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WARNING:asite was suggested by a member for downloads the site is called WITHIN 20 SECONDS I WAS INFECTED WITH A PIG A OF AVIRUS WHICH TAKES OVER YOUR ANTI VIRUS STOPPING YOU SCANNING AND THE END I HAD TO GO TO P C WORLD TO GET IT TOOK 3 DAYS AND MY FULL COPY OF WINDOWS TO RE-FOMAT THE HDD. COST FOR INSTALL WINDOWS+NEW COPY ANTI HALF PRICE LOADED ON SOME DRIVERS GUY AT PC WORLD SAID THEIR STOCK OF CURES DID NOT WORK TO CLEAR,RE FORMAT ONLY WAY TO PASS ON TO OTHERS THANK
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WARNING:asite was suggested by a member for downloads the site is called ************* WITHIN 20 SECONDS I WAS INFECTED WITH A PIG A OF AVIRUS WHICH TAKES OVER YOUR ANTI VIRUS STOPPING YOU SCANNING AND THE END I HAD TO GO TO P C WORLD TO GET IT TOOK 3 DAYS AND MY FULL COPY OF WINDOWS TO RE-FOMAT THE HDD. COST FOR INSTALL WINDOWS+NEW COPY ANTI HALF PRICE LOADED ON SOME DRIVERS GUY AT PC WORLD SAID THEIR STOCK OF CURES DID NOT WORK TO CLEAR,RE FORMAT ONLY WAY TO PASS ON TO OTHERS THANK

Standard service from PC World I'm afraid :sad: Quicker for them just to do a re-install.
Just out of interest, was "System Tool" what you got hit with? This is a fake anti-virus that seems to be particularly prevalent at the moment, not that hard to remove though, just takes a bit of time. Best advice to avoid is keep your OS patched and anti-virus up to date.
I got a virus on this lappy on Friday courtesy of my eldest, bless him. Stopped me accessing anything, prevented me running a scan and couldnt even access my processes via task manager. In the end I just did a restore back to a few days before I got the damn thing and hey presto, all ok wink
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I got a virus on this lappy on Friday courtesy of my eldest, bless him. Stopped me accessing anything, prevented me running a scan and couldnt even access my processes via task manager. In the end I just did a restore back to a few days before I got the damn thing and hey presto, all ok wink

All may seem well, but not necessarily - system restore will remove the registry keys - but the files will remain. So you can run the system normally but it is still infected.
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I got a virus on this lappy on Friday courtesy of my eldest, bless him. Stopped me accessing anything, prevented me running a scan and couldnt even access my processes via task manager. In the end I just did a restore back to a few days before I got the damn thing and hey presto, all ok wink

All may seem well, but not necessarily - system restore will remove the registry keys - but the files will remain. So you can run the system normally but it is still infected.
Thanks hun for the heads up
It was just a crap virus that was trying to direct/scare you into purchasing an alleged "new license".
kiss for coming back to me though
poke Didn't you notice the default site message:-
"Welcome to SH Chat. Capitals are rude! No web addresses! No email addresses! Click the green Help Button in the top right for in-chat help, or go to http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/help-centre/category.html?cat=24 for some video tutorials!"
:doh:
banghead
Do you know, I have never noticed that before lol
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Do you know, I have never noticed that before lol

ooops...... redface
sorry about caps i was only thinking about other peeps getting stuffed with that crap and all the agg thatgoes with it. i have been on puters long enough to know bad news when it comes i can do is to wish you all safe surfing and good luck.
next time try malware bytes keep it on a flash drive,and open it of usually does the trick,regards anti-virus the free ones are as good as any you have to pay for.
got malawarebytes every time ive used it screen freeze de-leated itguy in p c world got me up and running but some of the drivers were missing,couldnt find them. took laptop home when i come across what is missing go back and he will trace and install for me at no charge.(fingers crossed) happy hunting