunno. Anyways at least I dont have ads popping up everywhere now heh. I'm in my 20s and I don't even get the whole facebook thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet_x Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 reminds m e of when i fixed a person`s computer for $30... they said it wouldnt turn on,and when it did,shutdown random ly,lagged all over the place so i go to fix it...the amount of spyware and toolbars all over the place couldve filled the library of congress...so i deleted all the stuff directly from the drive instead of uninstall stuff and then i went to mission base (otherwise microsoft),and got the computer the microsoft malicious software removal tool,and then windows defender (i think it was xp btw)...ran both,cleared the remaining bits,and the comp was good as new why oh why do people install toolbars or click on free smiley set offers,ill never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudim Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I had this problem, the only program that could get rid of it was RogueKiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmillia Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) reminds m e of when i fixed a person`s computer for $30... they said it wouldnt turn on,and when it did,shutdown random ly,lagged all over the place so i go to fix it...the amount of spyware and toolbars all over the place couldve filled the library of congress...so i deleted all the stuff directly from the drive instead of uninstall stuff and then i went to mission base (otherwise microsoft),and got the computer the microsoft malicious software removal tool,and then windows defender (i think it was xp btw)...ran both,cleared the remaining bits,and the comp was good as new why oh why do people install toolbars or click on free smiley set offers,ill never know I'm guessing they think "Ohhh shiney" when they see it. Facebook itself is safe. It's the apps and pages FB links to, and the "theme" sites. Edited July 20, 2012 by Elmillia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irongut Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'm guessing they think "Ohhh shiney" when they see it. Facebook itself is safe. It's the apps and pages FB links to, and the "theme" sites. Facebook is anything but safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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