Anyone know how to get rid of this virus?

[delightfulmonth682]

I recently noticed that youtube and facebook are not working on my computer. This happened to me about 2 months ago and I forget what I did to get rid of the virus. I know it is possible. I have webroot antivirus and it is not detecting anything. Any suggestions?

[Probudha]

Install Kaspersky Internet security 2010

[Falcon]

you can download avast or superantispyware.. they are both free. i use both of them..

[Elana]

Ah yes ... Windows strikes again!

Obviously, the major culprit here is an OS that is so open to viri.

Consider this an excellent time to recognize that your operating system is defective. I recommend replacing it with one of:

http://fedora.redhat.com
http://www.centos.org
http://www.opensuse.org
http://www.debian.org
http://www.ubuntu.org
http://www.slackware.org
http://www.freebsd.org
http://www.opensolaris.org

Any of these will be more reliable, less susceptible to viri, uses your hardware more efficiently, and they're all free.

Personally, if I had some money, I'd actually buy a Mac. The total cost of ownership is less than that of Windows, (initially it costs more, but reliability, security and viri issues inevitably make Windows cost more). The level of frustration is always lower than with Windows.

If you must run a Windows app, then you install Vmware or any of the other PC emulators and run Windows in a virtual machine (this can be done on most of the above OSs and certainly on the Macs). You ONLY run that app on that virtual machine. You browse and do everything network related on the host Mac to keep secure and virus free.

Its true, I spend more time on Windows than Macs but that's simply because my job is to fix computer problems, and, frankly, that difference in cost of ownership PAYS MY SALARY. Perhaps I should be advertising Windows just to keep myself in business.

I suggest the various free-wares because, well, they're free and although they are harder to learn than the Mac, they certainly are more reliable than Windows.

[rohit]

heyyyyyyy see don't use kcasper anti-virus because it will delete the OS files of computer then u will have to format the computer . so beside this avast anti-virus and scan from booting
and click on show all the hidden and delete auto run file.

[pavan p]

HOW TO REMOVE AUTORUN.INF (VIRUS) FROM USB OR PC:--

Tips to protect your USB pen drive from virus while connected to pc….
Now a dayz, every PC contains virus. When we connect USB pendrive to PC then automatically different files (virus) are copied to USB from PC.

Mostly autorun.inf file found in pendrive when you connect to pc, by this when we try to disconnect USB, a message will appear “The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now...”

To overcome this problem, use simple steps:-


First format your pendrive
1.Open pendrive and create a new folder by naming it as autorun.inf
2.By this, the virus which contains same file name cannot exist in pendrive. Because of same file names.

Always keep that folder in your pendrive to protect from autorun.inf virus.

for more details visit: http://commonposts.blogspot.com/2010/01/...m-usb.html

[Hari Gautam]

Try a new anti virus software ! HGOBHRAI