Shit shit shit.

[hazliya]

Posting from elenuial's computer. Mine is useless.

Some stupid virus/spyware got into my computer last night somehow. It started by changing my background and taking out the option to change said background, then made it so that whenever I booted up, five seconds in to moving around on my desktop, the desktop freezes. Anything else that is running gets frozen, and an installation tool pops up for something I've never heard of.

*sigh*

What are my options here, people? I really don't want to have to wipe it. There's a lot on that hard drive that I haven't backed up yet.

Anyone got any ideas?

-H

Comments

[dncingmalkavian.livejournal.com]

Try AVG Free Edition, and especially SpyBot S&D (Search and Destroy). I was having the same problem recently, and as long as you keep SpyBot updated, you shouldn't have any problems after installing it and running a check. It also lets you immunize your files, and recovery after changes to your system.

I was considering wiping mine, too, until someone shoved that program at me. It's also free.

[laurion]

Also Lavasoft's Ad-aware.

[dncingmalkavian.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ad-aware is also fabulous.